Minneapolis residents say they feel besieged under what some are calling a fascist occupation. Thousands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have been swarming a city whose vast majority in 2024 did not vote for Donald Trump – or for a paramilitary roundup of its diverse population.

Tragically, two residents have been ...Read more

Tens of millions of Americans have now seen video of the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti at the hands of federal agents in Minneapolis. The activities organized in response have not been initiated by outside agitators or left-wing zealots, but, rather, by everyday Americans protesting the tactics of federal agents in that city.

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The Trump administration says federal agents have “absolute immunity” from prosecution in Minneapolis. Department of Justice and Homeland Security officials have indicated that criminal investigations into the killings by immigration agents of Minneapolis protesters Renee Good and Alex Pretti are inappropriate, declaring that both were ...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Ex-South Carolina Rep. RJ May III is appealing his child porn conviction and 17.5-year prison sentence to the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. May pleaded guilty in January.

May, 39, is claiming “ineffective assistance of counsel,” a claim that targets his two court-appointed public defender attorneys, Jenny Smith ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Three Minnesota law school professors say the arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort represent a troubling attack on freedom of the press and a misuse of a federal law that never before been used to prosecute reporters.

Lemon and Fort were arrested on Thursday and Friday, nearly two weeks after they documented an anti...Read more

MEXICO CITY — President Trump’s plan to slap tariffs on nations that provide oil to Cuba has created a formidable new challenge for Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum in her efforts to balance Mexico’s interests with White House demands.

On Friday, Sheinbaum said Mexico would seek a clarification from Washington in a bid to avoid a ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Justice Department was barred from seeking the death penalty against Luigi Mangione, the alleged killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, in a Friday ruling by a Manhattan federal court judge.

​Judge Margaret Garnett granted Mangione’s motion to dismiss the capital offense of murder through the use of a firearm and a ...Read more

NEW YORK — Thousands of people gathered at Foley Square in Manhattan on Friday to protest the immigration crackdown that led to the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.

An estimated 7,000 people filled the open plaza near City Hall, where speakers addressed the crowd from a PA system set up near the Triumph of the Human Spirit...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — A federal Border Patrol agent was arrested on suspicion of driving drunk while assigned in Minnesota during the White House’s long-running immigration crackdown.

Alfredo JR Mancillas, 31, of Corpus Christi, Texas, was charged on Jan. 27 in Ramsey County District Court with third- and fourth-degree driving while intoxicated in ...Read more

The embellishment was so far-fetched, its chances of being believed were less than a wing and a prayer.

When U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents questioned what was behind the "abnormally bulging" groin of a Tijuana, Mexico, resident as he attempted to cross the border late last year, the 35-year-old responded it was just part of his ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Adios, multilingual driver’s license tests in Florida.

The state Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles will no longer offer exams in any language other than English starting on Feb. 6, officials announced Friday.

The state will no longer provide translation services or printed exams in any language other ...Read more

The Justice Department on Friday released many more files related to its investigation of Jeffrey Epstein, including a gushing exchange between Melania Trump and Epstein’s now-imprisoned sidekick, Ghislaine Maxwell.

“Dear G! How are you?” Melania began one apparent email to Maxwell, dated October 2002. “Nice story about JE in NY mag. ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Attorneys for the city of Philadelphia and President Donald Trump’s administration sparred in federal court Friday over the abrupt removal of slavery-related exhibits from the President’s House on Independence Mall.

The hearing centered on the city’s request that the judge order that no more exhibits be removed from the ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis freelance journalist Georgia Fort was arrested early Friday, Jan. 30, after documenting an anti-ICE demonstration during a St. Paul church service this month.

Fort was one of four people arrested in connection to the protest. Federal law enforcement also arrested former CNN anchor Don Lemon, along with politician and...Read more

California cops can't stop or cite drivers under the state's "open container" rules for cannabis unless the product is rolled or otherwise ready to consume, the California Supreme Court ruled Friday.

"The question before us is whether a small amount of loose marijuana scattered on the rear floor of a car violates (the open container) provision,...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — With months left of flu season, influenza cases are on the rise in California and transmission is high in the San Francisco Bay Area, data shows.

Doctors at local hospitals are busy treating flu patients or those with complications such as pneumonia and heart issues. They’re encouraging residents to keep themselves and ...Read more

MIAMI — The man who dumped a 5-year-old girl in the Everglades — leaving her to die by alligators — had his life spared by a jury Friday afternoon in a Miami-Dade courtroom.

Harrel Braddy, 76, sat quietly when the verdict was read, briefly putting down his head before looking up at the ceiling. His eyes appeared to water. Braddy hugged ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Former CNN anchor Don Lemon was arrested Friday in Los Angeles by federal agents on charges that he violated federal law during a protest last week at a church in Minnesota.

Lemon, an independent journalist who hosts his own YouTube show, was taken into federal custody in Beverly Hills while covering the upcoming Grammy Awards ...Read more

Hundreds gathered in downtown Los Angeles on Friday as part of a nationwide protest over immigration enforcement arrests and increasingly aggressive tactics used by federal agents that has spread anxiety and fear in communities across the United States.

The nationwide protests and walkouts come after similar demonstrations in Minneapolis where ...Read more