A new holding facility for migrant children is coming to Louisiana this summer — run by a private prison contractor with a troubled record, and outside the child welfare system designed to protect them.

For hours, her parish — and the public — were left without answers. Neither ICE nor the Department of Homeland Security offered any explanation for why she had been taken.

A 7.5 magnitude earthquake — the strongest in Venezuela in over 125 years — struck last night, killing at least 164 people. As rescue teams search for survivors and families wait anxiously for word, we pause to pray for a nation in pain.