Officials reinforced stay-at-home orders by erecting fences around some apartment buildings, essentially incarcerating occupants.
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Michael Schuman,
The Atlantic,
1 Apr. 2026
In 1942, as the government was forcibly relocating and incarcerating Japanese Americans on the West Coast, a nativist group hoped to revoke the citizenship of Japanese Americans born in the United States.
One person was cited on suspicion of unlawfully capturing and confining wildlife.
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Isabel Beer,
Sacbee.com,
17 June 2026
Bell reviewed testimony from CDC officials and an outside medical expert concerning Perryman’s challenge to an earlier order confining her to the National Quarantine Unit at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
Witnesses Say Victims Were Trapped Witnesses also described officers detaining the driver.
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Doug Myers,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
Padilla’s plan would eliminate the detention of families and would also require DHS to prove someone’s level of criminal threat and conviction history before using it as justification for detaining them.
Adam’s been shuttled off to Earth along with the coveted Sword of Power in the aftermath of evil Skeletor (Jared Leto, having a great time in the part) and his horrid denizens taking over his home planet and imprisoning his parents.
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Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
3 June 2026
Meanwhile, the Iranian regime’s very recent and brutal crackdown on its own people — imprisoning and killing thousands of citizens for dissent — has not been met with the same outrage by these voices.
Some compared him to El Salvador’s authoritarian president, Nayib Bukele, who is widely popular throughout Latin America for jailing alleged gang members with no due process.
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Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2026
The city has said that the hope is to provide safer jailing of people in custody, in smaller population numbers, closer to their communities.
With Sanders in front, still restraining the alligator with the catch pole, Pelosi came up behind it and tossed a rag over its eyes, the video showed.
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Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
12 June 2026
The system generated $189 million in revenue last year and over $2 billion total since the sale, according to a recent audit, all while severely restraining the city’s ability to make major road changes that remove parking spots and as parking costs rise.
Rhyne Howard led the way with 24 points on 4-of-10 shooting from three, while Allisha Gray added 22, Naz Hillmon chipped in 19 and Jordin Canada finished with 12 points and a game-high 12 assists without committing a single turnover.
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Christopher Harris,
CBS News,
20 June 2026
The simple design has clean lines for a casual style, plus two side pockets to keep your essentials close without committing to the usual cargo look.
Canada is now tied with Switzerland atop Group B, with both teams holding four points after two matches.
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Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
19 June 2026
There are also the remnants of a statue thought to be of Silvanus, the Roman god of the countryside, holding a small animal in one hand and a basket adorned with birds in another.
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