21-year-old detainee speaks out about his living conditions and his fear from inside Alligator Alcatraz, Florida's migrant detention facility in the Everglades. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — For the first time ...

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He says federal agents never told him why he was arrested nor allowed him to contact a lawyer or his family during his ...

A team from the nonprofit Tenor Health Foundation visited the city and met with local stakeholders this week as they continue to explore a potential acquisition of Commonwealth Health’s Regional ...

The board overseeing Florida's public universities this month approved a new accreditor proposed by Gov. Ron DeSantis — a ...

Arkansas' bans on critical race theory instruction and "indoctrination" in schools held up in court this week. The big ...

Several community groups have organized a protest in Dublin this weekend against ICE, its recent activities in California and ...

A U.S. Army veteran arrested during an immigration raid at a California marijuana farm says he was sprayed with tear gas and ...

The NYC Campaign Finance Board ruled against distributing matching funds to Mayor Adams once again on July 15, at a hybrid ...

Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi said the effort to reopen the dilapidated former prison is a "diversionary tactic." ...

The Army vet was arriving at work when federal agents surrounded his car, broke his window, pepper sprayed him, dragged him ...

The biennial event is considered one of the world’s premier ocean races, and I’ve seen a bunch of them. I remember witnessing the start of the race in 1961: the seas at Point Fermin were rough and I ...