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The Trump administration has transferred hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador even as a federal judge issued an order temporarily barring the deportations under an 18th century wartime declaration targeting Venezuelan gang members, officials said Sunday. Flights were in the air at the time of the ruling. U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg issued an order Saturday blocking the deportations, but lawyers told him there were already two planes with immigrants in the air. Trump’s allies were gleeful over the results..

The magnitude-7.4 quake killed nine and injured at least 1,011 others, stretching an expert quake response system that has served as a model in other places. In Hualien County, close to the epicenter, 71 people were trapped in two mining areas as of Wednesday night and dozens of others were stranded, according to officials. Forty flights were canceled or delayed. Around 14,000 households were without water, and 1,000 households were without power. 

The magnitude-7.4 quake killed nine and injured at least 1,011 others, stretching an expert quake response system that has served as a model in other places. In Hualien County, close to the epicenter, 71 people were trapped in two mining areas as of Wednesday night and dozens of others were stranded, according to officials. Forty flights were canceled or delayed. Around 14,000 households were without water, and 1,000 households were without power. 

The magnitude-7.4 quake killed nine and injured at least 1,011 others, stretching an expert quake response system that has served as a model in other places. In Hualien County, close to the epicenter, 71 people were trapped in two mining areas as of Wednesday night and dozens of others were stranded, according to officials. Forty flights were canceled or delayed. Around 14,000 households were without water, and 1,000 households were without power. 

Ukraine lowered its draft-eligible age for men from 27 to 25 on Wednesday, reflecting the strain that more than two years of war with Russia has put on its military and the need to infuse its depleted ranks with new conscripts. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed three bills into law aimed at strengthening the country’s beleaguered forces, which are trying to hold the front lines in fighting that has sapped Ukraine’s ranks and stores of weapons and ammunition.

As many as 27 million people are under risk of severe storms Wednesday as the destructive storm system moves east and is forecast to bring heavy rain, floods, high winds and severe winter weather from Maine to Florida. In the past 24 hours, there have been 12 reports of tornadoes across six states, Alabama, Illinois, Tennessee, Ohio, Georgia and Kentucky. Three tornadoes were confirmed in Jessamine, Anderson and Nelson counties in Kentucky with 95 mph to 110 mph winds. 

Populist firebrand Rep. Lauren Boebert R-Colo., underwent surgery Tuesday to remove an acute blood clot, and she was subsequently diagnosed with May-Thurner syndrome, a rare condition that disrupts blood flow. Boebert age 37, was admitted to UCHealth Medical Center in Loveland, Colorado. She underwent a CT scan, during which doctors found the clot. 

 Special counsel Jack Smith strongly criticized a recent order by the judge presiding over the case of former President Donald Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents,, saying that her request for jury instructions from his office and Trump's lawyers is based on a “fundamentally flawed legal premise.” Smith argued that the legal premise behind Judge Aileen Cannon’s request would  lead to a directed verdict in Trump's favor. 

Monday night’s game between LSU and Iowa generated an audience of 12.3 million viewers, via Sports Business Journal. It’s an all-time record for a women’s college basketball game. It also is a bigger number than the 2023 audience for Thursday Night Football on Amazon, which had 11.86 million weekly viewers, on average. Yes, TNF is a streaming-only property. Regardless, a women’s college basketball game outperformed Thursday Night Football.