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The Trump administration spends $3,500 every time an immigrant self-deports. The true cost could be far greater

The Department of Homeland Security recently released a holiday ad relaying a familiar message with a tinge of festive nostalgia.
Accompanied by crooner Perry Como’s Christmas classic, “Home for the Holidays,” a black-and-white montage showed people grabbing what appeared to be gifts for loved ones — stuffed animals and playing cards — before they stepped onto planes.
“This holiday season, give yourself the gift of home with the CBP Home app,” read the ad’s caption.
Since President Donald Trump returned to the White House — and implemented his mass deportation agenda — the CBP Home app has been touted by administration officials as a “dignified” way for immigrants to self-deport.
Immigrants without criminal convictions are eligible to use the app in exchange for a $1,000 “stipend,” free airfare, and avoiding encounters with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to DHS.
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Rob and Michele Reiner murders: Suspect Nick Reiner is on suicide watch in solitary confinement, report says

Nick Reiner, who has been charged with the murder of his parents, the director Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, is reportedly on suicide watch in solitary confinement in a Los Angeles jail.
Reiner, 32, is being made to wear a blue suicide-prevention smock and is not permitted to communicate with anyone outside his counsel and jail and medical staff, a law enforcement source told People.
“While he is on suicide watch, a supervisor checks on him every 15 minutes to ensure his safety,” the source said. “He is currently struggling with mental health concerns, but he has not attempted self-harm. He remains alone in his cell and communicates very little.”
The Independent has contacted Reiner’s attorney for comment.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s department, which manages Los Angeles jails, directed questions about Reiner to the LAPD, which has not responded to an Independent request for comment.
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Survivors ‘nervous and sceptical’ about release of remaining Epstein files

Survivors 'nervous and sceptical' about release of remaining Epstein files7 hours agoShareSaveAna FaguyShareSaveWatch: Images, cassettes and high-profile figures – What's in the latest Epstein files?The release of thousands of pages of documents related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's abuse has left some who were anxiously awaiting the files disappointed.
The documents' release was prompted by an act of Congress that directed the US Justice Department (DOJ) to make materials related to Epstein's crimes public. But some documents have numerous redactions, and others have not been shared publicly at all.
The lawmakers who pushed for these documents to see the light of day have said the release is incomplete and described the Justice Department's efforts as insincere.
Some legal experts also warned that the breadth of redaction may only fuel ongoing conspiracy theories.
But Deputy US Attorney Todd Blanche said on Friday – the day the materials..

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Trump Kennedy Center: Kerry Kennedy vows to remove president’s name; Maria Shriver calls it ‘not dignified’

US President Donald Trump’s name was affixed to the front of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington on Friday morning, irking some people, especially the Kennedy family. Kerry Kennedy, daughter of former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, said she would “grab a pickax” to remove President Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center after letters spelling Trump’s name were added. ‘Are You Kidding Me…’: Fuming Jeffries Calls Out Trump 'Sycophants' On Kennedy Center Renaming “Three years and one month from today, I’m going to grab a pickax and pull those letters off that building, but I’m going to need help holding the ladder,” Kerry Kennedy posted on the social platform X. “Are you in? Applying for my carpenter’s card today, so it’ll be a union job!!!” The Kennedy Center board voted to include Trump’s name on the building on Thursday, and the exterior now reads “The Donald J. Trump and the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts.” Kerry Kenne..

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Brown University shooting: How a Reddit post helped police track the shooter

The suspect in the deadly shooting at Brown University, who killed himself, was found by police through an anonymous tip about Reddit post.Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, a 48-year-old former Brown graduate student and Portuguese national, was found dead inside a storage unit in Salem and was also believed to have killed a renowned physics professor this week near Boston. US Shooting Probe | ‘He Killed Himself By…': BIG Reveal After Brown University Shooter Found Dead Providence Police Chief Col. Oscar Perez said the suspect, whose last known address was in Miami, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound and acted alone, “as far as we know.”How Reddit post helped police?The five-day investigation got its breakthrough after investigators received an anonymous tip on December 16 about a Reddit post that suggested police look into a grey Nissan with Florida plates spotted around Brown’s campus.With that information, along with other witness accounts and corroborating evidence, police..

