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And in 2023, with the U.S. preparing to end pandemic-era restrictions on immigration, the Biden administration sent 1,500 active-duty troops to the U.S.-Mexico border.—
Rebecca Santana,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Jan. 2025 -
His plans also include ICE raids in major metropolitan areas and placing additional restrictions on who is eligible to enter the US. 3.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN,
20 Jan. 2025
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Some of those actions don’t fall under the CRA, including Biden’s sweeping order to grant clemency to nearly 1,500 Americans released from prison and placed on home confinement during the pandemic.—
Alexander Bolton,
The Hill,
8 Jan. 2025
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Stewart donned the status symbol to her trial for lying during an insider-trading investigation, at which she was convicted and sentenced to a five-month stint in prison followed by home confinement.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
30 Dec. 2024
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Delgado’s death sets off a chain of events in the episodes that follow.—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
9 Jan. 2025
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Debenhams, once a national department store chain, is now an online-only business, while the number of House of Fraser stores has nearly halved since retailer Mike Ashley took over the franchise.—
Samantha Conti,
WWD,
9 Jan. 2025
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His research is focused on the effects of incarceration and looking at ways to preserve the dignity of those who, like himself, have been impacted by the criminal justice system.—
Shirsho Dasgupta,
Miami Herald,
10 Jan. 2025
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Since the program's inception in 1996, less than 3 percent of RTA members have returned to prison—a sharp contrast to the roughly 40 percent that return to prison within three years—underscoring the potential of art in breaking cycles of incarceration.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
10 Jan. 2025
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Learn more about some of the best new discoveries: 4-foot-long predator, kept in captivity for over a decade, discovered as new species In Ethiopia, a 4-foot-long snake known as Broadley’s African house snake was identified as a new species after being kept in captivity for years.—
Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization,
Miami Herald,
17 Jan. 2025
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Amir Levy / Getty Images Seven U.S. citizens remain in Hamas' captivity, with three confirmed to be dead in addition to Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, whose body was recovered last year by Israeli forces.—
Chantal Da Silva,
NBC News,
16 Jan. 2025
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The launch date is dependent on spacecraft traffic to the ISS and in-orbit activity planning and constraints that have to be coordinated with NASA.—
Richard Tribou,
Orlando Sentinel,
15 Jan. 2025
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Frame policies as tools to achieve organizational objectives rather than constraints. ◾ Pilot programs: Suggest rolling out one or two key policies first ‒ perhaps related to safety or performance management ‒ to demonstrate their impact before expanding further.—
Johnny C. Taylor Jr.,
USA TODAY,
14 Jan. 2025
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Although Wade was a member of his school basketball team, his height was (obviously) a hindrance to furthering that career.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
11 Jan. 2025
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With one more win, the Bucs can complete the feel-good story in a year where the hindrances seemed insurmountable.—
J.J. Bailey,
The Athletic,
5 Jan. 2025
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Nelson’s approach is using limited development timelines not just to save money, but to challenge his team to work within artistic restraints as a way to hone their skills, resulting in more the experimental fare Strange Scaffold has become famous for.—
Hayes Madsen,
Rolling Stone,
11 Jan. 2025
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At the time, there was a common belief in Germany that military restraint had finally made their country a stable and prosperous one, following two devastating wars.—
Sylvia Taschka,
The Conversation,
9 Jan. 2025
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“Enchainment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enchainment. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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