Detainees confined to small metal cages at Alligator Alcatraz, report findsMIAMI — The state-run immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz” violated a host of federal and state detention standards, according to a new government report. At the center, which cost an estimated $1 billion and closed on June 25, detainees lacked adequate living space, access to showers, legal information and…Spokane Spokesman-Review25d agoWhole story →PlanetJusticealligator alcatraz detention report
Pre-election agenda may prove too ambitious for CongressWASHINGTON — With college football season in full swing, lawmakers in Congress could take up student athlete compensation issues facing intercollegiate athletics. They could follow last week’s 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks with legislation to address a lapse in surveillance powers. They could try to sort through the thicket of cryptocurrency…Spokane Spokesman-Review25d agoWhole story →GovernmentEducationpre election congressional session
A $7 Billion gas bill sees developing Asian nations sour on LNGThe loss of a fifth of liquefied natural gas supply due to the U.S.-Iran war is blowing out costs for Asia’s developing markets, and forcing a rethink of the fuel’s long-term future in the region. Qatari shipments of LNG through the Strait of Hormuz have all but dried up since the conflict started at the end of February. That’s deprived Asian buyers of…Spokane Spokesman-Review25d agoWhole story →SecurityPlanet
