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Libya expels 613 migrants to Europe

The 613 men traveled from their native Niger to neighboring Libya, many of them intending to reach Europe via the Mediterranean Sea. But late last month, Libyan authorities expelled the men in one of the country’s biggest deportations in years.…

Elephants are not people, the Colorado Supreme Court rules

Close-up shot of an elephant

It ruled 6-0 in favor of an earlier district court decision that said the state’s habeas corpus process “applies only to people, and not to non-human animals.” This is true “no matter how cognitively, psychologically, or socially sophisticated they are,”…

Mel Gibson returns to direct ‘Flight Risk’

The movie trailer was in heavy circulation at NFL playoff broadcasts and elsewhere earlier this month. A pilot played by Mark Wahlberg flies a federal agent and government witness in a small plane. But the pilot, apparently, was actually an…