Selling sex for gold in the Amazon's illegal mines
Dayane Leite never wanted to become a sex worker but at the age of 17 her husband died of a heart attack and she couldn’t pay for the funeral. Her home town, Itaituba in Brazil’s northern Para state, is at the heart of the country’s illegal gold-mining trade, so a friend suggested raising the money …
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At least 28 detainees were placed on buses Friday evening at ICE’s Bluebonnet Detention Center in Anson, Texas, and then driven toward an airport about an hour away. Video from Friday night shows Immigration and Customs Enforcement buses full of Venezuelan migrants headed toward an airport in North …
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The controversy over the Trump administration’s deportation of Venezuelan immigrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador dominates this …
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Kauai, Hawaii, is home to breathtaking natural beauty, from lush rainforests to stunning beaches. It's the fourth-largest island in Hawaii and the …
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Black is a color of mystery; have you ever wondered why some animals are cloaked in shades of midnight and onyx? There’s something undeniably …