#CNN - Iranian #Kurdish opposition forces are expected to take part in a ground operation in Western #Iran, in the coming days, the senior Iranian Kurdish official told CNN. www.cnn.com/world/live-n...

#AJEnglish - Israel strikes two schools in Iran, killing more than 50 people …..the attacks call into question US and Israeli claims that “they are targeting only military targets and they are trying to punish the regime, not the people of Iran.” www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/...

#Aljazeera - Iran confirms targeted sites in Gulf region According to the Fars news agency, Iran has targeted: Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar Al-Salem Air Base in Kuwait Al-Dhafra Air Base in the UAE The fifth US base in Bahrain aje.news/p4rw7y?updat...

#Aljazeera - More explosions in Abu Dhabi and Dubai We are getting multiple reports of explosions taking place in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. This is in addition to an earlier attack on Abu Dhabi where the air space has been closed already. aje.news/p4rw7y?updat...

#CNN - US and Israel carrying out strikes against Iran Explosions have been reported in multiple Iranian cities including the capital Tehran after Israel and the United States launched strikes Saturday morning. www.cnn.com/world/live-n...

#ft.com - UK business secretary urges #EU to stop ‘putting up barriers’ 10 years after Britain erected trade barriers with the EU with its #Brexit vote, Kyle travelled to #Brussels on Wednesday to beg bloc leaders to work with #London on boosting the continent’s industrial base tinyurl.com/47nvxz9s

#APNews - Several #ICE agents were arrested in recent months, highlighting misconduct risks. One assaulted his girlfriend for years. Another admitted to repeatedly sexually abused a woman in custody. A third took bribes to lift detention orders for deportation targets. apnews.com/article/ice-...

#CNN - Who was #ElMencho, the feared cartel leader killed in a military operation? Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes was a feared #Mexican drug lord and the leader of a ruthless cartel accused of masterminding efforts to push #fentanyl into the United States. www.cnn.com/2026/02/23/a...

#ESPN - Former Purdue, NFL wide receiver Rondale Moore dies at age 25 Police in his hometown of New Albany, Indiana, told The Associated Press that Moore was found in a garage with a suspected self-inflicted gunshot wound. The death remained under investigation. www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...

#theguardian - #FIFA Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for 6 weeks As one of the hosts of the 2026 Fifa World Cup, the country is expecting to see tourists from across the globe. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

#APNews - Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office over ties to #Epstein The arrest of a brother of a monarch was an extraordinary development with no precedent in modern times that will no doubt put more pressure on the crown. apnews.com/article/brit...

#CNN - The Rev. #JesseJackson, pioneering civil rights activist and racial ‘pathfinder,’ dies at 84 A protégé of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., had been hospitalized in recent months and was under observation for progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP). www.cnn.com/2026/02/17/u...

#Techcrunch - #Anthropic and the Pentagon are reportedly arguing over Claude usage The #Pentagon is pushing AI companies to allow the U.S. #military to use their technology for “all lawful purposes,” but Anthropic is pushing back, according to a new report in #Axios. techcrunch.com/2026/02/15/a...

#CNN - READ: District judge’s scathing opinion ordering release of 5-year-old Liam Ramos and father In the fiery opinion, Biery admonished Trump’s “ignorance” of the Declaration of Independence, saying Americans today are hearing echoes of the 1776 grievances against “a would-be authoritarian king”

#APNews - Journalist #DonLemon has been arrested after he covered a #Minnesota church protest #PamBondi posted on Friday morning confirming the arrest of Lemon and the others who were present during the protest at the church where an #ICE official serves as a pastor. apnews.com/article/don-...

Politico - Newsom to probe claims of Trump-critical censorship at #TikTok Newsom’s review, first reported by POLITICO, comes amid wider accusations that TikTok is flagging for review or throttling criticism of the Trump administration and #ICE www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

#APNews - Man is shot and killed during Minneapolis immigration crackdown, National Guard activated The man was identified by his parents as Alex Pretti, an intensive care unit nurse. A White Male, US Citizen. apnews.com/article/immi...

APNews - Woman killed by ICE agent in Minneapolis was a mother of 3, poet and new to the city apnews.com/article/ice-...

Traveling this holiday season? There are steps you can take to safeguard your privacy if your phone or laptop is searched by immigration agents at the airport or other port of entry. Know your rights and protect your information.

Gizmodo - #TSA Sending Info on Domestic Travelers to #ICE for #Deportation Arrests TSA now sends ICE lists “multiple times a week” of people who will be traveling through U.S. airports & those are compared to databases of travelers Trump claims are subject to deportation gizmodo.com/tsa-sending-...

#PeterGreene, the actor known for his roles in #PulpFiction and The Mask, has died at the age of 60. He was found dead at his New York City apartment on Friday, his manager said, and the cause of death has not been disclosed. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...

#NPR - Texas men indicted in plot to take over Haitian island and enslave women and children Gavin Weisenburg, 21 years old of Allen, and Tanner Thomas, 20 years old of Argyle planned to murder all men on Gonave Island and enslaving the women and children as "sex slaves," www.npr.org/2025/11/23/n...

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#CNN - Racists are now openly targeting Indian Americans Dinesh D’Souza, the #right-wing commentator who has peddled racism against Black Americans for decades, mused: “In a career spanning 40 years, I have never encountered this type of rhetoric.” #News #Politics #Racism www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/u...

