The New World screwworm fly is threatening the $113 billion U.S. cattle industry for the first time in more than a half century, with an infestation from its flesh-eating larvae confirmed in south Texas.
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A leaked memo reveals that ICE wants to stop reporting deaths in the 30 days after an individual is released.
This comes as the number of detainees dying in ICE custody is already skyrocketing.
The New World Screwworm, a grave parasitic threat, has just been detected in US cattle for the first time since it was eradicated in 1966.
The parasite's revival comes after Trump and DOGE slashed funding for Screwworm monitoring programs.
The Cicero Riot Of 1951.
In July 1951, a mob of about 4,000 whites attacked an apartment building that housed a single Black family of Harvey E. Clark, a WW2 veteran, in a neighborhood in Cicero, Illinois.
It was the first race riot to be broadcast on local television.
Breaking news: President Trump is appointing Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence, tapping a political supporter who heads a federal mortgage regulation agency but has no intelligence experience. https://t.co/zkHY2ouvbM
one google data center in virginia
contracted at up to two million gallons of water per day
information on water use only released under court order & risk of contempt
New reporting from Reuters indicates that Israel has issued evacuation orders covering 20% of Lebanon, far beyond the "buffer zone" it previously announced to the Litani River.
More than half of the evacuation orders were *north* of Litani.
Gaza tactics in Lebanon.
Israel planted explosives in a school for disabled children at dawn today in South Lebanon and blew it up.
Not a military target.
A school for disabled children — perhaps the only one in the country.
In what universe is this considered “self-defense”?
Rep. @RobertGarcia: I asked Pam Bondi 5 different questions about her conversations with Trump on the Epstein files. She refused to answer any questions about Trump.
More than 350 U.S. service members have been injured since military action against Iran began in February. The majority of those are traumatic brain injuries. TBIs have become the defining injury of post 9/11 conflicts, and the symptoms can often linger for years, or even a lifetime.
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Under a fragile ceasefire in Gaza, children with Down syndrome are trying to adjust to a reality where weapons have largely fallen silent, but over two years of war have made the task ahead challenging.