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Florida announces 'Deportation Depot' detention center

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Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is planning to open a second immigration detention center at an empty state prison in North Florida as a federal judge weighs a legal challenge seeking to shut down the “Alligator Alcatraz” facility in the Everglades.

The new center at the Baker Correctional Institution near Lake City will hold more than ...Read more

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Soaps have been recalled for a contamination that can cause deadly sepsis

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Four over-the-counter soaps designed to clean various body areas might contain the microbial contamination that can cause sepsis.

The risk statement in DermaRite Industries’ FDA-posted recall notice for PeriGiene, KleenFoam, DermaSarra and DermaKleen said: “In healthy individuals with minor skin lesions the use of the products will more ...Read more

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Trump predicts 25% chance of 'bad meeting' with Putin in Alaska on Ukraine

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President Trump Thursday said he has high hopes of making progress to a Ukraine peace deal at a Friday afternoon summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin in Alaska, but admitted there is a 1 in 4 chance of a “bad meeting.”

“There is a 25% chance that this meeting will not be a successful meeting, in which case I’ll return to run the ...Read more

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Michigan school meals in jeopardy without state school aid budget in place

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DETROIT — Uncertainty in the state budget for school funding is causing Michigan education officials to sound the alarm that school meals, which feed the state's 1.4 million school children, could be in jeopardy this fall.

Okemos Public Schools announced it will be charging for previously free school meals due to a delay in state funding for ...Read more

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Homeless people in detention camps? Fears grow about Trump and the Olympics

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Local officials and advocates for the homeless are fearful that President Trump will take draconian action against homeless people, including pushing them into detention camps, when Los Angeles hosts the Olympic Games in 2028.

In recent weeks, Trump has appointed himself head of an Olympics task force and has seized control of local policing in...Read more

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Colorado wildfires: At least 5 homes, 19 outbuildings destroyed in Western Slope fires

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DENVER — At least five homes and 14 outbuildings have been destroyed by wildfires burning on either side of Meeker in Rio Blanco County, sheriff’s officials said.

Together, the Elk and Lee fires have consumed more than 137,000 acres, equal to roughly 215 square miles, and forced evacuations across two Colorado counties.

Three other ...Read more

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Trump administration signs on to UN chief's plan for tackling Haiti's gangs

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Six months after United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres proposed that the global organization take on some of the funding for the multinational force that’s been struggling to tackle violent gangs in Haiti, the Trump administration says it is ready to support the plan.

“The United States intends to share a draft U.N. Security ...Read more

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'Evil.' Man turns daughter's sleepover into night of sex abuse, Georgia cops say

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A Georgia man who pled guilty to turning a girls’ sleepover into a horrific night of sexual abuse has been sentenced to life in prison, according to prosecutors.

Christopher Mark Tidmore, 36, was accused of molesting his 15-year-old adopted daughter and her 15-year-old friend at his home in Summerville, the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit ...Read more

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Gov. Ron DeSantis makes plans to hold immigrant detainees in North Florida prison

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The DeSantis administration is making arrangements to hold immigrant detainees at a North Florida prison as a federal judge weighs whether to temporarily shut down Alligator Alcatraz, the makeshift immigration detention camp in the Everglades.

“We are calling this the deportation depot,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said at a ...Read more

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Putin offers arms control to help rebuild US-Russia ties

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Russian President Vladimir Putin signaled his intention to start work on a new arms control treaty with the U.S. a day before a summit with Donald Trump that’s expected to focus on ending the fighting in Ukraine and restoring economic ties.

An agreement on the control of strategic offensive weapons can “create long-term conditions for peace...Read more

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Colorado wildfires: Gov. Jared Polis declares disaster emergency for Crosho fire

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DENVER — Five wildfires burning on hundreds of square miles across western Colorado have destroyed at least five homes and 19 outbuildings, according to fire officials.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis declared a disaster emergency on Wednesday for one of the newest fires, the Crosho fire, according to a news release from his office.

The 1,700-acre...Read more

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Colorado wildfires: At least 5 homes, 19 outbuildings destroyed in Western Slope fires

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DENVER — Five wildfires burning on hundreds of square miles across western Colorado have destroyed at least five homes and 19 outbuildings, according to fire officials.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis declared a disaster emergency on Wednesday for one of the newest fires, the Crosho fire, according to a news release from his office.

The 1,700-acre...Read more

No more prison for man who crashed into Atlanta's FBI gate but a big repair bill

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ATLANTA – A U.S. Navy veteran, who attempted to breach the gate at the FBI’s Atlanta office last year, won’t have to go back to prison but will spend the next 21 years paying back more than $25,000 in restitution to the federal government as part of his sentence.

Ervin Lee Bolling, from South Carolina, originally pleaded guilty in April ...Read more

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Putin seeks arms control treaty following Trump summit

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Russia and the U.S. can start work on a new arms control treaty after Friday’s summit in Alaska, said President Vladimir Putin ahead of his meeting with Donald Trump, as senior Kremlin officials voice interest in restoring economic ties.

An agreement on the control of strategic offensive weapons could “create long-term conditions of peace,...Read more

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Putin seeks arms control treaty as next stage after Trump summit

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Russia and the U.S. can start work on a new arms control treaty after Friday’s summit in Alaska, said President Vladimir Putin ahead of his meeting with Donald Trump.

An agreement on the control of strategic offensive weapons could “create long-term conditions of peace between our countries, in Europe, and in the world as a whole,” Putin...Read more

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Putin seeks arms control treaty as next stage after Trump summit

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Russia and the U.S. can start work on a new arms control treaty after Friday’s summit in Alaska, said President Vladimir Putin ahead of his meeting with Donald Trump.

An agreement on the control of strategic offensive weapons could “create long-term conditions of peace between our countries, in Europe, and in the world as a whole,” Putin...Read more

Tropical Storm Erin intensifies, projected to grow into 125 mph Cat 3 hurricane, NHC says

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ORLANDO, Fla. — Tropical Storm Erin on Thursday began to intensify with the National Hurricane Center projecting it to become the season’s first hurricane on Friday and grow into a major Category 3 hurricane this weekend, but its path looks to steer it clear of landfall for now.

As of the NHC’s 5 a.m. advisory, the center of Erin was ...Read more

LA school year begins with lookouts for ICE -- as well as normal thrills, jitters

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LOS ANGELES — Back-to-school preparations for the school year that began Thursday in Los Angeles were like no other — and more ominous.

One teacher training explained how to recognize various federal officers who handle immigration arrests or "kidnappings," as participants were told — and also how to distinguish between these officers and...Read more

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'Kidfluencers': Their childhoods are on display for millions. States want to protect them

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A couple of years ago, Alisa Jno-Charles saw her now 9-year-old daughter watching a YouTube video of several children and their swift ninja moves.

The video was from Ninja Kidz TV, a YouTube channel that features four young siblings who were raised in a martial arts studio, according to their official website. The channel has about 23.9 million...Read more

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'They run, we chase': Immigration raids test limits of 'probable cause'

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LOS ANGELES — Matilde suffered a heart attack after she was held by immigration agents at a Lowes parking lot and can no longer go to the store without breaking down. Narciso Barranco, a gardener accused of threatening heavily armed agents with a weed whacker, still wakes up with headaches after he was beaten during his arrest. Jaime Alanís ...Read more