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Why US cities are reverting 1-way streets back to their original 2-way design
Excessive speeding was so common on parallel one-way streets passing a massive electronics plant that Indianapolis residents used to refer to the pair as a “racetrack” akin to the city's famous Motor Speedway a few miles west.Originally two-way thoroughfares, Michigan and New York streets switched to opposite one-way routes in the 1970s to help thousands of RCA workers swiftly travel to and from their shifts building televisions or pressing vinyl records. But after the RCA plant closed in 1995, the suddenly barren roads grew even more enticing for lead-footed drivers —... Read More
Justice Department investigating whether Minnesota's Walz and Frey impeded immigration enforcement
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Justice Department is investigating whether Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey have impeded federal immigration enforcement through public statements they have made, two people familiar with the matter said Friday.The investigation, which both Walz and Frey said was a bullying tactic meant to threaten political opposition, focused on potential violation of a conspiracy statute, the people said.
The people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss a pending... Read More
Judge rules feds in Minneapolis immigration operation canât detain or tear gas peaceful protesters
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal officers in the Minneapolis-area participating in its largest recent U.S. immigration enforcement operation can’t detain or tear gas peaceful protesters who aren't obstructing authorities, including when these people are observing the agents, a judge in Minnesota ruled Friday.U.S. District Judge Kate Menendez ruled in a case filed in December on behalf of six Minnesota activists.
Thousands of people have been observing the activities of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol officers enforcing the Trump administration’s... Read More
Justice Department says members of Congress can't intervene in release of Epstein files
NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan's top federal prosecutor said Friday that a judge lacks the authority to appoint a neutral expert to oversee the public release of documents in the sex trafficking probe of financier Jeffrey Epstein and British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell.Judge Paul A. Engelmayer was told in a letter signed by U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton that he must reject a request this week by the congressional cosponsors of the Epstein Files Transparency Act to appoint a neutral expert.
U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna, a California Democrat, and Rep. Thomas Massie, a Kentucky... Read More
The Education Department is opening fewer sexual violence investigations as Trump dismantles it
WASHINGTON (AP) — Before President Donald Trump's administration started dismantling the Education Department, the agency served as a powerful enforcer in cases of sexual violence at schools and universities. It brought the weight of the government against schools that mishandled sexual assault complaints involving students.That work is quickly fading away.
The department’s Office for Civil Rights was gutted in Trump’s mass layoffs last year, leaving half as many lawyers to investigate complaints of discrimination based on race, sex or disability in schools... Read More
Top Stories in US News
- Why US cities are reverting 1-way streets back to their original 2-way design
- Justice Department investigating whether Minnesota's Walz and Frey impeded immigration enforcement
- Judge rules feds in Minneapolis immigration operation canât detain or tear gas peaceful protesters
- Justice Department says members of Congress can't intervene in release of Epstein files
- 8-year-old girl who went missing on Navajo Nation found dead Friday
- The Education Department is opening fewer sexual violence investigations as Trump dismantles it
- California protester left blind in one eye is among string of violent run-ins with federal agents
- Defendant in Charlie Kirk's killing asks judge to disqualify prosecutors
- NYC nurses restart contract talks with another major hospital system on 5th day of strike
- Warming shelters for the homeless are open as Florida experiences its coldest weather this winter
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