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Protesters call for nationwide strike against Trump's immigration policies

AP News Protesters across the U.S. are calling for “no work, no school, no shopping” as part of a nationwide strike on Friday to oppose the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

The demonstrations are taking place amid widespread outrage over the killing Alex Pretti, an intensive care nurse who was shot multiple times after he used his cellphone to record Border Patrol officers conducting an immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis. The death heightened scrutiny over the administration’s tactics after the Jan. 7 death of Renee Good, who was fatally shot behind the...
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Coast Guard searching for Gloucester fishing vessel featured on History Channel show

AP News BOSTON (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard on Friday found debris and a body after launching a search for a commercial fishing vessel off Massachusetts that was featured in a History Channel show detailing the dangerous conditions the crew endured.

The search began after the Coast Guard said it received an emergency alert from the 72-foot fishing vessel Lily Jean early Friday located about 25 miles offshore near Gloucester. It is unclear how many people were on the vessel, a ground fishboat that fished for cod, haddock and pollock.

Gloucester is often described as America’s...
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Senate moves to pass government funding deal despite GOP backlash

AP News WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is voting Friday to fund most of the government through the end of September after President Donald Trump made a deal with Democrats to carve out Homeland Security funding and allow Congress to debate new restrictions on federal immigration raids across the country.

With a weekend shutdown looming, Trump made the rare deal with Senate Democrats on Thursday in the wake of the deaths of two protesters at the hands of federal agents in Minneapolis. Under the agreement, the Homeland Security money will continue at current levels for two weeks while...
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The Latest: Justice Department says it’s releasing 3 million pages from its Jeffrey Epstein files

AP News NEW YORK (AP) — The Justice Department on Friday released many more records from its investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein, resuming disclosures under a law intended to reveal what the government knew about the millionaire financier’s sexual abuse of young girls and his interactions with the rich and powerful.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the department was releasing more than 3 million pages of documents in the latest Epstein disclosure, as well as more than 2,000 videos and 180,000 images. The files, posted to the department’s website, include some of the...
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Athletics and All-Star shortstop Jacob Wilson agree to $70 million, 7-year contract

AP News The Athletics took another step Friday toward securing their potential opening-day Las Vegas lineup in 2028 by reaching an agreement with All-Star shortstop Jacob Wilson on a $70 million, seven-year contract.

That contract takes Wilson through the 2032 season with a club option for 2033.

By signing him now, the A’s avoid salary arbitration after the 2027, 2028 and 2029 seasons. Wilson also would have been eligible for free agency after the 2030 World Series.

Wilson and A's management scheduled a news conference for Monday in Las Vegas to sign the deal. Read More
 
 

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  • Senate moves to pass government funding deal despite GOP backlash
  • Catherine O'Hara, Emmy-winning comic actor of 'Schitt's Creek' and Home Alone' fame, dies at 71
  • US stocks fall while a break in gold fever sends metals prices plunging
  • Tens of thousands face another arctic blast without power as East Coast preps for a new storm
  • Trump's choice of Warsh to lead Fed could reshape the world's most influential central bank
  • Journalist Don Lemon is charged with federal civil rights crimes in anti-ICE church protest
  • The Justice Department has opened a federal civil rights probe into the killing of Alex Pretti
  • Justice Department says it's releasing 3 million pages from its Jeffrey Epstein files
  • Israel reopening Gaza’s border crossing with Egypt on Sunday after long closure
  • Panama Canal ports will keep operating after court finds concession unconstitutional, president says

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  • Journalist Don Lemon is charged with federal civil rights crimes in anti-ICE church protest
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  • Athletics and All-Star shortstop Jacob Wilson agree to $70 million, 7-year contract
  • NASCAR's Greg Biffle wasn't flying his plane before crash that killed him and 6 others
  • Nuggets' Nikola Jokic listed as questionable and could return from knee injury vs. Clippers
  • Patriots QB Drake Maye misses practice with illness, the latest hiccup to Super Bowl preparations
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