The Daily Populous

Saturday August 30th, 2025 night edition

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The incident took place after several migrants held there began shouting for “freedom” after one received news a relative had died, according to the outlet.

A team of guards then rushed in and began beating individuals indiscriminately with batons, and fired teargas at them, the detainees said.

“They’ve beaten everyone here, a lot of people have bled.

We are immigrants, we are not criminals, we are not murderers,” one of the men reportedly told Noticias 23 in a call.

The detainees claimed a fire alarm was sounding continuously, and a helicopter was heard circling overhead.

It was not clear when the latest incident is alleged to have taken place, and the Guardian was unable to independently confirm details.

“People held inside the facility were on hunger strike for more than 14 days, despite the DeSantis administration denying it. »

Alabama town's first Black mayor reelected 4 years after he says White residents locked him out of office

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Black residents had sued, challenging what they called the town's "hand-me-down governance" and refusal to let Braxton serve after he ran unopposed for mayor in 2020.

The result was an overwhelmingly White government in a town where Black residents outnumber White residents 2-1.

Braxton asked both Black and White residents to serve, but no White residents agreed to join his council, according to the lawsuit. »

Two dead after getting flesh-eating bacteria from eating raw oysters

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Two people are dead after they contracted a flesh-eating bacterium eating raw oysters in Louisiana, a state health official said.

Vibrio bacteria can lead to illness when an open wound is exposed to coastal waters or when a person eats raw or undercooked seafood, according to health officials.

In Florida, the state Health Department has reported 23 cases of Vibrio vulnificus this year, resulting in five deaths. »

Ukraine blows up two key Russian bridges using Moscow’s own mines and $600 drones

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Ukraine has said it destroyed two bridges inside Russia by using a couple of cheap drones to hit stashes of mines and ammunition hidden there by Russian forces.

Ukraine did this in the early days of the full-scale invasion in February 2022, destroying bridges on roads leading towards Kyiv.

In June, Ukrainian forces destroyed or damaged dozens of Russian aircraft using small drones that were smuggled to the vicinity of Russian military airfields in trucks. »