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Scientists who study the remote, rugged continent at the bottom of the world are on edge as funding for research there remains in jeopardy. It hasn't been decided yet if Antarctic operations for the research season will be allowed to continue.

Of the 680 people arrested, around three-quarters had convictions, Homeland Secretary John Kelly said. Advocacy groups report that the raids also swept up people with no criminal record at all.

Immigration authorities have detained 506 pregnant women since December, when the Trump administration ended a policy to release most pregnant women while their immigration cases are pending.

The Trump administration is withdrawing hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines against some immigrants in the country illegally who have sought refuge in churches.

The Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, are just days away, and some 230 athletes will be representing the United States. Representing team NPR is Sonari Glinton. He gives NPR's Scott Simon a rundown of who to watch on the ice.

In a series for The New York Times, environmental reporter Justin Gillis has been exploring whether harsh weather events are connected to global warming or if they are simply the random violence nature visits upon us.

In Texas, a company that boycotts Israel is more offensive than one whose CEO is fighting federal wire fraud charges over covering up a listeria outbreak linked to three deaths.

Engineers dynamited the massive Crown Point Bridge that links Vermont and New York across Lake Champlain on Monday. The 80-year-old bridge was closed without warning last fall because of safety concerns. Its destruction punctuates a major transportation crisis that has worsened as the lake begins to ice up, forcing motorists to make 100-mile detours. A new bridge is expected to open in 2011.

Container giant Maersk will send one of its ships through the Arctic on the Northern Sea Route to test its feasibility as a new, time-saving shipping lane.

Greenhouse gas concentrations reached a record high. Global sea level was the highest on record, too. NOAA's State of the Climate report points to the urgency of addressing climate change.