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5 days ago | 
san.com | Devan Markham |Jonah Applegarth |Lauren Keenan |William O. Jackson
A federal judge in Tennessee has ordered the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from criminal custody while he awaits trial on federal smuggling charges, rejecting government claims that he poses a danger to the community. The ruling follows months of legal battles over his disputed deportation and subsequent return to the United States. Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national, faces federal charges for allegedly smuggling immigrants without legal status across the United States.
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1 week ago | 
san.com | Craig Nigrelli |Devan Markham |Emma Stoltzfus |William O. Jackson
Southwest Airlines has added Honeywell’s SmartRunway and SmartLanding alert systems to nearly all of its Boeing 737 aircraft. The system provides pilots with verbal and visual warnings if they attempt to take off or land improperly. The alert system is enabled through Honeywell’s Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System (EGPWS), which is already installed on the aircraft. More than 700 planes have been activated to date, the company said.
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2 weeks ago | 
san.com | Bast Bramhall |Matt Bishop |Ryan Robertson |William O. Jackson
Ukrainian intelligence estimates that nearly 20,000 Cubans have signed contracts with the Russian military since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022. According to testimony and reports, many were allegedly lured by promises of high pay, Russian citizenship and job opportunities. Some traveled to Russia without a visa, as Cuban citizens are permitted to enter the country without a visa for 90 days. Recruiters reportedly offered between $2,000 and $2,500 per month.
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2 weeks ago | 
san.com | Craig Nigrelli |Devan Markham |Kaleb Gillespie |William O. Jackson
A gunman killed at least nine people and injured several others in a shooting Tuesday morning, June 10, at a secondary school in Graz, Austria, before taking his own life, according to officials. The attack occurred around 10 a.m. local time at the Dreierschützengasse high school, a large secondary school situated near Graz’s central railway station. Graz is Austria’s second-largest city, situated approximately 125 miles from the nation’s capital, Vienna.
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3 weeks ago | 
san.com | Bast Bramhall |Kalé Carey |Matt Bishop |William O. Jackson
[Kalé Carey]TENSIONS BETWEEN DONALD TRUMP AND ELON MUSK JUST WENT ORBITAL. AFTER MUSK SLAMMED THE PRESIDENT’S “ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL,” TRUMP THREATENED TO PULL BILLIONS IN GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS FROM SPACEX AND STARLINK. MUSK FIRED BACK ON X, SAYING HE’D START DECOMMISSIONING THE DRAGON CAPSULE—THE ONLY OPERATIONAL U.S. SPACECRAFT CURRENTLY USED TO FLY BOTH ASTRONAUTS AND CARGO TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. THAT MOVE SENT SHOCKWAVES THROUGH NASA AND CAPITOL HILL.
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3 weeks ago | 
san.com | Craig Nigrelli |Devan Markham |Kaleb Gillespie |William O. Jackson
Japanese space startup ispace has suffered its second failed attempt at a lunar landing in two years. The company lost contact with its Resilience lunar lander during a descent attempt on Thursday, June 5, and officials now believe the spacecraft crash-landed near the moon’s north pole. The mission aimed to land on the Mare Frigoris region.
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3 weeks ago | 
san.com | Craig Nigrelli |Devan Markham |Kaleb Gillespie |William O. Jackson
A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s latest efforts to prevent new international students from enrolling at Harvard University. U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs issued the ruling late Thursday, June 5, citing the risk of “immediate and irreparable injury” to the school and its students. A hearing is scheduled for June 16. It’s the latest legal development in an ongoing fight over Trump’s attempts to restrict foreign student access to the Ivy League institution.
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3 weeks ago | 
san.com | Craig Nigrelli |Devan Markham |Kaleb Gillespie |William O. Jackson
Russian forces launched one of their largest coordinated air assaults of the war overnight on Friday, June 6, killing at least five civilians and injuring more than 70 across multiple regions of Ukraine. Kyiv alone reported four fatalities and at least 20 injuries, including three emergency workers who died while responding to fires triggered by the attack, according to city officials and Ukraine’s Interior Ministry.
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3 weeks ago | 
san.com | Lawrence Banton |William O. Jackson
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced the arrest of 1,461 individuals in Massachusetts during May as part of Operation Patriot, the agency’s most significant enforcement surge to date. The operation focused on individuals with criminal records, unresolved charges or standing deportation orders. ICE said of the nearly 1,500 arrested, 790 had prior criminal convictions or open cases, including charges of rape, drug trafficking and child exploitation.
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3 weeks ago | 
san.com | Devan Markham |Kaleb Gillespie |Karah Rucker |William O. Jackson
President Donald Trump accused China of violating a 90-day tariff pause agreed to in mid-May during negotiations in Geneva. He claimed Friday, May 30, that Beijing “totally violated” the deal and said he expects to speak with President Xi Jinping soon to address the matter. “They violated a big part of the agreement we made,” Trump said.
