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New Jersey e-bike riders required to have license, registration and insurance
E-bike riders in New Jersey will be required to show a driver’s license, proof of registration and insurance after Gov. Phil Murphy on Monday signed legislation regulating motorized bikes.
The State Senate proposed bill S4834/A6235 gives e-bike riders one year to get their paperwork in order or face a $50 fine.
The governor’s office cited ...Read more
Education tax credits just launched. Idaho Democrats want to put them on ice
BOISE, Idaho — Idaho Democratic lawmakers called on the state Tax Commission to pause advance payments under the Idaho Parental Choice Tax Credit program, which passed in the 2025 legislative session.
The program, which opened applications Thursday, authorizes refundable tax credits, often referred to as school vouchers, to reimburse families...Read more
Chicken recalled for listeria went to restaurants in Florida and 6 other states
If considering any chicken breast fillet dishes, you should ask your restaurant about the chicken’s origins after the recall of 13,720 pounds of grilled chicken on listeria concerns.
Suzanna’s Kitchen, based in the Atlanta suburb of Norcross, Georgia, recalled the chicken after, the USDA recall notice said, “a third-party laboratory ...Read more
Alaska sees surge of ICE detentions amid national immigration crackdown
Amid a national immigration crackdown ordered by the Trump administration, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is detaining far more people in Alaska than in previous years.
While attorneys who represent immigrant clients say detention numbers are low compared to the Lower 48 and federal agent tactics seem to be more focused, the change is...Read more
9/11 WTC Health Program workforce cut by 25% under Kennedy as patient count rises, advocates say
NEW YORK — The staff running the federal World Trade Center Health Program has been cut by 25% as the number of sick 9/11 survivors the group treats is expected to increase by 10,000 this year, the Daily News has learned.
Survivor advocates are demanding U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lift the ...Read more
Man reveals why he rescued right-wing influencer Jake Lang from crowd outside Minneapolis City Hall
MINNEAPOLIS — The man who stepped in and ushered conservative influencer and Jan. 6 rioter Jake Lang away from counterprotesters outside Minneapolis City Hall over the weekend said a sense of humanity inspired him in the moment.
Isaiah Blackwell, 30, was the man dressed in black and wearing dark sunglasses who tucked himself in a City Hall ...Read more
Central Florida leaders condemn possible new ICE facility
Central Florida officials and immigrant advocates on Monday criticized a possible new ICE detention facility here as the region sees a surge in undocumented immigrants arrests.
At a press conference at Hope CommUnity Center in Apopka, Executive Director Felipe Sousa-Lazaballet and Central Florida Congressman Maxwell Frost joined others ...Read more
Minnesota bags almost all of requested $200 million federal grant to boost rural health care
MINNEAPOLIS — Fearing political reprisals from President Donald Trump’s administration, Minnesota leaders were relieved late last month when they received almost all of the $200 million in federal grants they requested to boost rural health care in the state in 2026.
Now they have precious few months to invest the $193 million in areas such...Read more
Hmong elder, a US citizen, forced from his Minnesota home at gunpoint, according to family
ST. PAUL, Minn. — ChongLy “Saly” Scott Thao’s toddler grandson was napping on the couch of his St. Paul home when federal immigration agents broke through the door on Sunday afternoon and forced their way in with guns drawn. Thao, a naturalized U.S. citizen and Hmong elder, was quickly handcuffed and can be seen on video being led ...Read more
'Something positive': Hundreds brave cold to celebrate MLK Jr. with Lexington march
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Hundreds marched through bitter cold and wind in downtown Lexington Monday to celebrate the legacy of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr.
Lexington-area residents said showing up Jan. 19 was particularly important given the current political climate, citing limits on the teaching of diversity, equity and inclusion ...Read more
Michael Cohen, who turned on Trump with glee, now claims he was 'coerced' to cooperate
NEW YORK — Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s faithful fixer-turned-gleeful antagonist after he famously flipped, is now claiming he did so under duress.
In a Substack post, Cohen claimed the Manhattan district attorney and the state attorney general forced his hand in their sweeping criminal and civil cases against the president, which ...Read more
Giant replica of Trump-Epstein birthday card appears on National Mall
A jumbo-sized replica of Donald Trump’s reported birthday card to Jeffrey Epstein was erected on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Monday.
The gargantuan card was the work of The Secret Handshake, an activist group that also put up the massive statue of Trump and Epstein shaking hands on the Mall late last year, according to local CBS...Read more
Bulgarian president to resign, hints he may run in snap vote
SOFIA, Bulgaria — Bulgarian President Rumen Radev announced his resignation as the country prepares for its eighth national election in five years, fueling speculation that he may enter the fray to end the entrenched political deadlock.
“Today’s political class betrayed the hopes of the Bulgarians in compromises with the oligarchy,” ...Read more
Shot 9 times, Minnesota state Sen. John Hoffman is resolute in continuing political life
In the seven months since state Sen. John Hoffman was shot nine times in the doorway of his home, he has learned that healing from physical and emotional trauma is not linear.
“Recovery is a process,” Hoffman, DFL-Champlin said. “Physically, you have good days, and there are sometimes where you just hit the wall and I’m physically just ...Read more
Hours after ABC News ran a story about a Minnesota toy store, ICE agents arrived at their door
ST. PAUL, Minn. — At 1 p.m. Friday, ABC News aired an interview with Abigail Adelsheim-Marshall, who owns St. Paul’s Mischief Toy Store with her parents Dan Marshall and Millie Adelsheim. She discussed the store’s decision to distribute free whistles that citizens have been using to alert neighbors of the presence of Immigration and ...Read more
Michigan Department of Education calls for stricter science of reading mandate
DETROIT — The Michigan Department of Education is lobbying the Legislature to take the state's science of reading laws two big steps further.
The department sent legislators its annual legislative priorities letter on Jan. 14, advocating for making it harder for districts to avoid teaching the science of reading, a way of teaching reading ...Read more
Trump's Gaza peace board faces rewrite calls after messy start
U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed Board of Peace has got off to a rough start: questioned by Europe, criticized by Israel and celebrated by friends of the Kremlin.
France’s Emmanuel Macron, for one, has come right out of the gate to decline an invitation that was also extended to strongmen such as Belarus’ autocratic leader ...Read more
MLK Day breakfast honors Minneapolis as 'beacon of hope'
MINNEAPOLIS — The legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was invoked with immediacy at a breakfast Monday celebrating the late civil rights activist amid the surge of federal immigration agents in Minnesota.
“Here we are today, facing even more uncertainty in our own home, in our own street, our own neighborhood, and our own schools and ...Read more
Lexington neighborhood littered with KKK flyers ahead of MLK Jr. downtown march
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Flyers advertising white supremacist group the Ku Klux Klan were found in a downtown Lexington neighborhood late Sunday night and early Monday morning, according to the neighborhood association’s president.
The hate group’s flyers came in advance a federal holiday celebrating the life of Civil Rights Movement leader Dr. ...Read more
Trump links Greenland threats to Nobel Peace Prize snub
Donald Trump linked his claims on Greenland to not being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in a letter the U.S. president sent to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store.
“Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace,” Trump says ...Read more
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