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Japanese drone school develops AI system to track bears amid rise in encounters

AdvertisementJapanAsiaEast AsiaJapanese drone school develops AI system to track bears amid rise in encountersThe new system being developed in Akita prefecture can detect bears and share their locations via smartphones
Reading Time:2 minutesWhy you can trust SCMPKyodoPublished: 11:41am, 20 Dec 2025A drone school in northeastern Japan is developing a new system that uses drones and artificial intelligence to identify and automatically track bears amid a surge in bear-related incidents.The new system being developed by D-Academy Tohoku in Gojome, Akita prefecture, will be able to detect bears hidden from view in mountainous or urban areas and share their locations via smartphones.
It is expected to be available next year, and local authorities are already showing a keen interest.
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Death toll in Hong Kong fire rises to 161 after new DNA match

AdvertisementHong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedyHong KongSocietyDeath toll in Hong Kong fire rises to 161 after new DNA match‘DNA tests are still being carried out, and we do not rule out the possibility that more victims may be found,’ police commissioner says
Reading Time:1 minuteWhy you can trust SCMPFiona SunPublished: 11:38am, 20 Dec 2025Updated: 11:44am, 20 Dec 2025One more person has been confirmed dead in Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire, bringing the death toll to 161, the police chief has said, citing results of further forensic analysis.
“Further forensic tests found the DNA of another person in one of the bodies, later identified as belonging to a couple,” Commissioner of Police Joe Chow Yat-ming said on Saturday after a passing-out parade at the Hong Kong Police College.
“DNA tests are still being carried out, and we do not rule out the possibility that more victims may be found and the death toll could rise.”
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Trump touts his economic agenda in rambling North Carolina rally speech after partial release of Epstein files

With his approval ratings at the lowest levels of his presidency and polls showing Americans believing that he has taken his expansive view of presidential power too far, President Donald Trump is headed to his Palm Beach, Florida social club to close out his year with a two-week vacation.
But before he could get away from the continued furor over the Epstein files and head off for leisure time, golf and parties on the Mar-a-Lago patio, the president had to convince voters at a Rocky Mount, North Carolina rally that whatever economic pain they are feeling nearly a year into his second term in office has absolutely nothing to do with him.
For the first 20 or so minutes after he took the stage, it wasn’t clear whether he would stick to that plan.
Trump, sounding hoarse and tired with his speech slurring at times, launched into a meandering, somnolent soliloquy that seemed more focused on recounting what he’d already told reporters several hours earlier, when he hosted pharmaceutical com..

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Epstein files live updates: Photos of Bill Clinton in hot tub and Michael Jackson in library of documents dumped by Trump’s DOJ

CloseTodd Blanche says DoJ will release Epstein files Friday to meet Congressionally-imposed deadlinePresident Donald Trump did not acknowledge the release of the long-awaited Jeffrey Epstein files in a rally speech Friday night, as his administration was blasted for failing to publish the complete documents, despite the deadline being set by law.
Thousands of documents from the late convicted pedophile’s case were released by the Justice Department Friday afternoonbut officials acknowledged that the release was incomplete, prompting accusations of a cover-up.
The president ignored questions from reporters about the Epstein files on his way to the rally in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, that lasted more than an hour.
Pam Bondi’s DOJ earlier dumped a library of legal documents, paperwork and photos, which included multiple images of former President Bill Clinton lounging in a hot tub; and Epstein with a host of celebrities, including Michael Jackson, Mick Jagger, Richard Branson, Andrew M..

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Steve Rosenberg: Was Putin’s response to my question about war in Europe an olive branch?

Steve Rosenberg: Was Putin's response to my question about war in Europe an olive branch?4 hours agoShareSaveSteve RosenbergBBC Russia Editor, MoscowShareSaveWatch: Putin tells BBC Western leaders deceived RussiaReporters ask world leaders questions all the time.
No big deal. Right?
But what's it like putting a question to Vladimir Putin – the president who ordered the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the leader whose country was accused this week by the head of MI6 of “the export of chaos”?
And imagine asking that question live on TV while millions of Russians are watching.
It's a big responsibility. You don't want to mess up.
“My question is about Russia's future. What kind of future are you planning for your country and your people?” I ask President Putin.
“Will the future be like the present, with any public objection to the official line punishable by law? Will the hunt for enemies at home and abroad be accelerated? Will mobile internet outages become even ..