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The ransom note felt credible because it included details about a specific damaged piece of property and the placement of an accessory in the home. LA Times
New York City private school tuition has soared past $70,000 – as institutions nod to a sky-high cost of living and the need to ramp up financial aid offerings. New York Post
After a decade of denial, America’s medical establishment is starting to blink. Two of the country’s most powerful doctors’ organizations now say gender surgeries should generally wait until adulthood — a stunning reversal after years of waving them through on children. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons and the American Medical Association have reversed course,... New York Post
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Bad Bunny, the Puerto Rican superstar who has denounced ICE, celebrated Latino heritage in his largely Spanish-language performance. New York Times
VOA VIEW: It was second rate.
In part, the problem has to do with how users are asking their questions. New York Times
VOA VIEW: A serious problem.
One to two cups of caffeinated tea per day helps too, researchers found after following nearly 132,000 people for 40 years. New York Times
Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana traditionally were America’s educational basement, but now they are showing blue states a way forward. New York Times
Given the growing harms from marijuana use, American lawmakers should do more to regulate it. New York Times
VOA VIEW: It's becoming a serious problem.
The strike closed public schools for more than 50,000 students in the city and had no end date. Health care costs are a key issue in negotiations. New York Times
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The retiring congressman hopes his endorsement will carry Assemblyman Micah Lasher past a crowded primary field, including a Kennedy. New York Times
VOA VIEW: Nadler is a joke.
The world's biggest social media companies face several landmark trials this year that seek to hold them responsible for harms to children who use their platforms. Opening statements for the first, in Los Angeles County Superior Court, begin this week. Washington Times
VOA VIEW: They should lose.
Americans expect inflation and unemployment to worsen this year, even as the stock market improves. Washington Times
The Trump administration has quietly struck a legal settlement that not only ends one of President Biden's mass migrant "parole" programs but could block future presidents from trying to revive them. Washington Times
VOA VIEW: It was bad, period.
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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is heading into a challenging reelection bid as she continues to suffer fallout from last year's devastating wildfire and ongoing criticism of City Hall on issues from street paving to homelessness. Washington Times
A leading U.S. health official on Sunday urged people to get inoculated against the measles at a time of outbreaks across several states and as the United States is at risk of losing its measles elimination status. Washington Times
VOA VIEW: People should listen.
Google and Pepsi were among the best ads of the Big Game, while Coinbase and ai.com got failing grades. CBS
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The Seattle Seahawks defeated the New England Patriots Sunday to win the 2026 Super Bowl. CBS
Pilots in two different planes reported seeing a mysterious object over Arizona last month. The exchange with air traffic control sounded like something out of the Twilight Zone. CBS
A North Carolina prosecutor declined to bring charges against Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer Brentley Vinson, saying the evidence shows the September shooting of Keith Lamont Scott was justified. CBS
Ballad Health, the nation's largest state-sanctioned hospital monopoly, plans to rebuild Unicoi County Hospital in Tennessee on land that two climate modeling companies say is at risk of flooding. CBS
Novo is asking the court to permanently ban Hims from selling compounded versions of its drugs that infringe patents, and is seeking to recover damages. CNBC
VOA VIEW: Time will tell.
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The update comes shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened tariffs on any country that supplies Cuba with oil. CNBC
VOA VIEW: Cuba will lose the battle.
The FBI last month raided an election facility central to President Donald Trump's debunked claims of fraud in the 2020 election. CNBC
Democratic Socialists of America faces congressional scrutiny over alleged 'malign foreign influence' from China, Venezuela and Cuba. FOX News
VOA VIEW: The Dems will lose.
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Mexican authorities arrested alleged Sinaloa cartel fentanyl producer Ivan Valerio Sainz Salazar, who is accused of supplying deadly pills to the Chapitos faction. FOX News
VOA VIEW: They will pay the price.
Anti-ICE protesters were arrested in Minneapolis after chaos unfolded outside a federal building, with footage showing confrontations with officers. FOX News
VOA VIEW: As they should be.
A multi-agency investigation led to statutory rape charges against a 29-year-old man in North Carolina. The victims were allegedly contacted through Snapchat. FOX News
Canadian "snowbirds" are continuing to avoid Florida's tourism hotspots as strained international relations spill over into a second year. UPI
VOA VIEW: It is what it is.
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said early Monday that colleague Juan Pablo Guanipa was kidnapped hours after he and 34 other jailed politicians were released from prison. UPI
VOA VIEW: As they should be.
Democrat Chasity Verret Martinez beat out her Republican opponent Brad Daigle, accumulating some 5,159 votes during Louisiana's special election. UPI
Investigators towed a vehicle and searched Nancy Guthrie's Tucson, Ariz., home and property and have video footage of a vehicle of interest. UPI
Federal health officials reported 145 new measles cases amid outbreaks across 20 states over the past week, raising the nation's total to 733. UPI
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He should be sent out of the U.One of the three court challenges to an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades has ended after the immigrant detainee who filed the lawsuit agreed to be removed from the United States and will be out of the country soon, his attorneys said. He should be sent out of the US.
The detainee at the facility dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” asked that his case in federal court in Fort Myers, Florida, be dismissed. “Petitioner is no longer detained at Alligator Alcatraz, he has formally agreed to be removed, and he will soon have left the United States,” his attorneys wrote in a court motion. One of his attorneys, Spencer Amdur of the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, said by phone on Tuesday that the detainee, only referred to as M.A. in court documents, would be returning to Chile.
The lawsuit claimed that immigration was a federal issue, and Florida agencies and private contractors hired by the state had no authority to operate the facility under federal law. Detainees who entered the facility disappeared from the normal detainee tracking system and had difficulty accessing legal help, the lawsuit said. Florida has led other states in constructing facilities to support President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. Besides the Everglades facility, which received its first detainees in July, Florida has opened an immigration detention center in northeast Florida and is looking at opening a third facility in the Florida Panhandle.
M.A. is married to a U.S. citizen and has five stepchildren who are U.S. citizens. He entered the United States in 2018 on a visa and later applied for asylum. Before his arrest last July, he had a work permit, a social security card and a driver’s license, according to court documents. After his arrest, but before he was sent to the Everglades facility, officers pressured him to sign an English-only form that he didn’t understand but was later told it was a voluntary removal form, according to court documents.
