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U.S. immigration detainees start to arrive at Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ in the Everglades

In a matter of days, an isolated training airport in the Everglades where endangered Florida panthers roam became a sprawling immigration detention center christened “Alligator Alcatraz,” modelled after the state’s frequent responses to hurricanes and built in part by companies whose owners have donated generously to Republicans. Read More
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How Ukraine can cope with the U.S. pause on crucial battlefield weapons

The decision by the United States to pause some weapons shipments to Ukraine has come at a tough time for Kyiv: Russia's bigger army is making a concerted push on parts of the roughly 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) front line and is intensifying long-range drone and missile attacks that increasingly hammer civilians in Ukrainian cities. Read More
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Two tourists from UK and New Zealand killed by elephant, Zambian police say

Commissioner says two women were attacked by female elephant that was with a calf

Two female tourists from the UK and New Zealand have been killed by an elephant while on a walking safari in a national park in Zambia, police in the southern African country have said.

The Eastern Province police commissioner, Robertson Mweemba, said the victims, who he named as 68-year-old Easton Janet Taylor from the UK and 67-year-old Alison Jean Taylor from New Zealand, were attacked by a female elephant that was with a calf.

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© Photograph: DEA/V. GIANNELLA/De Agostini/Getty Images

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Photos of celebrity trials that have garnered wide-spread attention

A New York City jury convicted Sean “Diddy” Combs on prostitution-related charges but acquitted him of sex trafficking and racketeering. The case joins a list of high-profile celebrity trials, including those of O.J. Simpson, Michael Jackson, Harvey Weinstein and Alec Baldwin, that have captured public attention.

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Iran suspends cooperation with UN nuclear watchdog ‘until certain conditions are met’

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Iran's president on Wednesday ordered the country to suspend its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency after American and Israeli airstrikes hit its most-important nuclear facilities, likely further limiting inspectors' ability to track Tehran's program that had been enriching uranium to near weapons-grade levels. Read More
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Idaho student stabbings suspect pleads guilty to murder to avoid death penalty

Ex-criminal justice student Bryan Kohberger admits to killing four University of Idaho students in 2022

Bryan Kohberger pleaded guilty to murder on Wednesday in the brutal stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students in 2022 that stunned and terrified the campus and set off a nationwide search, which ended weeks later when he was arrested in Pennsylvania.

Kohberger, who was a criminal justice graduate student at nearby Washington State University, admitted to the slayings before entering a formal guilty plea in a deal with prosecutors that will allow him to avoid the death penalty. He was set to go to trial in August.

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© Photograph: Lindsey Wasson/Reuters

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