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Delegation for 7.8.25: Oh, snap! — big, beautiful — transients — LEOs — ‘Alcatraz’
Snapper season oversight Florida sets the dates for red snapper season in the Gulf of Mexico, but the federal government dictates when Atlantic fishermen can reel in their catch. Members of the Florida congressional delegation want to revisit...

2025 Medical Professionals: Physicians to Women
A special advertising section 2025 Medical Professional Profiles: Physicians to Women Dr. Jamie Buck Doctor Jamie Buck joined Physicians to Women in 2012. She was born in Pearisburg, Virginia. Dr. Buck received her Bachelor of Science in Biology...

Trump’s Justice Department wants to denaturalize citizens. Can he do that?
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

The Miami Political Asylum Hearing for Cuban Oscar Casanella Continues Without a Verdict
The defense will submit its briefs for the conclusion of the summary on July 11. The hearing lasted almost seven hours, from 8:30 in the morning / Courtesy 14ymedio, Miami, June 24, 2025 — Cuban scientist Oscar Casanella, a member of the San...

Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Database’ is here—and it’s darker than you think
Sometime in the late 1980s, I was talking with a friend on my landline (the only kind of telephone we had then). We were discussing logistics for an upcoming demonstration against the Reagan administration’s support for the Contras fighting the...

Big Brother Trump Is Watching You
Sometime in the late 1980s, I was talking with a friend on my landline (the only kind of telephone we had then). We were discussing logistics for an upcoming demonstration against the Reagan administration’s support for the Contras fighting the...

Big Brother Trump is already watching you
Sometime in the late 1980s, I was talking with a friend on my landline (the only kind of telephone we had then). We were discussing logistics for an upcoming demonstration against the Reagan administration’s support for the Contras fighting the...

Why Central America is Central to Hansae’s Multi-Country Manufacturing Strategy
The Western Hemisphere is heating up as a sourcing destination, as American companies seek out production closer to home. Nearshoring ticks numerous boxes for brands. Firstly, it shortens lead times, enabling quicker replenishment and allowing for...

2025 American Academy of Nursing Fellows to include 16 Emory inductees
The American Academy of Nursing will induct 16 members of the Emory community into its 2025 Class of Fellows. The Emory inductees – faculty, alumni and administrators from the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Rollins School of Public...

Good samaritan who saved 9-year-old from shark attack now detained by ICE — facing possible deportation
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

New UN brief prompts growing global action against transnational repression
On 30 June 2025, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) launched its first–ever brief on transnational repression (TNR) at a side event during the 59th session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC). The event brought...

South of the Border: Efforts ramp up to stop screwworm short of the U.S.
It was the early 1960s, but I vividly remember being at a summer camp just west of Kerrville when something drifted down from a low-flying airplane. Seeing a plane in those days was odd. Seeing one that low was even more unusual. But the kicker...

Beyond the Bombs: The Costa Rican Perspective on the Israel-Iran Conflict
A few days ago, we spoke with the Costa Rican Ambassador to the State of Israel, Antonio López Escarré, who, amidst the growing tension between Israel and Iran, has been the voice of Costa Rica. READ MORE Today He is at the epicenter of the...

Dry-running hydrogen compressors’ performance overhauled
A plant in South Africa, which was losing up to 20% of output owing to frequent downtime over more than ten years, experienced a turnaround in performance owing to a range of solutions from US-based, global reciprocating compressor solutions firm...

Nearly half of tree species in Mexico and Central America threatened with extinction
Of the more than 4,000 known tree species found only in Mesoamerica, nearly half are threatened with extinction, according a new assessment. Agriculture emerges as the primary threat across the region from both small- and large-scale farming,...

Forbes includes Peru's Lenin Tamayo, Creator of Quechua Pop, in its Under 30 list
Among the more than 150 selected from across the region, Peruvian Lenin Tamayo stands out. Tamayo is the creator of Q'Pop (Quechua Pop), an innovative genre that fuses Andean rhythms, Quechua, and K-pop. He is also the only Quechua artist featured...

Costa Rica Loses Ocean Award Amid Shark Conservation Controversy
Following recent statements by Costa Rica’s Minister of Environment, Franz Tattenbach, international organizations Fins Attached and Marine Watch International, in association with the Rob Stewart Sharkwater Foundation, have announced the...

U.N. Hosts Dress Rehearsal for COP30
Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Latin America Brief. The highlights this week: Brazilian negotiators prepare for November’s United Nations climate conference, a Nicaraguan dissident is killed in Costa Rica, and a Peruvian Japanese restaurant in...

Supreme court lifts order blocking Trump’s federal layoffs, paving way for mass job cuts
Supreme court lifts order blocking Trump's mass federal layoffsThe supreme court has cleared the way for Donald Trump’s administration to resume carrying out mass job cuts and the restructuring of agencies, key elements of his campaign to downsize...

Supreme court lifts order blocking Trump’s federal layoffs, paving way for mass job cuts - US politics live
Supreme court lifts order blocking Trump's mass federal layoffsThe supreme court has cleared the way for Donald Trump’s administration to resume carrying out mass job cuts and the restructuring of agencies, key elements of his campaign to downsize...