The fatal shooting of a 37-year-old Minnesota mother by a US immigration agent has put the city of Minneapolis and much of the United States on edge, with the potential of becoming another flashpoint in a polarized country. State and federal officials offered starkly different accounts of the shooting, in which an unidentified officer killed […]
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US immigration officer kills woman in Minneapolis, sparking protests
MINNEAPOLIS: A US immigration officer shot and kills a woman on the streets of Minneapolis on Wednesday, triggering widespread protests and condemnation from local officials who rejected federal claims that the victim posed a threat. Read More: SC takes up bail plea in alleged US visa scam The woman, identified as 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good, was reportedly […]
Trump Deploys National Guard to Chicago
CHICAGO/WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump ordered the deployment of 500 National Guard troops to the Chicago area on Wednesday, defying objections from both Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, who condemned the move as an unnecessary militarization of their city. The deployment — which includes 200 troops from Texas and 300 from Illinois […]
Researchers measure decades of ‘scary’ Greenland ice melting
Measuring melting ice is a fairly precise business in 2019 — thanks to satellites, weather stations and sophisticated climate models. By the 1990s and 2000s, scientists were able to make pretty good estimates, although work from previous decades was unreliable due to less advanced technology. Now, researchers have recalculated the amount of ice lost in […]
Alaska ice melt guessing game ends in record time
Early ice melt has provided a record finish to an annual Alaska guessing game that’s been going on for 102 years, officials said. The 2019 Nenana Ice Classic finished Sunday at 12:21 a.m. when a tripod mounted on the frozen Tanana River fell over as ice on the river broke up, marking the end of […]
Trump struggles with a growing problem on the border
Tensions are rising, fingers are pointing and the search for solutions is becoming increasingly fraught. Overwhelmed by an influx of migrants at the border that is taxing the immigration system, President Donald Trump is grasping for something – anything – to stem the tide. Trump, who campaigned on a promise to secure the border, has […]