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ICE is law-breaking ‘law enforcement’
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We've seen masked government agents roughing people up, shouting obscenities at them, trapping them on freezing cold roofs, smashing their car windows, shooting pastors with pepper balls, shoving women to the ground, separating mothers from their children and killing an unarmed American citizen ...
Europe aims to end reliance on American for security
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BRUSSELS (AP) — "Intimidation," "threats" and "blackmail" are just some of the terms being used by European Union leaders to describe U.S. President Donald Trump's warning that he will slap new tariffs on nations opposing American control of Greenland. European language has hardened since ...
Where the wind whispers and the birds sing
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“And the birds up on the wires and the telegraph poles; they can always fly away from this rain and this cold; you can hear them singing out their telegraph code; all the way down the Telegraph Road,” – Mark Knopfler The wind kicks up snow dust and swirls it around my head as I walk. I ...
Almanac for Jan. 20, 2026
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Today is Tuesday, Jan. 20, the 20th day of 2026. There are 345 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1981, Iran released 52 Americans it had held hostage for 444 days, minutes after Ronald Reagan was sworn in as president of the United States, succeeding Jimmy Carter. Also on this ...
Almanac for Jan. 19, 2026
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Monday is Jan. 19, the 19th day of 2026. There are 346 days left in the year. This day in history: In 1937, Howard Hughes set a new transcontinental speed record in his H-1 Racer aircraft, flying from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey, in seven hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds. Also on ...