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Driver shot in Minneapolis is at least the fifth person killed in US immigration crackdown
Read full article: Driver shot in Minneapolis is at least the fifth person killed in US immigration crackdownA motorist fatally shot by an immigration officer in Minneapolis is at least the fifth person to die since the Trump administration launched its aggressive immigration crackdown last year.
US suspends assistance to Somalia’s federal government, alleging it seized food aid
Read full article: US suspends assistance to Somalia’s federal government, alleging it seized food aidThe State Department says it has suspended all U.S. assistance to Somalia’s federal government over allegations that Somali officials destroyed an American-funded warehouse belonging to the World Food Program and seized 76 metric tons of food aid intended for impoverished civilians.
Trump urged mid-decade redistricting. One-third of states have now looked at reshaping House seats
Read full article: Trump urged mid-decade redistricting. One-third of states have now looked at reshaping House seatsOfficials in about one-third of the states have considered revising their U.S. House districts since President Donald Trump called for mid-decade redistricting.
The Latest: ICE officer shoots and kills a woman during Minneapolis immigration crackdown
Read full article: The Latest: ICE officer shoots and kills a woman during Minneapolis immigration crackdownAn Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a Minneapolis motorist during the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown in a major U.S. city — a shooting that federal officials claimed was an act of self-defense but that the city’s mayor described as “reckless” and unnecessary.
Rescuers use drone technology to find dog that escaped along New Jersey Turnpike
Read full article: Rescuers use drone technology to find dog that escaped along New Jersey TurnpikeA dog traveling from a South Carolina shelter to a planned new home in Maine escaped during a bathroom break along the New Jersey Turnpike.
Trump says he wants to ban large investors from buying houses. It's part of his affordability plan
Read full article: Trump says he wants to ban large investors from buying houses. It's part of his affordability planPresident Donald Trump says he wants to block large institutional investors from buying houses, saying that a ban would make it easier for younger families to buy their first homes.
Trump immigration policies and a lower fertility rate slow US growth projection, budget office says
Read full article: Trump immigration policies and a lower fertility rate slow US growth projection, budget office saysThe U.S. population is projected to grow more slowly over the next 30 years than previously predicted.
Trump administration funding threats set child care providers and parents on edge
Read full article: Trump administration funding threats set child care providers and parents on edgeThe Trump administration’s crackdown on the $12 billion Child Care and Development Fund, which subsidizes care for 1.4 million children from low-income households, has rattled child care providers and families that rely on the aid money.
Gov. Ron DeSantis calls for special session in April to redraw Florida’s congressional districts
Read full article: Gov. Ron DeSantis calls for special session in April to redraw Florida’s congressional districtsGov. Ron DeSantis is calling for a special session in April for Florida’s legislature to redraw congressional districts.
ICE officer kills a Minneapolis driver in a deadly start to Trump's latest immigration operation
Read full article: ICE officer kills a Minneapolis driver in a deadly start to Trump's latest immigration operationAn Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer has shot and killed a Minneapolis driver during the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown on a major American city.
Trump officials loosen strings on federal education money for Iowa. More states could follow
Read full article: Trump officials loosen strings on federal education money for Iowa. More states could followThe Trump administration is giving Iowa more power to decide how it spends its federal education money.
Georgia counties offer free flu shots for children, adults without insurance as state hits peak flu activity
Read full article: Georgia counties offer free flu shots for children, adults without insurance as state hits peak flu activityOn a scale of 1-13, Georgia is at a 13 for flu activity according to the latest report released from the Georgia Department of Public Health. The health departments in Glynn and Camden counties are each offering FREE flu shots for uninsured and underinsured children and adults as long as supplies last.
New dietary guidelines urge Americans to avoid processed foods and added sugar
Read full article: New dietary guidelines urge Americans to avoid processed foods and added sugarNew guidelines for healthy eating say Americans should eat more whole foods and protein, fewer highly processed foods and less added sugar.