#Trump administration moves to overrule state laws protecting credit reports from #medicaldebt apnews.com/article/medi...

#APNews - Trump threatens Nigeria with potential military action, escalates claim of Christian persecution U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday stepped up his allegations that the government is failing to rein in the persecution of Christians in the West African country apnews.com/article/nige...

#CNN - Student handcuffed after #Doritos bag mistaken for a gun by school’s #AI security system #Omnilert.com the company that operates the AI gun detection system: “While the object (Doritos)!was later determined not to be a firearm, the process functioned as intended” www.cnn.com/2025/10/25/u...

#Politico - ‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat They referred to Black people as monkeys and “the watermelon people” and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies and ….. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

#D'Angelo, R&B's reluctant icon, has died at 51 The songwriter and producer, born Michael Eugene Archer, a visionary R&B singer who helped pioneer the #neosoul sub genre, has died following a battle with cancer, according to a statement from his family.

#APNews - What to know about the fatal #shooting of #CharlieKirk, the co-founder of #TurningPointUSA Authorities took one man, #GeorgeZinn, into custody who they later released after determining he was not the suspect apnews.com/article/char...

#APNews - Mystery surrounds $1.2 billion Army contract to build huge detention tent camp in Texas desert apnews.com/article/trum...

#Poll: Do you strongly approve, approve, disapprove or strongly disapprove of the way Donald Trump is handling the immigration issue?

#Reuter - U.S. Dist. Judge Sean Jordan appointed by Trump in 2019 grants Trump’s request to scrap Biden-era medical debt rule Kamala Harris had championed the regulation because consumers incurred medical debts due to accidents/illnesses they did not choose to suffer www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

#CNN - This iPhone app alerts users to nearby #ICE sightings #ICEBlock is designed to be an “early warning system” for users when ICE is operating nearby, Users can add a pin on a map showing where they spotted agents www.cnn.com/2025/06/30/t...

@ajenglish.bsky.social - Trump says US has bombed 3 nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow Iran official says Fordow ‘evacuated, has not suffered irreversible damage’ www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

#Poll Do you think the U.S. military should get involved in the conflict between #Israel and #Iran? 1- Should 2- Should not 3- Don’t care

#APNews - Iran hits Israel with a second wave of missiles As Iranian projectiles and Israeli interceptor rockets left trails of smoke and flame across the night sky, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed not to let Israel “escape safely from this great crime.” apnews.com/live/israel-...

Israel strikes Iran nuclear sites and military leadership, as Middle East braces for retaliation Iran accuses the US of aiding Israel The ministry said Israel’s strikes could not have taken place without assistance from the US www.cnn.com/world/live-n...

#NBC - Germany deploys permanent troops beyond its borders for the first time since WWII Chan. Merz said that “Russia’s aggressive revisionism” since its invasion of Ukraine in 2022 meant it could seek to redraw the broader map of Europe and not just that of Ukraine. www.nbcnews.com/world/europe...

#APNews - #Utah Supreme Court orders new trial for Black Man on death row after police misconduct surfaces While no physical evidence linked him to the crime scene, prosecutors convicted Carter- - apnews.com/article/utah...

#CNN - Dangerously high levels of arsenic and cadmium found in store-bought rice “Even at low levels, both arsenic and cadmium have been linked to serious health harms, including diabetes, developmental delays, reproductive toxicity and heart disease,” www.cnn.com/2025/05/15/h...

#NPR - Episcopal Church refuses to resettle white Afrikaners, citing moral opposition - - the Trump administration has otherwise all but frozen the refugee program, with Afrikaners among the few — and possibly only — people granted entry as refugees since January www.npr.org/2025/05/12/g...

#Axios - Israel plans to occupy and flatten all of #Gaza if no deal by Trump's trip Plans for the operation call for the #Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to displace virtually the entire population of 2 million people to a single "humanitarian area." www.axios.com/2025/05/05/i...

#Techcrunch - #GlobalX, airline used for #Trump #deportations, gets hacked: Report On Monday, 404 Media first reported news of the breach, based on a defacement message on the airline’s official website and stolen data that the hackers shared with the news website. techcrunch.com/2025/05/05/g...

#NPR - Police say 9 people were killed when car plowed into #Vancouver street festival crowd "At this time, we are confident that this incident was not an act of terrorism," the police department posted early Sunday. A 30-year-old Vancouver man was arrested at the scene- www.npr.org/2025/04/27/n...

Intel stock surges as chipmaker reportedly plans to cut 20% of workforce #Intel — the only US chip manufacturer capable of producing leading-edge semiconductors at scale — has struggled over the past several years to keep up in an increasingly AI-dominated market. finance.yahoo.com/news/intel-s...

#Techcrunch - Tesla profits drop 71% on weak sales and anti-Elon Musk sentiment At this time last year, #Tesla was grappling with some gloomy numbers. In case you forgot, the company’s profits fell 55% to $1.13 billion in the first quarter of 2024 from the same period in 2023. tinyurl.com/5xwr2jmt

@ajenglish.bsky.social - #PopeFrancis, leader of Roman #Catholic Church, dies at 88 www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

#CNN - US Supreme Court temporarily halts #deportations of #Venezuelan migrants under wartime law Lawyers for the #ACLU filed urgent requests on Friday in multiple courts, including the Supreme Court, urging immediate action www.reuters.com/world/us/ven...