“Alligator Alcatraz”, the remote Florida immigration detention centre that faced harsh criticism for its conditions, has shut down nearly a year after opening, Governor Ron DeSantis said on Thursday.
DeSantis said the centre at an isolated airstrip in the Everglades was always meant to be only temporary until more permanent detention facilities could be secured, and federal officials now have that capacity.
“It served its purpose for the time,” the Republican governor said at a news conference.
Officials announced a temporary closure of the facility earlier in June
Michael DeSombre confirms long-standing US policy still in place despite Trump’s apparent departure from it after Beijing meeting with Xi
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A liner along the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was cut with a sharp knife or razor this month, causing damage to the foam sealant installed as part of a US$16 million rehabilitation project, a top official at the National Park Service says.
The agency reported the June 9 incident to US Park Police, said Frank Lands, deputy director of operations for the park service.
Lands made the statement in a court document filed late on Wednesday as part of a lawsuit filed by a non-profit organisation
US House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast warned that “America is the superhero” and China the “supervillain” in the contest for global artificial intelligence (AI) leadership on Thursday, just two days after US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said America’s “biggest risk” on AI is China getting ahead.
The United States and China remain locked in an increasingly competitive race for worldwide AI supremacy, with many American officials concerned that China is eroding the US’ early lead.
“The AI race is not just an
A cargo ship reported a suspected attack as it attempted to pass through the Strait of Hormuz close to the coast of Oman on Thursday, British navy agency UKMTO said.
The UN’s International Maritime Organisation is currently assisting ships escape the Gulf, hundreds of which have been stranded there since the Iran war began at the end of February.
“A cargo vessel has been hit on the starboard side by an unknown projectile, causing damage to
“There was an understanding, and something that they [US officials] certainly mentioned, that access to technology, once it
Harvey Weinstein avoided a fourth trial on a New York rape charge after his accuser said she could not endure testifying again, leading prosecutors to drop the #MeToo-era case on Thursday.
The film mogul still stands convicted of another sexual felony in New York and others in California, and he remains behind bars.
But the New York rape charge had remained unresolved after an overturned conviction followed by two hung juries. The judge formally dismissed the
DeepSeek is looking to “at least double the size of every department” in a new hiring spree, according to an announcement made by the Chinese AI champion on Thursday.
The firm announced openings in 33 positions across seven major categories, including full-stack development and algorithms, artificial intelligence (AI) core system R&D, deep learning research, and model data strategy product management and engineering.
“DeepSeek’s hiring philosophy is to let newcomers take on the most core and important tasks directly,” the
