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The death of Nenko Gantchev—a 56-year-old immigrant from Bulgaria who had been in the US for 30 years—at the ICE detention camp in Balwin, Michigan exposes the criminal nature of the Trump ...

The Trump administration issued a rare apology for the mistaken deportation, but the student refused to fly back to the US ...

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A book nerd, a sci-fi enjoyer and a Ryan Gosling fan walk into a bar — except it’s actually a movie cinema, and they’re all watching the newest box-office blockbuster: Project Hail Mary. Now that I’ve ...

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Sound Off is an opinion forum for Mercury readers to offer brief comments on today’s news. Submissions must be 75 words or ...

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An intriguing religious issue is raised by an odd space-age colloquy in mid-February between Barack Obama and Donald Trump. Out of the blue, political podcaster Brian Tyler Cohen asked Obama, “Are ...