In normal times, migrants are returned to Mexico under bilateral agreements that limit deportations to daytime hours and the largest crossings. Not so during the pandemic.
Erica Nitschke
Columnist
Posted inNation & World
Report: Myanmar forces fire on funeral; crackdown continues
Local media are reporting that Myanmar security forces have opened fire on a crowd attending the funeral of a student who was killed on the bloodiest day yet of a crackdown on protests against last month’s coup.
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Posted inNation & World, Politics
Biden vows action on migrants as he defends border policy
The number of migrants attempting to cross the border is at the highest level since a spring 2019 surge under former President Donald Trump.
Posted inNation & World
Border crossings strain resources in Rio Grande Valley
Amid a dramatic rise in migrant children and families arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border to seek asylum, many are kept at outdoor intake sites and overcrowded detention facilities well past a 72-hour court-imposed limit.
Posted inNation & World
Guns are on Supreme Court’s agenda days after mass shootings
It’s the first major gun case to come before the court since Amy Coney Barrett became a justice in late October.
Posted inNation & World
In shift, oil industry group backs federal price on carbon dioxide emissions
The American Petroleum Institute, whose members include ExxonMobil, Chevron and other oil giants, also called for technology to capture and store carbon emissions and federal regulation of methane emissions.
Posted inElections, Nation & World, Politics
Georgia governor signs Republican election overhaul amid outcry
The changes to voting laws in Georgia follow record-breaking turnout that led to Democratic victories in the presidential contest and two U.S. Senate runoffs in the once reliably red state.
Posted inBusiness
Lawmakers press Facebook, Twitter, Google CEOs on speech responsibility
Congress is interrogating the social media giants on the role their companies have played in promoting extremism and spreading misinformation.
Posted inNation & World
Science panel says U.S. must consider air cooling technology as climate back-up
The report looks at three possible ways to cool the air: Putting heat-reflecting particles in the stratosphere, changing the brightness of ocean clouds and thinning high clouds.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
In effort to reopen theaters, New York City launches push to vaccinate stage workers
‘It’s time to raise the curtain and bring Broadway back,’ Mayor Bill de Blasio said