Protests erupted Friday morning outside the Broadview Immigration Processing Center after a series of coordinated Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids in the Chicago area led to dozens of arrests. Activists and local faith leaders gathered in the pre-dawn hours to block buses carrying detainees, chanting “Let them stay” and holding signs calling for an end to mass deportations. According …
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FILE PHOTO: Michael Eisner, Michael Eisner, chairman of Topps Co. and former chief executive officer of Walt Disney Co., speaks during an interview in New York. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Former Disney CEO Michael Eisner on Friday issued a statement supporting Jimmy Kimmel, whose late-night show has been suspended indefinitely by Disney’s subsidiary ABC for comments the …
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Washington DC’s only Home Depot was busy with contractors and customers on Thursday morning – but the Hispanic day laborers who usually gather and wait for work under the parking lot’s sparse trees were nowhere to be found. Two days earlier, masked federal agents swarmed the area and made several arrests, which were photographed by bystanders and posted on social …
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The U.S. exploration company OceanGate used “intimidation tactics” to “evade regulatory scrutiny” in the years leading up to the June 2023 Titan submersible tragedy, according to findings released by the U.S. Coast Guard Tuesday. Those conclusions are part of an over 300-page report released by officials into the incident, which killed five people onboard when the sub imploded underwater while …
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Who were the five people on board the Titan?published at 13:09 British Summer Time 13:09 BST The CEO of the submersible company, a British billionaire explorer, a French diver, and a father and son were all on board the Titan submersible that imploded in June 2023. Stockton Rush, 61, was the chief executive of OceanGate, the firm which owned the …
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