How backlash against data centres could shape the US midterm elections

Two people were allegedly in the back seat of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement vehicle when an agent struck a man during a pursuit in Texas on Saturday and are now sought for questioning by local investigators, the Harris County District Attorney's Office said. DA Sean Teare told ABC News Wednesday that his office identified the two ICE detainees who were in the vehicle when the unidentified agent struck Miguel Parra-Hernandez at a strip mall outside Houston. "We were not able to interview them at the scene," Teare told ABC News, adding that federal agents had already moved the two persons away to a detention facility.

Maryland Republican Rep. Andy Harris on Tuesday appeared to lose his cool during a gaggle with reporters, singling out a journalist and threatening her with legal consequences if she recorded him on video. "You do not have my permission to record. If you record, we will refer you to prosecutors," Harris told the reporter in a video captured by a Baltimore Banner photojournalist following his debate against Democratic opponent Dan Schwartz in Cambridge, Maryland. "Everyone in here is recording," responded the reporter, identified as Cat Murphy, a data reporter at Capital News Service. "Why am I not allowed to?"

A man has been arrested on a murder charge in connection with the disappearance of his ex-fiancée nearly 15 years ago, authorities in Orlando, Florida, announced Wednesday. Michelle Parker, then 33, disappeared on Nov. 17, 2011, the same day that an episode of the reality court show "The People's Court" aired that featured Parker and the suspect, Dale Smith Jr., in a contentious dispute over an engagement ring. The Orlando Police Department reported Wednesday that Smith was taken into custody on a single count of second-degree murder.

A watchdog group filed suit Wednesday alleging President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner ’s current role as a top envoy for the administration is unlawful and raises numerous conflict-of-interest concerns. Kushner is wielding tremendous influence internationally “without having been confirmed by the Senate and without having filed a single financial disclosure,” the suit by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, or CREW , reads.