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Detainees report alleged uprising at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’: ‘A lot of people have bled’ | US immigration

Detainees report alleged uprising at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’: ‘A lot of people have bled’ | US immigration

Guards at Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration jail deployed teargas and engaged in a mass beating of detainees to quell a mini-uprising, it was reported on Friday. The allegations, made by at least three detainees in phone calls to Miami’s Spanish language news channel Noticias 23, come as authorities race to empty the camp in compliance with a judge’s order to …

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Shooter found dead in parking lot after Minneapolis church attack

Shooter found dead in parking lot after Minneapolis church attack

Authorities are working to learn the motive of the shooter who fired into a Minneapolis Catholic school’s church during Mass, killing two children and injuring 17 worshippers. Officials identified the shooter as Robin Westman, 23, and said Westman was found dead in the parking lot from what they believe was a self-inflicted gunshot. Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said authorities …

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Apple Music just made leaving Spotify a whole lot easier

Apple Music just made leaving Spotify a whole lot easier

Ah, inertia: The internet’s favorite force. It might not be able to move mountains—on account of, basically, being the exact reason you can’t actually do that—but the physical/psychological force that can be best summed up as “Fuck it, I don’t want to move” can still have massive effects on online ecosystems. Which is why it feels especially sneaky—and dare we …

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Trump Says ‘A Lot’ of Americans Want a Dictator

Trump Says ‘A Lot’ of Americans Want a Dictator

Donald Trump has been ruling like an authoritarian since retaking office in January, repeatedly thumbing his nose at Congress, the Constitution, and any other check on presidential power. On Monday, Trump appeared to tease the notion of the United States becoming a full-fledged dictatorship while signing executive orders in the Oval Office. Trump was answering questions about his administration’s military …

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Minnesota Vikings face ‘a lot of hard decisions’ as roster cuts loom

Minnesota Vikings face ‘a lot of hard decisions’ as roster cuts loom

NASHVILLE — How is Vikings quarterback Max Brosmer planning to distract himself until roster cuts are done Tuesday? “Best [fair] in the country,” the former Gophers QB from Georgia said Friday night. “I’m gonna bring some guys who haven’t been to the Minnesota State Fair. That will be good for us to kind of get our minds off of it …

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Matthew Stafford: I definitely felt a lot more like myself out there today

Matthew Stafford: I definitely felt a lot more like myself out there today

Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford spoke to reporters for the first time since the start of training camp on Thursday, after head coach Sean McVay had said the QB got through the week healthy. Stafford has been dealing with a disc issue in his back. While McVay and Stafford did not formally declare that the quarterback would play Week 1, it …

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Jubilation, chaos, and a lot of screaming: inside a Hollow Knight community Discord as the Silksong release date finally hit

Jubilation, chaos, and a lot of screaming: inside a Hollow Knight community Discord as the Silksong release date finally hit

30-minutes until the live reveal of the latest Hollow Knight: Silksong trailer, the Hollow Knight: Silksong Daily News Discord server is packed. Almost a hundred people are sitting in a single voice channel, chatting away, cracking jokes. In less than an hour, they’ll blow out my earphones. Prior to the release date trailer, the regular gags are thrown out perhaps …

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