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ICEs SmartLINK app tracks migrants by the thousands. Does it work?

On an April day in 2022, a Venezuelan migrant stood on the banks of the powerful Rio Grande. He could see his future directly in front of him as he cautiously waded into the currents. With each step, his 6-foot-4-inch frame began to disappear beneath the murky green water. “The water was up to my neck,” he said. “I held …

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It only takes 5 seconds of hail to damage an airplane mid-flight, expert says. Photos show how destructive it can be.

An Austrian Airlines flight went viral this week after it flew through a hailstorm on Sunday that ripped off part of the plane’s nose and shattered its cockpit windows. And one expert tells CBS News that while incidents like this are rare, they can happen very easily — and very fast. The incident involved Austrian Airlines flight OS434, en route …

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