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December 9, 2025
Prominent educator with Guyanese heritage detained by ICE
DES MOINES, CMC-The Des Moines Public Schools (DMPS) Friday confirmed that the superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district, Dr Ian Roberts, had been arrested by federal immigration authorities. …
December 9, 2025
Tropical weather in the Atlantic is slamming the Caribbean and may strike Southeast US next
MIAMI (AP) — Dangerous tropical weather brewed Saturday in the Atlantic Ocean with Humberto intensifying into a powerful Category 4 hurricane and a separate weather system taking aim at the Southeast…
December 9, 2025
UN says Haiti remains in the ‘eye of the storm’
UNITED NATIONS (CMC): The United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed says Haiti is “at the eye of a storm” with armed gangs tearing apart communities and families being forced from…
December 9, 2025
Former FBI Director Comey indicted on charges of making a false statement, obstruction
Former FBI Director James Comey has been charged with making a false statement and obstruction in a criminal case filed days after President Donald Trump appeared to urge his attorney general to…
December 9, 2025
Assata Shakur, a fugitive Black militant sought by the US since 1979, dies in Cuba
Assata Shakur, a Black liberation activist who was given political asylum in Cuba after her 1979 escape from a US prison where she had been serving a life sentence for killing a police officer, has…
December 9, 2025
Humberto becomes a hurricane in the Atlantic as Gabrielle moves away from the Azores
MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Humberto formed Friday in the Atlantic Ocean on track to become a major hurricane, while forecasters monitored a nearby tropical disturbance that could bring dangerous weather…
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December 9, 2025
Florida officials announce more than 6,000 immigration arrests
TALLAHASSEE (AP): Over the past five months, Florida law -enforcement officials have arrested more than 6,000 people suspected of being in the country illegally, a US Border Patrol official announced…
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December 9, 2025
Russia helping China to prepare for potential invasion of Taiwan, defence institute says
LONDON (AP): Russia is selling military equipment and technology to China that could help Beijing prepare an airborne invasion of Taiwan, according to an analysis of leaked Russian documents by a…
December 9, 2025
Paris court sentences Nicolas Sarkozy to 5 years in prison for criminal conspiracy
PARIS (AP) — A Paris court on Thursday sentenced former French President Nicolas Sarkozy to five years in prison after finding him guilty of criminal conspiracy in an alleged scheme to finance his…