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Work progresses July 4 on a new migrant detention facility dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility in the Florida Everglades. Deportation flights from the makeshift South Florida immigration detention facility have begun

Deportation flights from ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ begin as Florida vows a ‘surge’ of immigration arrests

By Devon M. Sayers, Isabel Rosales, CNN (CNN) — Deportation flights from the makeshift South Florida immigration detention facility dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” have begun as a “surge” of immigration arrests is on the horizon, state officials said. “What has been done here has been remarkable,” GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday at the controversial tent

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Bryan Kohberger appears at the Ada County Courthouse for his sentencing hearing on Wednesday in Boise

A shadowy figure, Kohberger’s interactions with women and jailhouse habits: Takeaways from the Idaho murders document release

By Dakin Andone, Lily Hautau, CNN (CNN) — The legal saga against the man who murdered four University of Idaho students may have ended Wednesday, when he was sentenced to life in prison without parole. But new details about the case are still emerging, even as many questions remain unanswered. The sentencing cleared the way

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New sentencing dates set for 5 former Memphis, Tennessee, officers in Tyre Nichols case

By Associated Press Memphis, Tennessee (AP) — A judge on Thursday scheduled sentencings in December for five former Memphis police officers convicted of federal charges in the 2023 beating death of Tyre Nichols, after the sentencings were delayed when the previous judge in the case surprisingly recused himself. During a hearing, U.S. District Judge Sheryl

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William "Rick" Singer departs after being sentenced at the federal courthouse in Boston

Mastermind behind college admissions scam is back advising students — now with a court-ordered disclaimer

By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Fresh out of federal prison, the mastermind behind the college admissions scam known as “Operation Varsity Blues” is back with a new job: college admissions advising. William “Rick” Singer was released early from the Bureau of Prisons’ custody on March 25 and, according to a recent legal filing, is

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5 things to know for July 24: Signal controversy, Epstein files, Birthright citizenship, Thailand-Cambodia, Ohio ‘ambush’

By Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — In a landmark advisory opinion issued on Wednesday, the world’s highest court said polluting countries may be in breach of international law if they do not protect the planet from the “existential threat” posed by climate change. It was the first time the International Court of Justice had formally

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Judge Steven Hippler

Some documents in Kohberger case have been unsealed. The public must wait for more records that might shed light on murders

POOL, KAYU, ADA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, IDAHO FOURTH DISTRICT COURT, KXLY, ADA COUNTY DISTRICT, XANA KERNODLE, ETHAN CHAPIN, MADISON MOGEN, KAYLEE GONCALVES, INSTAGRAM, CNN, Xana Kernodle, Ethan Chapin, Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves/Instagram By Elise Hammond, CNN (CNN) — With Bryan Kohberger now set to spend the rest of his life in prison for the brutal

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The Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building is seen on February 07 in Washington

Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights initiates investigation into 5 universities over DACA scholarships

By Carma Hassan, CNN (CNN) — Five universities are under investigation by the US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights for providing scholarships to undocumented immigrants enrolled in the Obama-era DACA program, according to a statement from the Department of Education Wednesday. DACA, or the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, allows hundreds of

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