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What Happened Today – May 12, 2026

Aerial view of container ship Dali tangled in the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge, Baltimore, March 2024.

The container ship Dali brought down Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge in March 2024, killing six workers and prompting today's federal criminal charges against its operator. (NTSB photo)

ICE agents are walking around with a target list of 20 million people on their phones. Palantir compiled the list, which is roughly the number of undocumented people living in the United States. When agents conduct an immigration raid, the app displays the names of other people who may be nearby, so one arrest can … Read more

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