MO man charged with planning to murder a US border agent

A New York Times file photo shows Border Patrol agents.

A New York Times file photo shows Border Patrol agents.


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Th New York Times

Two self-styled militia members, who were arrested after one shot at FBI agents at the Lake of the Ozarks, planned to travel to Texas shoot at undocumented immigrants crossing the U.S.-Mexican border and murder Border Patrol agents who would have tried to stop them, according to new charges filed against them.

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Jonathan O’Dell, 33, of Warsaw in Missouri’s Benton County, and 37-year-old Bryan Perry, of Tennessee, were arrested in October after Perry allegedly fired 11 shots at multiple FBI special agents trying to execute a search warrant at O’Dell’s residence.

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At the time, little was known about why the FBI was searching the residence in the 30000 block of US 65 Highway, about 100 miles southeast of Kansas City.

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But a 44-count second superseding indictment, returned this week by a federal

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Nominations for ACTA awards are now open, new awards added

the Association of Canadian Travel Agencies (ACTA) is now receiving nominations for the annual ACTA Awards which will be awarded during the ACTA 2023 Eastern Canada Travel Industry Summit taking place in september in Toronto.

And, ACTA has added a new award this year – the CTC/CTM Lifetime Achievement Award.

The new award will identify and honor an exceptional Certified Travel Counselor (CTC) or Certified Travel Manager (CTM), who has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to lifelong learning and continuously expanding their knowledge of the travel industry and client service excellence.

Anyone can nominate a person, but nominees must be ACTA members. Nominations will close on Friday, June 23, 2023.

Six categories

The ACTA Awards recognize ACTA members who have proven their excellence across a broad range of categories and recipients will be selected by a panel of judges appointed by ACTA.

The six ACTA Awards categories are:

  • Leisure
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Thinking of booking with a travel agent? Here’s why people are looking for online bookings in 2023

From Trailfinders to TUI, travel agents are opening high street stores to meet demand for face-to-face advice.

On decimated UK high streets, travel agents are rising like phoenixes from the flames.

To investigate why these once-forgotten institutes are now booming in popularity, I checked out the newly opened Trailfinders shop in Kent, UK.

Once a major retail hub, Tunbridge Wells town center is now lined with boarded-up shops. even before the pandemicbig brands were evacuating the mall as shoppers increasingly went online.

So how come a brick-and-mortar travel agent – seems antiquated in the age of online booking – is now opening up shop?

I spoke to marketing director Nikki Davies to find out.

Travel agents are seeing record-breaking bookings post-pandemic

Instead of putting on the brakes during the COVID-19 pandemic, Trailfinders hit the gas.

In 2020, new stores opened in Winchester and Solihull, followed by York

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Travel agency First in Service will open three offices: Travel Weekly

New York City-based travel agency First in Service is opening offices in its three primary markets — New York, Toronto and Miami.

CEO Fernando Gonzalez said the agency is “redoubling our support for our travel advisors who provide each traveler with our signature service. One essential way to achieve that is to ensure those in New York, Toronto and Miami have offices they can be proud to call their professional house.”

Gonzalez added that the new offices provide an opportunity to “fortify our already powerful sense of community among our advisors.”

The agency will make its first move in 30 years this summer when it opens its new headquarters in New York at 444 Madison Ave. First in Service called the new headquarters the “centerpiece” of its expansion plan.

Located in Midtown on the 30th floor of an art deco high-rise, the new office will open July 1. The office

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2023 schedule, lots of UDFAs and more Seahawks news for Cardinals fans

We have concluded another week in the offseason and it is time to take a look around the NFC West to see what has been going on with the Arizona Cardinals’ division rivals.

What’s new with the Seattle Seahawks?

Below are a few stories from the last week for Cardinals fans to know.

Listen to the latest from Cards Wire’s Jess Root on his podcast, Rise Up, See Red. Subscribe on Apple podcasts or Spotify.

Seahawks’ 2023 schedule

The NFL announced its full 2023 schedule this past week. Here is the full schedule for the Seahawks.

No. 1 in miles traveled

The Cardinals are seventh in the NFL in miles traveled for the upcoming season. The Seahawks will travel the most for the second straight year.

Seahawks restructure Tyler Lockett’s deal to save cap space

The Seahawks redid Lockett’s contract, converting some of his salary into a signing bonus. it

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An Antarctica Packing List – Travel Babbo

By Eric Stoens on • Last Updated

Antarctica Packing List

I’ve now been to Antarctica twice, first with National Geographic Expeditions with my 8-year-old, and most recently with Adventures By Disney with my 12-year-old. I originally included this packing list in my second blog post, but it makes more sense to make it a separate post so I can expand on a few things.

On the charter flights to/from Ushuaia, each person can have one checked bag no more than 50 pounds (23kg) and one carry-on no more than 17.6 pounds (8kg). We brought two Patagonia rolling duffels with extra space, each of which was around 40 pounds, and two carry-on backpacks. I’m sure my backpack was over 30 pounds, but it was never weighed. It’s hard to bring a laptop and camera gear and be under 18 pounds. If you bring hiking poles,

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