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ICE agents will be stationed outside Marine Corps graduation events in South Carolina

ICE agents will be stationed outside graduation events for the nation’s newest Marines, according to the Marine Corps.

NBC News
ABC7: The State Department announced Monday that it had resumed normal operations at the embassy in Caracas. https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-embassy-venezuela-news-reopens-caracas-months-military-operation-remove-nicolas-maduro/18812315/
US reopens embassy in Venezuela months after military operation to remove Maduro

The State Department announced Monday that it had resumed normal operations at the embassy in Caracas.

ABC7: Deputies were chasing a stolen U-Haul in San Clemente when it crashed into another vehicle, killing an innocent person and injuring several others. https://abc7.com/post/1-dead-driver-stolen-haul-crashes-san-clemente-several-others-sent-hospital/18809690/
Stolen U-Haul chase ends in deadly crash in San Clemente

A chase involving a stolen U-Haul truck ended in a violent crash Monday morning in San Clemente, leaving one person dead.

Quintuple shooting leaves at least 2 dead in West Philadelphia.

Again,it's the GUNS.

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https://6abc.com/post/west-philadelphia-shooting-leaves-2-dead-3-injured-60th-delancy/18812329/
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Quintuple shooting leaves at least 2 dead in West Philadelphia

A quintuple shooting in West Philadelphia left at least two people dead Monday night, police said.

Astronaut Michael Fincke was rendered unable to speak while on the ISS, prompting an evacuation to Earth. “We’re almost 100% sure that this is a space-related thing.” Uh, I’ve been reading a lot of sci-fi recently; this is *exactly* how It starts. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/28/science/nasa-astronaut-medical-evaluation.html?unlocked_article_code=1.W1A.U255.7DhaSPrHSLDK
Astronaut’s Condition That Led to Space Station Evacuation Remains a Mystery

The astronaut, Michael Fincke, experienced a medical emergency in January that rendered him unable to speak, he said.

The New York Times
GitHub backs down, kills Copilot pull-request ads after backlash

: Letting Copilot alter others' PRs was the wrong judgment call, says product manager

The Register
Israeli Knesset approves death penalty for Palestinians

Israel’s parliament has approved a law allowing the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of killing Israelis.

Al Jazeera
Pete Hegseth’s broker looked to buy defence fund before Iran attack

Morgan Stanley wealth manager approached BlackRock about multimillion-dollar investment on behalf of US defence secretary

Financial Times
Guardian: José Guadalupe Ramos, a Mexican national, dies in ICE detention in LA https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/30/mexican-man-dies-ice-detention-los-angeles
José Guadalupe Ramos, a Mexican national, dies in ICE detention in LA

Security staff at the Adelanto detention center found Ramos unconscious and unresponsive in his bunk

The Guardian

This network of bio labs they found is kinda wild.

The California one was repackaging Chinese COVID tests as American, but they had some wild samples for that alone.

And one in Vegas looks like it was making fake flu vaccines.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-03-25/she-uncovered-terrifying-lab-hidden-in-california-with-alleged-ties-to-china

https://www.8newsnow.com/investigators/las-vegas-bio-lab-contained-human-samples-testing-materials-fbi-says/

She uncovered a terrifying lab hidden in California, with alleged ties to China

A code enforcement officer investigating an odd smell found vials and labels for diseases at a California warehouse. She never guessed where the case would lead.

Los Angeles Times