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21 Birds Are Found at Miami Airport Stuffed in Underwear and Hidden in a Belt

8 October 2026 at 20:36
Two men, who arrived separately from Cuba days apart, each carried clutches of live birds concealed in their clothes, the authorities said.

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A man who was detained at Miami International Airport on Sunday appeared nervous and had an β€œunexplained bulge” around his pelvis, according to a criminal complaint.

Judge Blocks FEMA From Tying Antiterrorism Grants to Election Changes

28 September 2026 at 15:47
The Trump administration had threatened to withhold some Homeland Security money unless states explored paper balloting and citizenship verification.

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Voters cast primary election ballots in Augusta, Maine, in June. A court ruled Monday that the Trump administration cannot withhold federal terrorism preparedness grants from states and localities that don’t explore shifting to paper ballots.

Creating a Kill Switch to Shut Down a Rogue A.I. Is Harder Than It Sounds

19 September 2026 at 14:26
A bipartisan group in Congress and Gov. Gavin Newsom of California have floated ideas for building a mechanism that would instantly power down an A.I. system. Only no one really knows how.

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Creating a kill switch, a metaphorical big red button that could be pressed in an emergency, is harder than many policymakers assume. β€œThere often isn’t one plug you can pull,” said one A.I. researcher.

FEMA Could Still Lose More Jobs Despite Court Ruling

15 September 2026 at 10:25
A plan to halve the agency’s sprawling work force was illegal, a judge ruled. But the court is not blocking other FEMA cuts.

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The headquarters of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in Washington, D.C.

ICE Bars Its Workers From Wearing Meta’s Smart Glasses on the Job

18 August 2026 at 17:53
The agency joins a growing number of workplaces and groups to ban Meta’s devices, which have spurred privacy concerns.

Β© Lucia Vazquez for The New York Times

Meta glasses are seen exhibited at the Meta Lab pop-up store on Fifth Avenue in New York.
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