ICE arrests over 1,200 illegal immigrants in Georgia; sex offenders, child abusers among those held

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 1,226 illegal immigrants in Georgia during an enhanced enforcement operation targeting individuals with criminal histories, according to the agency.Dubbed “Operation Safe Community–Atlanta,” the operation resulted in the arrest of 720 people who had either been convicted of or charged with crimes in…

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‘He did not make it’: Death of PhD student Vikram Mubayi after California hike leaves family seeking answers

హైకింగ్‌కు వెళ్లి అమెరికాలో అదృశ్యమైన భారత సంతతి పీహెచ్‌డీ స్కాలర్ మృతి Vikram Mubayi, a chemical engineering PhD student at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), died after going missing during a solo hike in California’s Eastern Sierra, with his family now left seeking answers over what happened.Mubayi’s brother, who had earlier appealed for help on Reddit,…

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China controls about 80% of the tungsten market; a Nevada company says it has found 1.78 million tonnes, but NASA is blocking mining on part of the site

A potentially enormous tungsten resource has been identified beneath the Nevada desert, but a NASA land restriction could prevent the company behind the project from fully exploring or developing it.3 Proton Lithium, a privately held critical-minerals developer, says its Railroad Valley Minerals Project contains an inferred tungsten resource of approximately 1.78 million tonnes. If future…

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Florida dumped millions of tyres into the ocean to build a reef. More than 50 years later, it is still cleaning them up | World News

In the early 1970s, state officials and the US Army Corps of Engineers approved the dumping of vast numbers of used tyres into the Atlantic Ocean off Broward County, Florida. The idea was simple: create cheap, abundant artificial reef habitat to boost fish populations for anglers. Instead, the scheme left behind what is now known…

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Utah girl Emma Meline was diagnosed with severe aplastic anemia days before Christmas; her 2-year-old sister became her perfect bone marrow match

Emma Meline (Image Credit: GoFundMe) A Utah family’s difficult medical journey took an emotional turn when young Emma Meline was diagnosed with severe aplastic anemia just days before Christmas, and about two months later, the family learned that her 2-year-old sister was a perfect bone marrow match. According to a GoFundMe fundraiser organised by Emma’s…

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Major US university to hide letter grades for first-semester students, cites ‘mental health crisis’

University of Michigan. (AP Photo) A major US university is set to stop showing letter grades for first-semester freshmen in an effort to help students adjust to college life and address what it calls a growing mental health crisis among college-aged students.The University of Michigan’s College of Literature, Science and the Arts (LSA) will introduce…

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ICE to provide body cameras, but policy allows footage release only in agency’s ‘best interests’

ICE to soon equip officers with body cameras. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is set to equip its field officers nationwide with body-worn cameras by the end of September, following growing scrutiny over fatal shootings involving immigration enforcement officers.According to the Associated Press, ICE’s body-camera policy gives the agency broad discretion over the release…

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Utah wildfire: Helicopter carrying 2 crashes while fighting massive blaze, sparks new fire

A heavy-lift helicopter carrying two people crashed while battling a wildfire in Utah, as firefighters across the US West faced rapidly spreading blazes and dangerous weather conditions, officials said Friday.There was no immediate information on the condition of the two people aboard the helicopter, with emergency crews unable to reach the crash site because of…

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Colorado teen Jude Kofie taught himself piano by ear at 10; a stranger bought him a $15,000 grand piano, and now he has released his debut album

Jude Kofie at Octave Records’ studio (Image Credit: PS Audio) Colorado teenager Jude Kofie has reached another milestone in a remarkable musical journey that began when he taught himself to play the piano by ear at age 10. Kofie has now released his debut album, ‘Introducing Jude Kofie,’ on Octave Records. PS Audio’s Copper magazine,…

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