Horror of school attack in Uvalde, Texas, brings tears as officer faces trial over police response
Read full article: Horror of school attack in Uvalde, Texas, brings tears as officer faces trial over police responseThe first day of testimony in the trial of a former police officer accused of failing to protect students who died in the Uvalde, Texas, elementary school massacre turned emotional right away.
Shooter who killed Brown students and MIT professor planned attack for years, DOJ says
Read full article: Shooter who killed Brown students and MIT professor planned attack for years, DOJ saysThe U.S. Department of Justice has revealed that the shooter who killed two Brown University students and an MIT professor planned the attack for years.
Trump administration says it’s withholding social safety net money from 5 states over fraud concerns
Read full article: Trump administration says it’s withholding social safety net money from 5 states over fraud concernsPresident Donald Trump’s administration is withholding funding to help needy families with children in five states governed by Democrats.
What’s next in deposed Venezuela leader Nicolás Maduro’s criminal case
Read full article: What’s next in deposed Venezuela leader Nicolás Maduro’s criminal caseNicolás Maduro’s first court hearing — a heavily secured spectacle where he proclaimed he is still Venezuela’s president and pleaded “soy inocente” — was merely the beginning of a legal odyssey that could keep him locked up and out of power for years, maybe even the rest of his life.
Homeland Security plans 2,000 officers in Minnesota for its 'largest immigration operation ever'
Read full article: Homeland Security plans 2,000 officers in Minnesota for its 'largest immigration operation ever'The Department of Homeland Security says it has launched in Minnesota what it's calling the largest immigration enforcement operation ever carried out by the agency.
Pamela Smart seeks to overturn conviction for having teenager murder her husband
Read full article: Pamela Smart seeks to overturn conviction for having teenager murder her husbandPamela Smart, who is serving life in prison for orchestrating the murder of her husband by her teenage student in 1990, is seeking to overturn her conviction over what her lawyers claim were several constitutional violations.
Suspect in vandalism of Vice President JD Vance's Ohio home is behind bars
Read full article: Suspect in vandalism of Vice President JD Vance's Ohio home is behind barsAn individual accused of vandalizing the Ohio home of Vice President JD Vance and causing other property damage is behind bars pending a Friday hearing.
Alaska Airlines pilot who safely landed plane after panel blew out says Boeing unfairly blamed him
Read full article: Alaska Airlines pilot who safely landed plane after panel blew out says Boeing unfairly blamed himThe Alaska Airlines pilot who was praised as a hero for safely landing a plane after a door plug panel flew off shortly after takeoff in 2004 is suing Boeing because he believes the plane maker wrongly tried to blame him and the rest of the crew in past legal filings.
Joseph McGettigan, prosecutor in Jerry Sandusky and John du Pont cases, dies at 76
Read full article: Joseph McGettigan, prosecutor in Jerry Sandusky and John du Pont cases, dies at 76Joseph McGettigan III, a Pennsylvania prosecutor known for convicting Jerry Sandusky and John du Pont, has died at the age of 76.
Abortion stays legal in Wyoming as its top court strikes down laws, including first US pill ban
Read full article: Abortion stays legal in Wyoming as its top court strikes down laws, including first US pill banAbortion will remain legal in Wyoming after the state Supreme Court struck down two laws that include the nation’s first explicit ban on abortion pills.
Indiana US Rep. Jim Baird expected to make a full recovery following car accident, his office says
Read full article: Indiana US Rep. Jim Baird expected to make a full recovery following car accident, his office saysRepublican U.S. Rep. Jim Baird of Indiana is recovering from a car crash and expected to make a full recovery, A statement from Baird's office says he is recovering, but details of the crash are not immediately clear.
Uvalde schools officer did nothing until it was too late during shooting, prosecutor says
Read full article: Uvalde schools officer did nothing until it was too late during shooting, prosecutor saysA Texas prosecutor says a school police officer made no attempt to distract or stop the gunman during the school shooting in Uvalde in 2022.
