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Salt trucks, routinely used in Chicago winters to combat ice on roadways, were not deployed this weekend to deter ICE, the city said, despite claims made on social media videos. Chicago has been bracing for a surge of immigration enforcement and the potential arrival of the National Guard, following President Donald Trump’s claims that he would soon target the city. …

The new SALT tax deduction cap: Only the wealthy will benefit  Quartz Trump raised the SALT deduction cap to $40,000: Here’s what it means for taxpayers  CNBC The ‘SALT Torpedo’ That Could Sink Deductions for High-Earning Homeowners  Realtor.com Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ could save New Yorkers nearly $4,000 in 2026: Here’s what to expect  Democrat and Chronicle One Big Beautiful Bill, QCDs and Corporate …

The Great Salt Lake is an extraordinary natural phenomenon, the “largest salt-water lake in the western hemisphere.” “A remnant of the massive ancient Lake Bonneville, the lake is now landlocked and its waters are salty,” according to Utah.com. “It is the largest lake between the Great Lakes and the Pacific Ocean, and is the largest saltwater lake in the Western …

The Great Salt Lake once reached depths of up to 1,000 feet and spanned roughly 20,000 square miles, but today, it mostly resembles a parched wasteland. So, when signs of life suddenly began popping up across the drying playa, scientists were perplexed. In the last several years, reed-covered mounds have appeared off the lake’s southeast shore. These densely vegetated oases …

The appearance of strange ‘islands’ bristling with reeds on the drying playa of Utah’s Great Salt Lake may finally have an explanation. A vast, natural network of underground plumbing emerges from the depths, piping in fresh water that feeds mounds where plant life can thrive, according to extensive surveys conducted by scientists over several years. This opens a new window …

Kayla Thompson and her husband, Kasey Thompson, were asleep in their RV camper at their first Burning Man festival Wednesday morning when she awoke in pain. She thought it might be something she ate, or worse, her appendix. The rain had stopped, but the desert playa that stretched infinitely around their camper was mucky and filled with puddles from a …

The FBI, alongside U.S. and allied intelligence agencies, has declared the Salt Typhoon cyber campaign a national defense crisis after uncovering widespread infiltration of global telecommunications networks. Getty Images The FBI and allied international intelligence agencies have declared the Salt Typhoon cyber campaign a national defense crisis after uncovering widespread infiltration of global telecommunications networks by Chinese state-backed hackers. In …

A weekend of relatively limited combat sports action has opened the door for some of MMA’s bigger personalities of the past decade to steal the spotlight in the Misfits Boxing ring. On Saturday, Misfits Boxing 22 takes place in Manchester, England, primed to deliver the promotion’s typical brand of chaos. The main event features a duo of former UFC middleweight …

China’s Salt Typhoon cyberspies hoovered up information belonging to millions of people in the United States over the course of the years-long intrusion into telecommunications networks, according to a top FBI cyber official. “There’s a good chance this espionage campaign has stolen information from nearly every American,” Michael Machtinger, deputy assistant director for the FBI’s cyber division, told The Register. …

The view of Great Salt Lake’s North Arm from Gunnison Island, which has long served as a nesting ground for pelicans. Credit: Brian Maffly, University of Utah For thousands of years, Utah’s Great Salt Lake reflected only natural shifts in climate and water flow. But fresh sediment analyses show that in just two centuries, human activity forced the lake into …