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Inside 'Alligator Alcatraz,' where detainees' uniform color is based on criminal history
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Detainees arriving at the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as " Alligator Alcatraz " are given color-coded uniforms and wrist-bands, then segregated based on their criminal history and whether they're considered a flight risk, according to a handbook given to detainees.
The handbook presents ... (full story)
Kentucky has kicked people off food benefits using data that doesn't tell the full story
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A single mother who relied on federal food assistance lost her benefits in 2020 after Kentucky investigators concluded she'd committed fraud.
The state alleged she had made multiple same-day purchases, tried to overdraw her account a few times, entered a few invalid PINs and sometimes made "whol ... (full story)
Can empathy lead to sin? Some conservative Christians argue it can
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Empathy is usually regarded as a virtue, a key to human decency and kindness. And yet, with increasing momentum, voices on the Christian right are preaching that it has become a vice.
For them, empathy is a cudgel for the left: It can manipulate caring people into accepting all manner of sins according to ... (full story)
Marines say they hit recruiting goals and point to 'unapologetic' standards
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QUANTICO, Va. (AP) — The Army, Navy and Air Force, with encouragement from the Trump administration, all announced this summer that they had met their recruiting goals months ahead of schedule.
That is a major shift from the past several years when the military has failed to meet its recruiting goals because of complicatio ... (full story)
Foxy Knoxy no more: How Monica Lewinsky and Amanda Knox teamed up to reclaim Knox's narrative
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Monica Lewinsky is keenly aware of what it feels like when your name is no longer your own and becomes attached to a character conjured by others. An affair that she had with President Clinton nearly 30 years ago as a White House intern made her an international headline.
So, when Lewinsky read that Amanda Knox, another woman wh ... (full story)