Floating Antarctic ice goes from record high to record lows

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2019 22:30:52 +0000

Floating Antarctic ice goes from record high to record lows

WASHINGTON – The amount of ice circling Antarctica is suddenly plunging from a record high to record lows, baffling scientists.

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Climate talks held as Arctic ice melts, concerns grow

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 22:31:34 +0000

Climate talks held as Arctic ice melts, concerns grow

BERLIN – Diplomats and climate experts gathered Monday in Germany for U.N.-hosted talks on climate change amid growing public pressure for governments to act faster against global warming.

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Lawmakers seek probe of ICE force-feeding of immigrants

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2019 12:15:02 +0000

Protesters outside El Paso Processing Center

Nearly 50 Democratic lawmakers called for a watchdog investigation of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Tuesday after the agency confirmed it had been force-feeding immigrant detainees on a hunger strike. Reporting by The Associated Press revealed late last month that nine Indian men who were refusing food at a Texas detention facility were being […]

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Warmer-than-normal weather on the way after US polar blast

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2019 23:30:54 +0000

Warmer-than-normal weather on the way after US polar blast

Temperatures could rise by 26.7 degrees Celsius within days in Illinois. In Michigan, melting snow and rain and a 27-kilometer ice jam could lead to flooding. Across the US Midwest, the sudden warmth was sure to bring more broken roads and busted water mains.

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US immigration officials force-feeding detainees on hunger strike

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 06:02:14 +0000

US immigration officials force-feeding detainees on hunger strike

Federal immigration officials were force-feeding six immigrants through plastic nasal tubes during a hunger strike.

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