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Facebook Tweet Email Link A US Coast Guard cutter on Monday unloaded a record haul of illegal drugs that, if it had made it to the streets, would represent around 23 million deadly doses of cocaine, the service said. The cutter Hamilton offloaded about 61,740 pounds of cocaine and 14,400 pounds of marijuana at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, around …

Unauthorized immigrant population hit record 14M in 2023: Pew analysis  Axios The US undocumented immigrant population reached a record in 2023  CNN Illegal immigration hit a record-high of 14 million in the US in 2023, Pew report finds  AP News U.S. Unauthorized Immigrant Population Reached a Record 14 Million in 2023  Pew Research Center Report: Illegal immigration hit record-high in 2023  Arizona Daily Star Source …

Immigrant Population in U.S. Drops for the First Time in Decades  The New York Times Have 1.6 million undocumented immigrants left the U.S. this year? Researchers say it’s too soon to know.  CBS News U.S. immigrant population shrinking for first time since 1960s amid Trump administration policy changes  NBC News Secretary Noem Announces 1.6 Million Illegal Aliens Have Left the U.S.  Homeland Security (.gov) …

A sunflower sea star – credit, Ed Bierman CC 2.0. For years, a wasting disease has been turning sea stars to goo off the California coast. Scientists now finally know the cause, and are beginning to fight back. Whether it has over 20 arms like the sunflower sea star, or just 5, billions of Pacific sea stars were being wiped …

As the population of Arizona‘s capital city soars, around two and half hours north of Phoenix, another city with milder weather and a small–town vibe is facing it’s own boom in popularity. Prescott, Arizona, has seen a steady increase in population in recent years, with the number of residents sky rocketing 6.16 percent from 46,056 in 2020 to an estimated …

Pronatalism – the belief that low birth rates are a problem that must be reversed – is having a moment in the U.S. As birth rates decline in the U.S. and throughout the world, voices from Silicon Valley to the White House are raising concerns about what they say could be the calamitous effects of steep population decline on the …

Homeless Population Declines in Los Angeles for a Second Straight Year  The New York Times Homelessness in Los Angeles county declines for second straight year  The Guardian Results of LA region’s annual homeless count to be released  LAist Number of homeless people in Los Angeles city and county drops for 2nd year in a row, data finds  ABC7 Los Angeles The real story of …