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6 close friends on a backcountry ski trip identified as among those killed in devastating avalanche


A group of close friends and experienced skiers had long planned a backcountry trip in the rugged Sierra Nevada Mountains, but their trek ended in tragedy as a football-field-sized crush of snow and ice overtook their tour.

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/02/19/us/california-avalanche-skiers-lake-tahoe-thursday


Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts


The department has sent Google, Meta and other companies hundreds of subpoenas for information on accounts that track or comment on Immigration and Customs Enforcement, officials and tech workers said.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/technology/dhs-anti-ice-social-media.html


Suspect in custody after deadly Illinois July Fourth parade shooting


The shooting deaths of six people at a parade in Illinois was one of several mass shootings over the Fourth of July holiday weekend in the US, according to data compiled by the Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit that tracks gun violence incidents across the country.

https://edition.cnn.com/us/live-news/illinois-shooting-july-fourth-parade-07-05-22/index.html


Accounts of Trump angrily demanding to go to Capitol on January 6 circulated in Secret Service over past year


Then-President Donald Trump angrily demanded to go to the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, and berated his protective detail when he didn’t get his way, according to two Secret Service sources who say they heard about the incident from multiple agents, including the driver of the presidential SUV where it occurred.

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/07/01/politics/secret-service-lunging-incident/index.html