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Just eight days after returning to the White House last year, President Trump announced plans to turn the U.S. military base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, into a massive detention center to hold 30,000 detainees facing deportation as part of his aggressive crackdown on illegal immigration. But a CBS News review of internal government documents and information provided to Congress shows the detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay are sitting mostly empty over a year later, even though the highly publicized operation is projected to cost the American military over $70 million.On May 11, the U.S. government was holding just six immigration detainees…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Democratic Boston city councilor slammed what he views as “soft-on-crime” policies that allowed the man who allegedly opened fire in nearby Cambridge on Monday to walk free after previously serving a short amount of time for violent offenses.Tyler Brown, 46, is in custody after allegedly firing 50 to 60 rounds into traffic on Memorial Drive in Cambridge early in the afternoon on Monday. Terrifying video of the incident, which left four people shot, including Brown, quickly went viral.Brown is currently in custody in the hospital, recovering from gunshot wounds in his…

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Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesAlibaba on Wednesday said its core profitability plunged in the March quarter amid heavy investments in tech and e-commerce.The Chinese tech giant said its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, and amortization (EBITA), a measure of the company’s underlying profitability, came in at 5.1 billion Chinese yuan ($750.9 million). This financial metric strips out one-time gains or losses to focus on a company’s core business.Alibaba’s U.S.-listed shares were initially higher in premarket trade before turning negative. They were last seen trading down 3.4%.The tech giant has been investing heavily in semiconductors for AI, data centers,…

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A photo of Rubio aboard Air Force One released by the White House, which showed him lounging in a grey Nike track suit, drew online attention – with social media users comparing the outfit to what ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro wore when US forces snatched him in January.Chinese officials said on Tuesday that Rubio would not be barred from entering China.“The sanctions target Mr Rubio’s words and deeds when he served as a US senator concerning China,” said Chinese embassy spokesman in the US Liu Pengyu.Other Cabinet members joining Trump on his visit to China include US Trade Representative…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump is set to arrive in Beijing Wednesday for high-stakes talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, as the world’s two largest powers prepare to negotiate about Taiwan, trade and a fragile U.S.-China relationship increasingly shaped by military tension and economic rivalry.The meeting comes at a volatile moment for Washington, as a ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran faces mounting strain following recent military exchanges in and around the Strait of Hormuz.Trump is expected to press Xi on China’s economic and strategic support for both Iran and Russia, including oil revenue,…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Philadelphia Flyers were without star winger Owen Tippett in the second-round series loss to the Carolina Hurricanes due to internal bleeding, the team announced.Tippett, 27, played the entirety of the team’s first-round series victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins, but said he sustained the internal bleeding issue during that series.”I was unable to return for the second round series vs. Carolina due to an internal bleeding issue that I sustained during the first round series vs. Pittsburgh,” Tippett said in a statement from the Flyers. Philadelphia Flyers right wing Owen Tippett takes…

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TOKYO: A Japanese company making ferocious-looking robot wolves is being swamped by orders after record numbers of fatal bear attacks on humans last year.”Monster Wolf” is an animatronic scarecrow with flashing red eyes that howls and growls menacingly to scare away wild animals.Ohta Seiki, the Hokkaido-based firm that makes the devices, has already received around 50 orders this year, more than the usual volume for an entire year.”We make them by hand. We cannot make them fast enough now. We are asking our customers to wait two to three months,” company president Yuji Ohta told AFP. “Awareness of bear safety…

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