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NBA gambling arrests stun league, expose mafia links: What to know A total of 34 people were arrested, including Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier, and former player Damon Jones.

A total of 34 people were arrested, including Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier, and former player Damon Jones.

At least 14 dead after migrant boat sinks off western Turkey At least 14 people drowned when a rubber boat carrying migrants sank off Turkey's western province of Mugla on Friday, the local governor's office said, adding that a search and rescue operation was underway for possible survivors.

At least 14 dead after migrant boat sinks off western Turkey reut.rs/3Jmq3kz

A Seventeen magazine-style quiz that determines which branch of the secret police you fit into the best

Trying to manage food pantries etc right now is a nightmare

A picture of Paris Hilton with the caption “u found it cringe, I found it fun, that’s why I’m happier than u”

I keep this in my phone to remind me.

A red whistle and a zine that says form a crowd, stay loud — protect each other, plus two small Ziploc bags with know your rights information and whistles

People in Chi & other places having Whistlemania events (or u can do this solo if ur an introvert!) Buy whistles to alert folks to ICE activity & you can print out KYR fliers & legal info & make it into a packet (lots of places to distribute these incl bars stores Little FreeLibrary etc). Links next

Dozens of pilot whales die after stranding in New Zealand More than two dozen pilot whales have died after becoming stranded on a remote beach in New Zealand.

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Graveyards are now last option shelters in Gaza for Palestinians amid ruins 'Even the land for the dead is now the only refuge for the living,' one Gaza resident says.

'Even the land for the dead is now the only refuge for the living,' one Gaza resident says.

🇬🇧 🇻🇦 King Charles III, the head of the Church England, became the first British monarch to pray publicly with a pope in a Vatican service led by Leo XIV.
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Dozens of children have been evacuated after a Russian drone hit a kindergarten in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, killing at least one person and wounding several others.

Russian drone kills two Ukrainian journalists on Donetsk eastern front line Proliferation of cheap and deadly drones used by both sides makes reporting from front line increasingly dangerous.

Proliferation of cheap and deadly drones used by both sides makes reporting from front line increasingly dangerous.

How plastic whistles are becoming an anti-ICE resistance tool in Chicago The piercing blow of a whistle has become a Chicago-wide means of signaling that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents are present.

The piercing blow of a whistle has become a Chicago-wide means of signaling that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents are present.

Home Depot siding with ICE is not only fucked up but I hope it runs them out of business because I have to imagine that the contractors who hire these folks spend much more money on materials at the store than the federal government and ICE

Live Updates: White House Changes Course and Will Demolish Entire East Wing

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UPDATE: Federal agents detained at least 7 people — including 2 U.S. citizens — and pepper-sprayed a man near the Little Village/Cicero border, officials said. blockclubchi.co/3WOuS9t

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New York attorney general urges public to report ICE activity after raid targets vendors New York State's attorney general on Wednesday urged the public to submit photos, videos and other documentation of federal immigration operations to her office for review, a day after a high-profile raid targeted Manhattan street vendors.

New York attorney general urges public to report ICE activity after raid targets vendors reut.rs/472ec4o

Yes pls

Shots fired outside Serbian parliament, one detained Shots were fired outside Serbia’s parliament building in Belgrade and a fire broke out on Wednesday but no one was killed, local media reported. Authorities detained one person at the scene, a report on the NOVA outlet said.

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Pope Leo at General Audience: “Intrusive and widespread, sadness accompanies the days of many people. It is a feeling of precariousness, at times profound desperation, which invades one’s inner space and seems to prevail over any impetus to joy.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

🇺🇸 VIDEO: California grape farmers abandon fields as local wine struggles

Rocketing costs, falling demand and competition from imports mean some Californian grape farmers are now abandoning their vineyards amid local wine struggles.

Pakistan navy seizes drugs worth nearly $1bn in the Arabian Sea Narcotics worth more than $972m seized in two separate operations carried out within 48 hours.

Narcotics worth more than $972m seized in two separate operations carried out within 48 hours.

Journalists imprisoned in Belarus and Georgia win EU's top human rights award Two journalists imprisoned in Belarus and Georgia have won the European Union’s top human rights honor, the Sakharov Prize.

Two journalists, one imprisoned in Belarus and the other in Georgia, have won the European Union’s top human rights honor, the Sakharov Prize.

An excellent read.

Arizona Attorney General’s Office confirms lawsuit against House Speaker Johnson

Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva has still not been sworn in four weeks after her win. Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is suing House Speaker Mike Johnson, citing “taxation without representation.”

In Chicago, an immense show of force signals a sharp escalation in White House immigration crackdown A raid last month in Chicago has signaled a sharp escalation in the White House’s immigration crackdown and ratcheted up tensions in a city already on edge.

A Chicago raid has signaled a sharp escalation in the Trump immigration crackdown and amplified tensions in a city on edge.

a program of national immiseration and national humiliation

The White White East Wing has a big gaping hole.

the year is 2030. the white house remains half demolished because president trump refused to pay construction workers and musk gutted government spending. two thieves sneak into the white house using a truck mounted ladder and steal the constitution

American chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky dies at 29 The Charlotte Chess Center, where Naroditsky trained and worked as a coach, announced his death, calling him "a talented chess player, educator, and beloved member of the chess community."

The Charlotte Chess Center, where Naroditsky trained and worked as a coach, announced his death, calling him "a talented chess player, educator, and beloved member of the chess community." n.pr/472VQjQ

Fight against malaria stalls after two decades of progress.

Climate change and population growth among factors threatening a resurgence of the deadly disease

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