Andrea Germanos

Witnesses: US Military Killed Fleeing Child In Latest Botched Yemen Raid

Human rights group, Reprieve say the raid went wrong from the start when US Navy Seals opened fire on a partially blind 70-year-old man.

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By Andrea Germanos
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The Pentagon said last week that there were "no credible indications of civilian casualties" from the latest U.S. Navy SEALs raid on a village in Yemen. Yet new reporting by The Intercept, citing eyewitness accounts, offers more evidence to contradict the military's claim. Residents of the village in Mareb province said that there were in

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Government Agencies Using Stingray To Hunt Down Undocumented Immigrants

New reporting reveals that FBI and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents employed a controversial surveillance technology known as Stingrays to hunt down undocumented immigrants.

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By Andrea Germanos
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers escort an arrestee in an apartment building, in the Bronx borough of New York, during a series of early-morning raids. (AP/Richard Drew, File)

As the Trump administration and Congressional Republicans continue to push for a harsher immigration crackdown, new reporting reveals that FBI and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents employed a controversial surveillance technology known as Stingrays to hunt down undocumented immigrants. According to Electronic Frontier Foundation's

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Stephen Hawking: Humans Have 100 Years to Get Off Earth to Survive

“Professor Stephen Hawking thinks the human species will have to populate a new planet within 100 years if it is to survive. With climate change, overdue asteroid strikes, epidemics, and population growth, our own planet is increasingly precarious.”

Andrea Germanos
By Andrea Germanos

If the human species is to avert extinction, it's got just 100 years to leave Earth and colonize a new planet. That's according to noted theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, who makes the prediction in the upcoming BBC series "Expedition New Earth," set to air later this year as part of its reignited Tomorrow's World programming. "Professor

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Mississippi Senate Passes Bill To Kill Sanctuary Cities

Days after the Trump administration issued a report aimed at scaring “jurisdictions into becoming deportation agents,” is poised to enact an anti-sanctuary cities law.

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By Andrea Germanos
Senate Judiciary A Committee Chairman Sean Tindell, R-Gulfport, peers at lawmakers as he describes legislation prohibiting sanctuary cities and requiring local cooperation with federal immigration control, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. (AP/Rogelio V. Solis)

Days after the Trump administration put out its first "sinister" immigrant crime list, Mississippi is poised to enact an anti-sanctuary cities bill that one expert says will fuel racial profiling and make communities less safe. The Mississippi Senate passed the measure, Senate Bill 2710 on Tuesday, and it now heads to the desk of Gov. Phil

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Anti-EPA Crusader Scott Pruitt Confirmed As Head Of EPA

Democratic Senators Heidi Heitkamp (N.D.) and Joe Manchin, (W.Va.) joined Republicans to vote in favor of Scott Pruitt.

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By Andrea Germanos
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee member Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., points to a chart as he questions Environmental Protection Agency Administrator-designate, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, during Pruitt's confirmation hearing before the committee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

(REPORT) --- Portending risks to "the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the planet we love," the U.S. Senate on Friday confirmed Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to head the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The 52-46 vote comes a day after an Oklahoma judge said Pruitt was in violation of the state's Open Records Act and

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Over 10,000 Protest Trump’s Immigration Crackdown In Milwaukee

People from dozens of cities across Wisconsin came by bus to take part in the action, and 120 businesses were also closed to show support for the #daywithoutlatinos.

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By Andrea Germanos
Thousands of Wisconsin activists gathered in Milwaukee's predominantly Hispanic South Side to protest the sheriff's plans to crack down on illegal immigration Feb. 13, 2017. (Photo: AP/Gretchen Ehlke)

(REPORT) --- Amidst growing pushback against the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, more than ten thousand people marched in Milwaukee on Monday to "resist the wave of deportations and immigration raids sweeping the country." The "Day Without Latinxs, Immigrants, and Refugees" action, organized by local advocacy group Voces de la

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Trump Plan To Expand Guantanamo Prison Revealed In Draft Executive Order

New document swirls as prison appears to be ‘gearing up’ for new prisoners from expansive global battlefield

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By Andrea Germanos
In this Jan. 11, 2002 file photo, released by the U.S. Department of Defense, detainees wearing orange jump suits sit in a holding area as military police patrol during in-processing at the temporary detention facility Camp X-Ray on Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Shane T.McCoy, File)

(REPORT) --- A draft executive order reported to be circulating within the Trump White House calls for keeping the notorious Guantánamo Bay prison open and allowing for individuals associated with the Islamic State (ISIS) to be sent there—a plan described by one expert as "toxic policy" and "a national security disaster." "Guantánamo 2.0 would

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