Issued a temporary restraining order. This is nationwide. It effectively overturns the president s ban on travelers and immigrants from seven predominantly muslim countries. For now the white house tonight scrambling to issue a statement saying the department of justice will be instructed to fight back. Now, for the moment, some previously banned travelers are being allowed to board planes heading to the u. S. Nbc bay areas jean elle is live with more on this developing stories. What do you know . Reporter that court order in seattle is opening a travel window for people with valid visas. Attorneys tell us people once banned from boarding airplanes are given the clear to get on board airplanes heading here to the United States, but there are still concerns about the future of the ban. The law is a powerful thing. It has the ability to hold everybody accountable to it, and that includes the president of the United States. Reporter washington states attorney general tells a federal judge
Several organizations are teaming up for the fifth annual We Walk for Her event. Organizers say they hope the walk brings a sense of urgency to the dozens of cold cases and disappearances.
In 2021, 521,705 people were reported missing, according to the National Crime Information Center. Of that number, 89,020 were Black women and girls. That means despite making up about 7% of the U.S. population, Black women and girls were 17% of missing person cases last year.