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A wind energy company was ordered to pay $8 million in fines and restitution for killing at least 150 eagles at its wind farms, federal prosecutors said. The company, ESI Energy, a wholly-owned subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources, was also sentenced to probation for five years, during which it must…
UNRWA Is Investigating Charges of Workers’ Involvement in Oct. 7 Attacks
The United Nations agency that aids Palestinians, known as UNRWA, said on Friday it had dismissed several workers accused of being involved in the Hamas-led terrorist attacks on Oct. 7 and had launched an investigation into the allegations. The U.S. State Department said it had “temporarily paused additional funding” to…
Court Widens Scope of Deportations
A Biden administration policy that prioritized the arrest of undocumented immigrants who are considered a threat to public safety and national security has been suspended as of Saturday, rendering millions of people vulnerable to deportation. A federal judge in Texas had ruled the prioritization policy illegal on June 10, a…
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The stabbing on Friday of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd in 2020, at a special unit inside a Tucson, Ariz., prison is the latest in a series of attacks against high-profile inmates in the troubled, short-staffed federal Bureau of Prisons. The assault comes…
Seriously, can anyone name a well-run Democratic city?
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