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Scientists warn melting ice could release 5,000-year-old superbug that resists 10 modern antibiotics |

Psychrobacter SC65A.3 is a 5,000-year-old cold-adapted bacterium resistant to multiple modern antibiotics/ AI Illustration A team of Romanian researchers has identified a bacterium preserved for roughly 5,000 years inside an underground ice deposit that can already withstand multiple modern antibiotics. The organism, recovered from Scărișoara Ice Cave in north-west Romania, survived frozen conditions for millennia […]

Trump’s ICE ‘operation metro surge’ cost Minneapolis $203 million: Official

Minneapolis officials said on Friday that Operation Metro Surge, a federal immigration enforcement deployment by the Trump administration, cost the city at least $203 million.The statement came on Friday as the White House began winding down the operation across Minnesota following months of occupation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection […]

Who was Ofelia Torres? Chicago teen who fought for father’s release from ICE detention dies of cancer

Ofelia Torres, the 16-year-old Chicago student who publicly appealed for her father’s release from immigration detention while battling a rare cancer, has died, reports NBC news. Ofelia passed away on Friday from Stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive cancer that affects soft tissue. She had been diagnosed in December 2024 and had spent […]

Despite 4,400 court rulings declaring immigrant detentions illegal, Trump administration’s ICE crackdown continues

Over 400 federal judges have ruled more than 4,400 times since October that the Trump administration is illegally detaining immigrants. This comes as detention numbers under Trump have jumped 75% to 68,000, sparking over 20,200 federal lawsuits from detainees seeking release, according to a Reuters report.The rulings challenge Trump’s departure from a decades-old policy that […]

Meet Julian Miramontes: 14-year-old California boy who built an app to help immigrants know their rights during ICE raids | World News

Julian Miramontes(right) with Rep. Jimmy Gomez Fourteen-year-old Julian Miramontes from Los Angeles has earned national recognition for creating a mobile app designed to help immigrants understand their legal rights. An eighth grader at El Sereno Middle School, Miramontes developed the Know Your Rights app after witnessing fear and uncertainty in his community linked to immigration […]

US Homeland Security shuts down partially as Democrats, Republicans fail to agree on funding; ICE remains operational

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) entered a partial shutdown on Saturday due to a congressional funding dispute centered around Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations. The controversy intensified after ICE agents killed two US citizens during raids in Minneapolis, leading Democrats to demand major reforms before approving new funding, while thousands of government workers […]

‘She’s never been in jail’: Marine war veteran pleads for assistance after ICE arrested his wife during interview for permanent resident card

A United States Marine war veteran is pleading for assistance after Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested his wife during an interview for a permanent resident card.Diana Butnarciuc left the Eastern European country of Moldova for a better life in 2008, according to her husband. She has 2 children, works, and pays her taxes. However, […]

Ghost trees rising from ice: The 100-year-old earthquake that created Kazakhstan’s eerie underwater forest | World News

The story of nature tucked away in Kazakhstan’s Tian Shan Mountains, Kaindy Lake, seems like something out of a dream. Tree trunks poke eerily out of the water, ghostly and silent. It’s strange. Almost unreal. Locals and travellers alike are drawn to it, though, curious to see a forest frozen in time. Over a century […]

‘This is wrong’: Team USA curler speaks out on Minnesota ICE raids during Olympics | World News

Team USA curler Rich Ruohonen used an Olympic press conference to speak out about events unfolding in his home state of Minnesota, calling the situation “wrong” and saying he felt a responsibility to address it while representing the United States on the world stage.Ruohonen, who is competing at the 2026 Winter Olympics, said he was […]

‘More than what ICE does’: Indian-origin historian weighs in on Trump administration naming 33 new immigration judges

The Trump administration has appointed 33 new immigration judges, many with military backgrounds, in a move that some experts say could have a deeper impact than routine actions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the US.Indian-origin historian Varad Mehta quoted a planned regulation alongside the new appointments, noting on X, “The Trump administration plans […]