Violent crime fell in 2025 for a third straight year in New Orleans, where Guard troops now patrol
Read full article: Violent crime fell in 2025 for a third straight year in New Orleans, where Guard troops now patrolNew Orleans ended 2025 with its third year of declining violent crime rates even as armed National Guard troops patrolled the city's streets on the orders of President Donald Trump.
‘Dances with Wolves’ actor Nathan Chasing Horse disrupts court week before sex abuse trial
Read full article: ‘Dances with Wolves’ actor Nathan Chasing Horse disrupts court week before sex abuse trial“Dances with Wolves” actor Nathan Chasing Horse has been temporarily removed from court after disrupting proceedings with demands he be allowed to fire his attorney a week before his sexual abuse trial.
FAA picks 2 firms to replace 612 outdated radar systems that air traffic controllers rely on
Read full article: FAA picks 2 firms to replace 612 outdated radar systems that air traffic controllers rely onThe federal government has picked two companies to replace 612 radar systems nationwide that date back to the 1980s as part of a multibillion-dollar overhaul of the nation’s air traffic control system.
US cuts the number of vaccines recommended for every child, a move slammed by physicians
Read full article: US cuts the number of vaccines recommended for every child, a move slammed by physiciansThe U.S. has taken the unprecedented step of dropping the number of vaccines it recommends for every child — a move that leading medical groups say would undermine protections against a half-dozen diseases.
US-based multinational companies will be exempt from global tax deal
Read full article: US-based multinational companies will be exempt from global tax dealThe Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has finalized a deal exempting U.S. multinational corporations from paying more corporate taxes overseas.
After judge's ruling, HHS authorized to resume sharing some Medicaid data with deportation officers
Read full article: After judge's ruling, HHS authorized to resume sharing some Medicaid data with deportation officersThe nation’s health department can resume sharing the personal data of certain Medicaid enrollees with deportation officials.
US allies and adversaries use UN meeting to critique Venezuela intervention as America defends it
Read full article: US allies and adversaries use UN meeting to critique Venezuela intervention as America defends itAllies and adversaries of the United States have used an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council to voice opposition to the audacious U.S. military operation in Venezuela that captured leader Nicolás Maduro.
Flu season surged in the US over the holiday and already rivals last winter's harsh epidemic
Read full article: Flu season surged in the US over the holiday and already rivals last winter's harsh epidemicU.S. flu infections are still surging, and health officials say it's a severe season that's likely to get worse.
US expands list of countries whose citizens must pay up to $15,000 bonds to apply for visas
Read full article: US expands list of countries whose citizens must pay up to $15,000 bonds to apply for visasThe Trump administration has added seven countries, including five in Africa, to the list of nations whose passport holders are required to post bonds of up to $15,000 to apply for visas to enter the United States.
EPA says it will propose drinking water limit for perchlorate, but only because court ordered it
Read full article: EPA says it will propose drinking water limit for perchlorate, but only because court ordered itThe Environmental Protection Agency says it will propose a drinking water limit for perchlorate, a chemical in certain explosives.
Jury seated in trial for ex-officer accused in police response to Uvalde school shooting
Read full article: Jury seated in trial for ex-officer accused in police response to Uvalde school shootingA Texas judge has seated a jury in the trial of a former school police officer who was part of the hesitant law enforcement response to the Uvalde school shooting in 2022.
Their homes survived the historic LA area wildfires, but a year later they fear living in them
Read full article: Their homes survived the historic LA area wildfires, but a year later they fear living in themIt’s been a year of heartbreak and chronic worry since the most destructive wildfires in the Los Angeles area’s history scorched neighborhoods and displaced tens of thousands of people.
Hollywood starts 2026 with 'Avatar: Fire and Ash' No. 1, as James Cameron's sci-fi epic crosses $1B
Read full article: Hollywood starts 2026 with 'Avatar: Fire and Ash' No. 1, as James Cameron's sci-fi epic crosses $1BHollywood kicked off 2026 with “Avatar: Fire and Ash” atop the box office for the third straight week and with hopes for a blockbuster-filled year after a disappointing 2025.
