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  • ICE targets law-abiding immigrants as criminal detentions drop to 50%

    ICE targets law-abiding immigrants as criminal detentions drop to 50%

    [ad_1] NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Since his first presidential run, President Donald Trump’s immigration rhetoric was laser-focused on building walls and banishing “bad hombres.” Love it or loathe it, the logic was clear: control the border and swiftly deport those “bringing crime” into the country. Six months into his second term, however, Trump’s…

  • NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani warns of ‘withering faith’ in democracy

    NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani warns of ‘withering faith’ in democracy

    [ad_1] NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani warned of a “withering faith” in democracy to deliver for working-class Americans in a new interview with Time Magazine. “Democracy is not just under attack from authoritarianism from the outside,” Mamdani told Time Magazine. “It’s also under attack from…

  • Bondi strips power from DC police chief, rescinds sanctuary city protections

    Bondi strips power from DC police chief, rescinds sanctuary city protections

    [ad_1] NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a two-page order on Thursday rescinding illegal immigration protections in Washington, D.C., and naming an “emergency police commissioner” for the city’s Metropolitan Police Department. Bondi’s order, titled “Restoring Safety and Security to the District of Columbia,” mostly took aim at sanctuary…

  • South Korea’s Lee announces plan to restore military pact with North Korea

    South Korea’s Lee announces plan to restore military pact with North Korea

    [ad_1] NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! South Korea’s new liberal president announced Friday his plans to end some military activities along its border with North Korea and restore a 2018 military agreement with its neighbor in an effort to reduce border tensions. Speaking on the 80th anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japanese…

  • Brightest supermoon since 1948

    Brightest supermoon since 1948

    [ad_1] See photos of November’s supermoon — the brightest in nearly 70 years. [ad_2] Source link

  • Girls to design Africa’s first private space satellite

    Girls to design Africa’s first private space satellite

    [ad_1] Story highlights Africa will launch its first private satellite into space It’s been built by schoolgirls CNN  —  They may be teenagers, but 17-year-old Brittany Bull and 16-year-old Sesam Mngqengqiswa have grand ambitions – to launch Africa’s first private satellite into space in 2019. They are part of a team of high school girls…

  • What parents should know about the VR gear kids want

    What parents should know about the VR gear kids want

    [ad_1] Story highlights Virtual reality headsets range from inexpensive Cardboard to pricey PlayStation Here are your options if you want to dip your toe in or really swim with the VR big fish Thinking about treating your family to a little virtual reality this holiday? Have no idea where to start? Don’t worry. From Google’s…

  • Winners of the ‘Oscars of watches’ on show at Dubai

    Winners of the ‘Oscars of watches’ on show at Dubai

    [ad_1] CNN  —  The winners of this year’s “Oscars of watchmaking” have been chosen, with a wide range of time pieces recognized for their engineering perfection and eye-catching design. An industry jury chose the world’s best watches in fifteen different categories including sports, jewellery and travel time watch, with the awards presented by the Grand…

  • Flying a sports car with wings

    Flying a sports car with wings

    [ad_1] Story highlights The intuitive amphibious ICON A5 looks like a sports car It does require a sports pilot license to fly it Tampa, Florida CNN  —  When it comes to piloting a plane, I have zero experience. In fact, I’ve never even considered attempting it. Nevertheless, as we swoop over Florida’s Tampa Bay on…

  • How to outsmart fake news in your Facebook feed

    How to outsmart fake news in your Facebook feed

    [ad_1] CNN  —  Just because it’s on the internet doesn’t make it true. It seems so simple, but if everyone knew that, Facebook and Google wouldn’t have to pull bogus news sites from their advertising algorithms and people wouldn’t breathlessly share stories that claim Donald Trump is a secret lizard person or Hillary Clinton is…

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