Brothers excited to find work. A woman trying to reunite with family. These are the victims of the Texas truck tragedy
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Two brothers had vowed to send their mother enough money to build her a house. A young woman sent an excited text -- "I'm in the USA now" -- only hours before her body was found. CNN spoke to family members about their lost loved ones and the dreams that died with them in an overheated truck in San Antonio.
"She didn't have to suffer," Adela Aguilar said, shaking her head as she recalled the moment when her granddaughter bid her farewell last month.
Adela Ramírez had just turned 28 and made a major decision: She was leaving Cuyamel, a small town in northwest Honduras, and heading to the United States.

Janet Mills and her allies are counting on a gender gap to narrow Platner’s wide lead ahead of the June 9 primary to decide who will face incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins. They are betting that the unfiltered style that has brought Platner widespread attention as someone who could help Democrats reach young men will backfire with women.

As a shrinking number of Transportation Security Administration agents work to keep hourslong security lines moving despite not being paid, President Donald Trump stepped into the fray Saturday, announcing he will send Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to airports by Monday if Congress doesn’t agree to a plan to end the partial government shutdown.











