Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of a larger trend of aggression among federal immigration officers.

With start of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and release of hostages and prisoners, here are some key figures related to the Gaza war and the Hamas-led attack on Israel that sparked it.

Thousands of people are returning to northern Gaza, only to find their homes and infrastructure destroyed.

Hamas has released all 20 remaining living Israeli hostages, and Israel has freed around 2,000 Palestinian detainees.

Brown University professor and cultural anthropologist Ieva Jusionyte is one of this year's MacArthur fellowship winners for her work exploring political and moral ambiguities of border regions.

In Portland, social media personalities are shaping what the public understands about a possible troop deployment.

Hamas has released all 20 living hostages, including Yosef-Chaim Ohana.

Among the 2,000 Palestinians freed in the Gaza ceasefire deal were 250 serving life terms for attacks on Israelis dating back decades.

Data from a large, ongoing study of adolescents shows a link between increasing social media use and lower cognition and memory in teens.

The Mines Advisory Group has been removing landmines for more than three decades. This year, it received the Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize, a prestigious award with a $3 million prize.