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Day: January 12, 2024

Ecuador to Deport 1,500 Inmates amid Gang War

President Daniel Novoa says Ecuador will soon begin deporting 1,500 foreign prison inmates to ease prison overcrowding. announced on wednesday. The majority of the prisoners soon to be deported are Colombian nationals, with the remainder reportedly from Peru and Venezuela. Colombia and Peru border Ecuador, and Venezuela, which borders Colombia, is also nearby. Future deportations […]

National Weather Service issues warning of ‘bitter cold’ across US

The National Weather Service (NWS) warned that a bitterly cold arctic blast will move across the United States over the weekend, adding to an already stormy January across the country. Arctic temperatures will move in from the west and impact the northern Rockies and northern Plains Thursday evening into Friday. Cold air will move south […]

Ecuadorian Amazon lost cities that lasted 1,000 years uncovered

Archaeologists have discovered a lost city complex in the Amazon rainforest that was home to at least 10,000 farmers some 2,000 years ago. A series of earth mounds and buried roads in Ecuador was first brought to attention by archaeologist Stefan Rostain more than 20 years ago. But at the time, “we didn't know how […]

Mexican Cops Detain 40 Chinese Migrants Heading to U.S. Border

Mexican authorities have detained 40 Chinese migrants who were traveling by bus in southern Mexico on their way north with the goal of reaching the U.S. border. The detentions came on the same day authorities detained 180 Central and South American migrants elsewhere in an apparent crackdown on migrants trying to reach the northern border. […]

DHS Secretary Mayorkas Skips House Impeachment Committee, Too Busy to Testify at Hearing

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas declined a request from the House Homeland Security Committee to appear Thursday to answer questions about his response to the migrant crisis along the Southwest border. A statement from Committee Chairman Mark E. Green, M.D. (R-Tenn.) said Mr. Mayorkas balked at recent requests to appear before the committee, citing an […]

Pete Alonso, Mets avoid arbitration with one-year, $20.5M deal

Pete Alonso's big year at the plate ahead of his final year of arbitration eligibility earned him a significant pay increase from last season. The Mets first baseman avoided arbitration with the club on Thursday by agreeing to a 2024 contract that will pay him $20.5 million, according to the Post's Jon Heyman. Alonso earned […]