Today in News History
On July 12, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1760, Peggy Shippen, American wife of Benedict Arnold and American Revolutionary War spy (died 1804) was born. In 1796, The United States takes possession of Detroit from Great Britain under terms of the Jay Treaty. In 1901, Gwendolyn Lizarraga, Belizean businesswoman, activist, and politician (died 1975) was born. In 1906, Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy. In 1930, Ezra Vogel, American sociologist (died 2020) was born. In 1960, Congo Crisis: The State of Katanga breaks away from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In 1983, Ross Macdonald, American-Canadian author (born 1915) passed away. In 2009, Reg Fleming, Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1936) passed away. In 2011, Ninety-eight containers of explosives self-detonate killing 13 people in Zygi, Cyprus. In 2015, Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán escapes from the maximum security Altiplano prison in Mexico, his second escape. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.
ICE buys the cages, private prison company keeps the keys
CoreCivic just sold two of California's largest immigrant detention centers to the federal government for 1.5 billion, then apparently got hired to keep running the place. CalMatters reports that CoreCivic sold the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego County and the California City Detention Facility in Kern County to the Department of Homeland Security on July 2. — Read the rest The post ICE buys the cages, private prison company keeps the keys appeared first on Boing Boing.
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