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An artist’s reconstruction of Pleistocene Yukon shows Arctic ground squirrels scavenging meat and foraging on plants within the mammoth-steppe ecosystem. Ancient DNA from their preserved burrows and feces reveals this complex food web, where even small rodents fed on megafauna like mammoths. (Mercedes Minck/Hakai Institute) Scientists have reconstructed genomes of …
Read More »Senate passes bill for more ICE funding after all-night session, attempts to limit Trump settlement fund fail
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The U.S. Senate handed President Donald Trump a victory early Friday morning, passing a bill that …
Read More »‘I can’t leave him’: Sask. tow truck driver rescues moose trapped in ice
“Bring some blankets out — I’ve got a moose.” Clint Gottinger hadn’t envisioned having to say those eight words to his wife after a long day’s work last Saturday. But there he was, pulling up to their family home with a cold, tired moose on the deck of his tow …
Read More »Canadian detained by ICE for 6 months says he’s an ‘indefinite’ prisoner, has no idea when he’ll get out
A Winnipeg-born man has been imprisoned in a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centre in the Mojave Desert since October, where he says he’s without proper food, medical care and regular showers — and he has no idea when he’ll be released. Clayton Herman, 54, has spent nearly 200 …
Read More »‘Disappointing’ to see Drake ice sculpture being hosed down, melted: structure designer
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Toronto Fire crews are hosing down and trying to melt a massive formation of ice blocks …
Read More »Acting ICE director to leave as controversies, funding questions continue to swirl around agency
The acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced his pending departure on Thursday, the same day he was grilled by Democrats in Congress over the concerning number of deaths at migrant detention centres across the U.S. While the two events were not related, it illustrates just one …
Read More »Federal ICE agents patrolling some U.S. airports amid security staff shortages
Listen to this article Estimated 6 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Armed U.S. federal immigration officers in tactical gear moved through terminals at some of the busiest …
Read More »Trump says he will send ICE agents to U.S. airports during partial government shutdown
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. U.S. President Donald Trump said that he will be sending Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on …
Read More »ICE, and lessons from Minnesota
8 hours ago Radio Duration 30:09 Last week, Donald Trump’s border Czar Tom Homan announced a drawdown of ICE personnel in Minnesota, following weeks of chaos and two deadly incidents in the state. Homan insisted that ICE was not surrendering, and this departure was instead evidence of ICE’s success in …
Read More »With Olympic arena ready for play, Canadian Don Moffatt’s magic has given Italy its own ‘Miracle on Ice’
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Follow Winter Olympic SportsPersonalize Your Feed Chris Jones reports from Milan. Forty-six years since the Americans …
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