Eight people were killed in an avalanche during a backcountry skiing expedition on the California side of Lake Tahoe on Tuesday, authorities said in an update Wednesday. One person is still missing but presumed dead, officials said, as searchers fight near-whiteout conditions. Six others in the party survived, ranging in age from 30 to 55…
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Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
The department has sent Google, Meta and other companies hundreds of subpoenas for information on accounts that track or comment on Immigration and Customs Enforcement, officials and tech workers said. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/technology/dhs-anti-ice-social-media.html
Georgia deputy kills Black man freed from prison after exoneration
A Black man who had been exonerated after serving 16 years for an armed robbery conviction was fatally shot by a Georgia sheriff’s deputy during a traffic stop as he was driving to visit his mother in Florida. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/georgia-deputy-kills-black-man-freed-prison-after-wrongful-conviction-2023-10-17/
Last remaining Medal of Honor recipient from second world war to lie in state at US Capitol
West Virginia senator Joe Manchin announced move at memorial for late marine https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/03/last-remaining-medal-of-honor-recipient-from-second-world-war-to-lie-in-state-at-us-capitol
Accounts of Trump angrily demanding to go to Capitol on January 6 circulated in Secret Service over past year
Then-President Donald Trump angrily demanded to go to the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, and berated his protective detail when he didn’t get his way, according to two Secret Service sources who say they heard about the incident from multiple agents, including the driver of the presidential SUV where it occurred. https://edition.cnn.com/2022/07/01/politics/secret-service-lunging-incident/index.html