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Florida to detain migrants in new Everglades facility dubbed ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

By Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — In the interest of carrying out more of President Donald Trump’s promised mass deportations, officials in Florida this week started construction on a migrant detention facility they’re billing as “efficient” and “low-cost” – because mother nature will provide much of the security. “Alligator Alcatraz,” as Florida Attorney General James

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Elijah Millar is arrested by Metro Nashville Police Department officers after he allegedly brandished a gun and harassed demonstrators during a "No Kings" protest in Nashville on June 14.

Man facing federal firearms charge after allegedly brandishing a gun at Nashville ‘No Kings’ protest

By Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — A teenager from central Tennessee is facing a federal firearms charge after allegedly brandishing a gun at a “No Kings’ protest in Nashville, the Department of Justice announced Monday. Elijah Millar, 19, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, attended the June 14 protest near Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park in downtown Nashville,

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Narciso Barranco was detained by US Border Patrol agents while working as a landscaper at an IHOP in Santa Ana

Marine Corps veteran says he feels betrayed after his father was arrested by masked federal agents in Southern California

By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A Marine Corps veteran says he feels betrayed after his father was beaten and arrested by masked federal agents while working at his landscaping job, caught up in one of the ongoing ICE workplace raids that advocates say have left immigrant communities terrified and on edge. Alejandro Barranco told

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US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor speaks during an event at Georgetown Law on March 28.

Sotomayor accuses Supreme Court of ‘rewarding lawlessness’ by Trump administration in fiery dissent

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the Supreme Court’s senior liberal, slammed the Trump administration’s handling of immigration matters in a fiery dissent Monday and accused her colleagues of “rewarding lawlessness” by backing its latest emergency appeal. Sotomayor’s scathing, 19-page dissent came in a case in which the court’s majority backed the

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American Airlines planes on the tarmac at Miami International Airport on February 19.

5 injured due to turbulence on American Airlines flight

By Pete Muntean, Devon M. Sayers, CNN (CNN) — Five people were transported to the hospital Sunday after their American Airlines flight experienced “unexpected turbulence.” American Airlines flight 1286, an Airbus A321, from Miami to Raleigh-Durham landed safely Sunday evening after experiencing the turbulence, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. A passenger on the flight

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The Supreme Court on June 23 granted President Donald Trump’s emergency request to resume deporting migrants to countries other than their homeland. People take photos at the US Supreme Court at dusk on June 10 in Washington

Supreme Court allows Trump to remove migrants to South Sudan and other turmoil-filled countries

By Angélica Franganillo Díaz and John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday granted President Donald Trump’s emergency request to resume deporting migrants to countries other than their homeland, including places like South Sudan, with minimal notice. The decision is a significant win for the Trump administration, which had argued that a lower

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The new Firefly Grove Park is officially open on Wauwatosa's west side

‘We should treat our trash like a treasure’: Dambo troll complete at Wauwatosa’s new Firefly Grove Park

By Jenna Wells Click here for updates on this story     WAUWATOSA, Wisconsin (WDJT) — The new Firefly Grove Park is officially open on Wauwatosa’s west side, and visitors will be greeted by a whimsical creature. “Something funny with these flowers Some have special needs and powers There’s no roots beneath these flowers Rain don’t rain

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Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton falls to the court with an injury during the first quarter of Game 7 of the NBA Finals.

‘The frustration is unfathomable’: Tyrese Haliburton has operation on torn right Achilles suffered in Game 7 of NBA Finals

By Kyle Feldscher, Kevin Dotson and Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton has undergone surgery on a torn right Achilles tendon he suffered during Sunday night’s Game 7 of the NBA Finals. Shortly after his surgery, Haliburton penned a heartfelt message to his supporters on social media Monday night, saying he’s

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Poeple walk across the Big Four Bridge as the sun sets at Waterfront Park on June 22 in Louisville

Heat waves are getting more dangerous with climate change — and we may still be underestimating them

By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — The intensifying and expansive heat wave affecting around 150 million people in the United States from Wisconsin to Washington, DC, bears the hallmarks of human-caused global warming. Hundreds of daily temperature records are threatened during the next few days, particularly along the East Coast, and some all-time June high

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