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Chicago mayor defies Trump's immigration crackdown plan for the city
The mayor of Chicago pushed back Saturday against what he called the “out-of-control” Trump administration's plan to surge federal officers into the nation’s third-largest city, which could take place within days.The Chicago Police Department will be barred from helping federal authorities with civil immigration enforcement or any related patrols, traffic stops and checkpoints during the surge, according to an executive order signed by Mayor Brandon Johnson.
The mayor directed all city departments to guard the constitutional rights of Chicago residents “amidst... Read More
Montana man who evaded authorities for a week after bar shooting faces four counts of murder
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A man suspected of killing four people at a Montana bar and evading capture for a week while hundreds of law enforcement officers searched for him in the nearby mountains faces four counts of murder, according to court records.Defendant Michael Paul Brown lived next door to The Owl Bar in Anaconda, Montana, where a bartender and three patrons were shot and killed Aug. 1.
Authorities have not commented on a potential motive for the 45-year-old former soldier. His niece has said Brown long struggled with mental illness.
The charges... Read More
Minneapolis shooting reignites debate over gun control and prayer
Thoughts and prayers.The invocation appears like a litany after every mass shooting — and the backlash is just as inevitable.
As if the slaughter of children amid screams and shattered stained glass wasn't cause enough for grief, American opinion makers were convulsed once again this week in a debate over the role of prayer in the wake of a mass shooting, this time at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis.
Those who support some legal restrictions on guns, often Democrats, say that Republican politicians who appeal to prayer are trying to distract... Read More
Handmade cards from classmates comfort a girl wounded in Minneapolis church shooting, aunt says
Lying in an intensive care unit hospital bed, 11-year-old Genevieve Bisek is comforted by the many handmade cards she has received from fellow classmates after Wednesday's shooting at a Minneapolis church.Some are decorated with beads, some with sparkling stars. All of them are taped to the walls of her room at the Hennepin County Medical Center, where she has been recovering. Her condition has been upgraded from critical to satisfactory.
“All of these handmade cards are just absolutely adorable and heartfelt,” Genevieve's aunt, Wanda Stipek, told The Associated... Read More
Taking a dip Labor Day weekend? Swimmers face fecal contamination at beaches along US coastline
OGUNQUIT, Maine (AP) — Thousands of Americans will head to beaches for one last summer splash this Labor Day weekend, but taking a dip might be out of the question: Many of the beaches will caution against swimming because of unsafe levels of fecal contamination.Beaches from Crystal River, Florida, to Ogunquit, Maine, have been under advisories warning about water quality this week because of elevated levels of bacteria associated with fecal waste. The advisories typically discourage beachgoers from going in the water because the bacteria can cause gastrointestinal illness,... Read More
Top Stories in US News
- Multi-vehicle crash injures 17 and shuts down major interstate in East Texas
- Chicago mayor defies Trump's immigration crackdown plan for the city
- Montana man who evaded authorities for a week after bar shooting faces four counts of murder
- Minneapolis shooting reignites debate over gun control and prayer
- Handmade cards from classmates comfort a girl wounded in Minneapolis church shooting, aunt says
- Taking a dip Labor Day weekend? Swimmers face fecal contamination at beaches along US coastline
- A walk through a Smithsonian museum reveals American genius and cruelty as Trump presses for change
- Boy wounded in Minnesota church shooting asks doctor: âCan you say a prayer with me?â
- Colleges face financial struggles as Trump policies send international enrollment plummeting
- Late crime-busting sheriff Buford Pusser inspired Hollywood. Investigators say he killed his wife
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