Inside Alligator Alcatraz — the controversial, recently shuttered immigration detention camp in Everglades — there was a small chain-link cage roughly the size of a coffin in the middle of the rec yard, underneath the baking Florida sun. The guards called it “the box.” Detainees would be placed inside at any time of day, fed their…
California’s new ban on Glock handguns takes effect on July 1. It is a new tactic for gun control advocates. Instead of trying to ban all handguns, a growing number of Democratic-led states are targeting one of the most commonly owned handguns in America – Glocks – on the grounds that criminals can easily convert…
Reporting Highlights Draining the Deschutes: During a historic drought, half of Central Oregon’s lifeblood river was diverted to a wealthy agricultural region that got a lot more water than its plants could drink. Suffering Farms: These water-rich landowners grew mostly grass and pasture for landscaping and grazing while water-starved farmers downstream fallowed fields of commercial…
