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The federal immigration center in Winnfield, Louisiana, where officials are sending migrants due to be deported, is an ...

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The defense tech startup Epirus has developed a cutting-edge, cost-efficient drone zapper that’s sparking the interest of the ...

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After three crewmen were swallowed up by the Pacific at the end of World War II, a modern-day rescue effort went to find them ...