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After Mexican troops attacked U.S. soldiers in Texas on April 25, 1846, the U.S. formally declared war.

The Huntington Park City Council has chosen a local civil service commissioner to replace former Councilmember Esmeralda Castillo, whose seat was declared vacant after a probe determined she was not living in the city.

"Murdering a white kid in cold blood seems acceptable to some," Charlie Kirk of Turning Point USA declared.

He lost around 40% of his blood and had emergency surgery, with the perpetrator later declared mentally unfit to stand trial.

Lithuania was formerly part of the Soviet Union and declared its independence in 1990, after which it sought closer ties with Western Europe, including joining the European Union.