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ICE detainee hospitalized, Hurts clots, Earhart search comes up empty
The seventeen-person team arrived on Nikumaroro on October twelfth; researchers say the lagoon anomaly was tree debris, though they still believe Earhart landed there.
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At a glance
- First reported by The New York Times: “U.S. Citizen Hospitalized After Being Detained by ICE, His Family Says”, with reporting from The Hill, The Guardian and Yahoo Sports.
- Covered on BBN on Monday, October 19, 2026, at 2:59 PM ET on BBN Newsroom, by Hank Ledger, Vera Bullock and Dale Bearman.
- Topics: Amelia Earhart, Mexico Pacific, Jalen Hurts, ICE, US.
- BBN covered this story before: Hurts out for season; Colts fire Ballard; LeBron on SLAM cover (October 19).
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- The New York TimesU.S. Citizen Hospitalized After Being Detained by ICE, His Family Says
- The HillExpedition fails to find Amelia Earhart's plane on remote island in Western Pacific
- The GuardianEagles QB Hurts reportedly played after not sleeping for 36 hours amid blood clot diagnosis
- Yahoo Sports5 questions we have about Jalen Hurts’ latest blood clot news
What BBN said about it

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA man in Long Beach, California, is in the hospital after ICE detained him, and his family says he is a U.S. citizen, The New York Times reports.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLong Beach police say ICE called them for backup, and officers found a man who was bleeding and handcuffed.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorEagles quarterback Jalen Hurts will miss the rest of the season after testing showed blood clots had traveled from his leg to his lungs, the team says, and his condition is stable.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorESPN reports he was in a London hospital until four a.m. Eastern before the game, and doctors told him not to sleep, so he played after about thirty-six hours awake.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIn other news, a seventeen-person team searched the Pacific atoll of Nikumaroro for Amelia Earhart's plane and found a Y-shaped piece of tree debris with a carbonate coating.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorFifteen searches before this one, according to Dorothy Cochrane. At some point the island is just being polite.
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- Super El Niño turns the equatorial Pacific bluer, NASA satellites show · New York Post
- Hurts out for season; Colts fire Ballard; LeBron on SLAM cover · Yahoo Sports
- ICE detainee hospitalized, Hurts clots, Earhart search comes up empty (this story)
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