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Beijing got all ready for Olympic curling. But about the ice …

Winter Olympics Feb 18, 2022

Beijing got all ready for Olympic curling. But about the ice …

by Rick Rojas

The ice makers of Olympic curling are part physicist, part meteorologist, part engineer. They know that creating a stage for a world-class event is all about the process.

How ICE’s mishandling of COVID-19 fueled outbreaks around the U.S.

Video Apr 30, 2021

How ICE’s mishandling of COVID-19 fueled outbreaks around the U.S.

To date, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has reported over 12,000 virus cases. The New York Times investigation found that the impact of infection extended beyond U.S. detention centers. Video produced by The New York Times; see more at nytimes.com

Trump imposes rule allowing U.S. to detain migrant families indefinitely, scrapping 20-day limit for holding kids

World / Social Issues Aug 22, 2019

Trump imposes rule allowing U.S. to detain migrant families indefinitely, scrapping 20-day limit for holding kids

The Trump administration on Wednesday unveiled a rule that allows officials to detain migrant families indefinitely while judges consider whether to grant them asylum in the United States, eliminating a previous 20-day limit. The rule, which is certain to draw a legal challenge, would replace ...

Motel 6 must pay $7.6 million to Hispanics for giving guest lists to U.S. immigration agents

Business Nov 7, 2018

Motel 6 must pay $7.6 million to Hispanics for giving guest lists to U.S. immigration agents

Motel 6 will pay up to $7.6 million to Hispanic guests to settle a proposed class-action lawsuit claiming that it violated their privacy by regularly providing guest lists to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. Terms of the preliminary settlement with eight Hispanic plaintiffs ...

Jeff Sessions limits ability of U.S. judges to dismiss deportation cases

World / Crime & Legal Sep 20, 2018

Jeff Sessions limits ability of U.S. judges to dismiss deportation cases

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced new limits on the ability of immigration judges to terminate deportation cases on Wednesday, the latest in a series of decisions to facilitate the removal of immigrants in the country illegally. Unlike the federal judiciary system, U.S. immigration courts ...

Newly confirmed water on moon has NASA chief excited about prospects for humans' return

World / Science & Health Aug 22, 2018

Newly confirmed water on moon has NASA chief excited about prospects for humans' return

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has a vision for "sustainable" human exploration of the moon, and he cites the newly confirmed ice on the lunar surface as a key to success. "We know that there's hundreds of billions of tons of water ice on the surface ...

Thaw of Antarctic ice lifts up land by up to 4 cm a year, might slow sea level  rise: scientists

World / Science & Health Jun 22, 2018

Thaw of Antarctic ice lifts up land by up to 4 cm a year, might slow sea level rise: scientists

Antarctica's bedrock is rising surprisingly fast as a vast mass of ice melts into the oceans, a trend that might slow an ascent in sea levels caused by global warming, scientists said on Thursday. The Earth's crust in West Antarctica is rising by up to ...

World / Social Issues Jun 8, 2018

ICE sending 1,600 immigration detainees to federal prisons, triggering outcry among rights advocates

U.S. authorities are transferring into federal prisons about 1,600 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees, officials told Reuters on Thursday, in the first large-scale use of federal prisons to hold detainees amid a Trump administration crackdown on people entering the country illegally. An ICE spokeswoman ...

U.S. judge urged to halt Iraqi deportations due to Christian persecution fears

World / Social Issues Jun 22, 2017

U.S. judge urged to halt Iraqi deportations due to Christian persecution fears

A U.S. judge heard arguments on Wednesday to halt the deportations of around 100 Iraqis arrested by immigration authorities in the Detroit area because many belong to minorities and could face torture or religious persecution in their homeland. In a coordinated sweep in recent weeks, ...

Radar reveals Mars near end of 370,000-year exit from ice age

World / Science & Health May 27, 2016

Radar reveals Mars near end of 370,000-year exit from ice age

An analysis of radar images that peered inside the polar ice caps of Mars shows that Earth's neighbor is coming out of an ice age that is part of an ongoing cycle of climate change, scientists said on Thursday. The Martian ice began its retreat ...

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