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ICE is quietly buying warehouses for detention centers and leaving local officials out of the loop

SOCORRO, Texas (AP) — In a Texas town at the edge of the Rio Grande and a tall metal border wall, rumors swirled that federal immigration officials wanted to purchase three hulking warehouses to transform into a detention center.

As local officials scrambled to find out what was happening, a deed was filed showing the Department of Homeland Security had already inked a $122.8 million deal for the 826,000-square-foot (76,738-square-meter) warehouses in Socorro, a bedroom community of 40,000 people outside El Paso.

“Nobody from the federal government bothered to pick... Read More

New Mexico launches investigation of forced sterilization of Native American women

EDGEWOOD, N.M. (AP) — In the 1970s, the U.S. agency that provides health care to Native Americans sterilized thousands of women without their full and informed consent, depriving them of the opportunity to start or grow families.

Decades later, the state of New Mexico is set to investigate that troubling history and its lasting harm.

New Mexico legislators approved a measure this week to have the state Indian Affairs Department and the Commission on the Status of Women examine the history, scope and continuing impact of forced and coerced sterilizations of women of... Read More

Social media can be addictive even for adults, but there are ways to cut back

Social media addiction has been compared to casinos, opioids and cigarettes.

While there’s some debate among experts about the line between overuse and addiction, and whether social media can cause the latter, there is no doubt that many people feel like they can’t escape the pull of Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat and other platforms.

The companies that designed your favorite apps have an incentive to keep you glued to them so they can serve up ads that make them billions of dollars in revenue. Resisting the pull of the endless scroll, the dopamine hits from short-form... Read More

Murky outlook for businesses after tariff ruling prompts countermoves by Trump

NEW YORK (AP) — Businesses face a new wave of uncertainty after the Supreme Court struck down tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump under an emergency powers law and Trump vowed to work around the ruling to keep his tariffs in place.

The Trump administration says its tariffs help boost American manufacturers and reduce the trade gap. But many U.S. businesses have had to raise prices and adjust in other ways to offset higher costs spurred by the tariffs.

It remains to be seen how much relief businesses and consumers will actually get from Friday's ruling. Within... Read More

Macron vows to tackle violent activist groups after fatal beating in Lyon

LYON, France (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron called for calm on Saturday ahead of marches organized by far-right groups, after a nationalist activist died from a beating in Lyon in an incident that highlighted a climate of deep political tensions ahead of next year's presidential vote.

Speaking at the Paris agriculture fair, Macron said he will launch a review of violent activist groups, and urged “everyone to remain calm” before Saturday's tributes to Quentin Deranque, a 23-year-old who died of brain injuries in a hospital last week. The demonstrations will take... Read More

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ICE is quietly buying warehouses for detention centers and leaving local officials out of the loop

New Mexico launches investigation of forced sterilization of Native American women

Social media can be addictive even for adults, but there are ways to cut back

Murky outlook for businesses after tariff ruling prompts countermoves by Trump

Macron vows to tackle violent activist groups after fatal beating in Lyon

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