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Supreme Court blocks, for now, new deportations under 18th century wartime law
By The Associated Press The Supreme Court on Saturday blocked, for now, the deportations of any Venezuelans held in northern Texas under an 18th century wartime law. In a brief order, the court directed the Trump administration not to remove Venezuelans held in the Bluebonnet Detention Center “until further order of this court.” Justices Clarence…
Archaeologists discover first pharaoh’s tomb in Egypt in more than a century
Uncovering tomb of Thutmose II hailed as most significant discovery since Tutankhamun in 1922 Litherland had been exploring the Valley of the Kings in Egypt for more than a decade when he discovered a staircase that led to the tomb, now known to have belonged to Thutmose II, who reigned from 1493 to 1479BC. It…