38 h. ago Is it OK to be happy when the world is falling apart? | Avram Alpert

It is reasonable and moral to think that when others are harmed, you should feel the injury, but our sympathy should not be limited to painA friend of mine called the other day with news of two major life achievements: his first book had been published, and his university had granted him tenure. And yet, he said, he was miserable. How could he be happy about his success when so many terrible things were happening in the world?It’s a good question, and one that I hear from a lot of people these days. As I write these words, humanitarian disasters are unfolding in Gaza, Sudan, Yemen, Myanmar, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Global climate action has not moved fast enough, and we are perilously close to creating an uninhabitable planet. Meanwhile here in the United States, immigrants have been rounded up and shipped to foreign countries without legal protection. Trans people have been demonized. Meaningful government agencies have been cut. Research destroyed. Universities attack...

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43 h. ago 'Alligator Alcatraz' officer shares 'inhumane' conditions at mad 3,000

An officer who worked at the controversial 3,000-bed 'Alligator Alcatraz' immigrant detention center in Florida has shared the 'inhumane' conditions at the facility

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3 d. ago Detainees report alleged uprising at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’: ‘A lot of people have bled’

Reports of incident were denied by Florida and Ice officials as detainees say they were beaten and teargas was firedGuards at Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration jail deployed teargas and engaged in a mass beating of detainees to quell a mini-uprising, it was reported on Friday.The allegations, made by at least three detainees in phone calls to Miami’s Spanish language news channel Noticias 23, come as authorities race to empty the camp in compliance with a judge’s order to close the remote tented camp in the Everglades wetlands. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Judge won't halt closure of 'Alligator Alcatraz' immigration detention center in Florida Everglades

A federal judge in Miami has refused to pause her order requiring the winding down of the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz” while the federal government appeals her ruling

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5 d. ago Alligator Alcatraz will be empty within days, email from Florida official says

Alleged exodus of detainees comes after federal judge ordered officials to wind down controversial Florida detention facility in the Everglades

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5 d. ago ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ to be vacated in compliance with court order to shut it

Reported email by Florida official confirms state will shutter prison though governor Ron DeSantis has appealedFlorida’s immigration jail known as “Alligator Alcatraz” will probably be empty of detainees within days, a state official has said, indicating compliance with a judge’s order last week that the facility must close.The Republican governor Ron DeSantis’s administration appealed the order by federal court judge Kathleen Williams that the tented detention camp in the Florida Everglades, which attracted criticism for its harsh conditions, must be dismantled within 60 days. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Top Florida official says 'Alligator Alcatraz' will likely be empty within days, email shows

A top Florida official says the controversial state-run immigration detention facility in the Everglades will likely be empty in a matter of days, even as Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration fights a federal judge’s order to shutter the facility dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” by a late October deadline

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6 d. ago Trump suggests many Americans 'like a dictator' as he rounds on critics of his federal clampdown in Washington DC

Talking about people who have called him a dictator, he said: 'They say 'we don't need him. Freedom, freedom. He's a dictator. He's a dictator.' A lot of people are saying: "Maybe we like a dictator."'

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7 d. ago Feds fight to keep 'Alligator Alcatraz' open amid legal battle as 3rd challenge is filed

The federal government has asked a Miami judge to pause her order to close an immigration detention center in Florida's Everglades, known as "Alligator Alcatraz."

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8 d. ago How to make the perfect fish finger sandwich – recipe | Felicity Cloake's How to make the perfect

Everyone in the UK has an opinion on this British classic, and here is our resident perfectionist’s I must be the only person in Britain not to have grown up with fish finger sandwiches – we always had them with mash and peas – but after discovering them on pub menus as an adult, it wasn’t hard to see the appeal. These crunchy batons of firm, creamy fish in soft white bread, often topped with a tangy sauce, are surely the UK equivalent of Mexican fish tacos or West African fish rolls – a quick, nutritious and very satisfying light meal or snack.(NB: if you’re skim-reading this before leaping below the line to demand to know who needs a recipe for a fish finger sandwich, I can assure you a lot of people online seem to feel there’s a demand.) Given their popularity (indeed, this column was a reader request), I must echo Helen Graves, who prefaces her recipe thus: “I am bracing myself for the comeback on this one, because everyone (or at least everyone in the UK) has an opinion on what...

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8 d. ago Alligator Alcatraz could be shut down. Ron DeSantis has a backup plan

Legal challenges to notorious migrant detention center may see it close as soon as October

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1 week ago A judge has ordered 'Alligator Alcatraz' in Florida to wind down operations. What happens now?

A federal judge has halted further expansion of the immigration detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz" in the Florida Everglades

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1 week ago Hospice nurse shares what dying people 'always see' days before death

The healthcare professional says a lot of people may see something that brings them comfort before they die

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1 week ago Judge orders closure of Trump’s Florida ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigration center

The judge said she expected the population of the facility to decline within 60 days

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1 week ago Trump's cherished Alligator Alcatraz ordered to be dismantled after stunning intervention from Florida Indian tribe

Its become the latest example of the judiciary's fight with Trump over the issue that put him over the line in the 2024 election: taking out those migrants he called 'the worst of the worst.'

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1 week ago Federal judge orders closure of Trump’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigration jail

Judge’s order finds jail, which has attracted waves of criticism, was causing severe harm to Florida EvergladesA federal judge in Miami late on Thursday ordered the closure of the Trump administration’s notorious “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration jail within 60 days, and ruled that no more detainees were to be brought to the facility while it was being wound down.The shock ruling by district court judge Kathleen Williams builds on a temporary restraining order she issued two weeks ago halting further construction work at the remote tented camp, which has attracted waves of criticism for harsh conditions, abuse of detainees and denial of due process as they await deportation. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Florida must stop expanding ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigration center, judge says

A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction to halt expansion of an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades, known as “Alligator Alcatraz.”

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1 week ago ADVICE COLUMN: Lanarkshire expert on reviewing your mortgage options

This time of year traditionally sees a lot of people looking at reviewing their mortgage options as their current mortgage deal is coming to an end.

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1 week ago As a top divorce lawyer, I can spot a failing marriage. These are the eight alarm bells I hear so often

A lot of times people will ask me: What are the main causes of divorce? But, actually, the right question to ask is: What are the raindrops that make up the flood?

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1 week ago From swamps to fields: Trump's new Alligator Alcatraz is a Cornhusker Clink to detail migrants

Nebraska announced the Midwest will be home to the latest installment of President Donald Trump's nationwide deportation depots.

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