Eric Ferkenhoff
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How can a medication hailed as the gold standard for addiction treatment—trusted by millions of Americans in recovery—trigger child abuse or neglect investigations for new mothers across the country? This week on Reveal.
Pregnant women’s prescribed addiction treatment medications are triggering child welfare investigations
They followed doctors' orders and the state took their babies.
www.motherjones.com
August 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
How can a medication hailed as the gold standard for addiction treatment—trusted by millions of Americans in recovery—trigger child abuse or neglect investigations for new mothers across the country? This week on Reveal.
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Breaking News: A federal appeals court upheld a decision that temporarily halted agents from arresting and detaining L.A. immigrants without probable cause.
Judges Keep Restrictions on Los Angeles Immigration Arrests
An appellate panel upheld a finding that federal agents appeared to rely exclusively on race and other factors, such as speaking Spanish, in making arrests.
nyti.ms
August 2, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Breaking News: A federal appeals court upheld a decision that temporarily halted agents from arresting and detaining L.A. immigrants without probable cause.
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Rev. Carlo Alberto Capella was released from prison and quietly returned to work after being convicted of possessing and distributing child pornography while serving as a Vatican diplomat, according to reports on Catholic blogs.
A convicted priest is back at work. Child advocates want Pope Leo to act.
Carlo Alberto Capella served prison time for a child pornography conviction but was allowed to return to work at the Vatican, posing a test for Pope Leo XIV.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Rev. Carlo Alberto Capella was released from prison and quietly returned to work after being convicted of possessing and distributing child pornography while serving as a Vatican diplomat, according to reports on Catholic blogs.
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Lawyers for a Maryland man who was unlawfully deported to a prison in El Salvador assailed the Trump administration on Friday for trying to delay its explanation for how it plans to bring him back, calling the move a “stunning display of arrogance and cruelty.”
U.S. Continues to ‘Delay’ and ‘Flout’ Courts in Return of Deported Man, Lawyers Say
The judge, clearly frustrated, reminded the Justice Department that the administration’s act of mistakenly sending a Maryland man to El Salvador “was wholly illegal from the moment it happened.”
www.nytimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Lawyers for a Maryland man who was unlawfully deported to a prison in El Salvador assailed the Trump administration on Friday for trying to delay its explanation for how it plans to bring him back, calling the move a “stunning display of arrogance and cruelty.”
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Breaking news: The Trump administration did not comply with a federal judge’s order setting a Friday morning deadline for officials to lay out steps for the return of a Maryland man mistakenly deported to a mega-prison in El Salvador.
Trump admin defies judge’s orders to detail steps for wrongly deported man’s return
U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis also directed the government to confirm the location of Kilmar Abrego García, who was deported to a Salvadoran mega-prison, by 9:30 a.m. Friday.
wapo.st
April 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Breaking news: The Trump administration did not comply with a federal judge’s order setting a Friday morning deadline for officials to lay out steps for the return of a Maryland man mistakenly deported to a mega-prison in El Salvador.
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Federal officials said they were doing wellness checks on children who arrived unaccompanied at the border. School administrators turned them away.
(via @laist.com)
(via @laist.com)
Homeland Security agents attempted to enter 2 LAUSD schools. Here's what families should know
Federal agents were turned away from two South Los Angeles elementary schools this week, the district’s superintendent says.
laist.com
April 11, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Federal officials said they were doing wellness checks on children who arrived unaccompanied at the border. School administrators turned them away.
(via @laist.com)
(via @laist.com)
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The company behind a massive Midwest carbon pipeline project filed hundreds of lawsuits against landowners, an analysis by The Associated Press and Lee Enterprises found. Now the future of the project is in doubt.
My latest with @ericferk.bsky.social: apnews.com/article/summ...
My latest with @ericferk.bsky.social: apnews.com/article/summ...
A pipeline company filed hundreds of lawsuits against landowners. Now its project is threatened
The company behind a massive proposed carbon pipeline in the Midwestern U.S. filed hundreds of lawsuits against landowners in recent years.
apnews.com
April 9, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The company behind a massive Midwest carbon pipeline project filed hundreds of lawsuits against landowners, an analysis by The Associated Press and Lee Enterprises found. Now the future of the project is in doubt.
My latest with @ericferk.bsky.social: apnews.com/article/summ...
My latest with @ericferk.bsky.social: apnews.com/article/summ...