David Courvelle David Courvelle, a former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) employee in Louisiana, has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a female detainee from Nicaragua at the Basile detention center. According to the Shreveport Times , Courvelle was charged with a single count of sexual abuse of a ward or individual in federal custody, which entails a maximum prison sentence of 15 years and a fine of up to $250,000. Courvelle reportedly supervised and discipline

Njeri DeLeon A family from Waterloo, Iowa, the DeLeons, experienced an unimaginable tragedy following a car accident in Kenya, Africa, that claimed the lives of all three of their children. Emmanuel, a student at Hoover Middle School, and his younger brother Kairo, who attended Royal Legacy Christian Academy, died on impact. Their oldest sibling, Njeri, a junior at West High, was in intensive care after the accident on January 4th but sadly passed away on Friday, January 16th

Walk for Peace USA (Facebook) A group of Buddhist monks has begun a journey for peace across the United States. In light of the current state of our nation, members of the Huong Dao Buddhist Temple in Fort Worth, Texas, started their round-trip walk to Washington, D.C., on October 26th. According to their Facebook page, today marks the 78th day of their journey. They expect to reach Charlotte, North Carolina, by January 15th and estimate they will arrive in Washington, D.C.,