Two major federal immigration operations were underway Wednesday in Minneapolis and New Orleans. They unfolded just as President Donald Trump delivered new attacks on Somali immigrants and on Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar. Civil rights groups say the timing and rhetoric are escalating fear in immigrant communities already bracing for enforcement actions. Omar responds to Trump’s […]
Federal prosecutors are preparing to seek a new indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James, MSNOW reported, citing multiple sources familiar with the plans. The move comes after a federal judge dismissed earlier criminal charges against James and former FBI Director James Comey last week. The news outlet reports that Assistant U.S. Attorney Roger […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs is creating an urgent and extensive internal database of non-U.S. citizens employed by the department, according to documents leaked to The Guardian. The publication said the memo has prompted concern within the agency over a potential immigration crackdown affecting its own employees. A spokesperson for the department confirmed that the […]
North Carolina’s private universities are the latest in a growing number across the country whose states allow higher education professors or K-12 teachers to carry a concealed firearm. House Bill 193 allows private colleges and universities in the state to approve an employee to carry a concealed firearm on campus or at a university religious site. […]
WASHINGTON — “Drunkards!” “Jezebel!” “Nasty!” The street preacher condemned people as he proselytized on the sidewalks outside public events. But after the town of Brandon, Mississippi, adopted an ordinance dictating where people are allowed to protest, Gabriel Olivier was arrested, fined and placed on one year of non-supervised probation. This was just the beginning of […]
Federal immigration officers are targeting Somali nationals living in Minnesota after President Donald Trump referred to the refugees as “garbage.” Twin Cities officials condemned Trump’s remarks and shared fears about how the new enforcement operation will affect Minnesotans. At Trump’s final Cabinet meeting of the year on Tuesday, he made a series of derogatory comments […]
Two wrongful death lawsuits were filed Wednesday over last month’s fiery UPS cargo plane crash in Louisville, Kentucky, that killed 14 people. Attorneys for the families of Angela Anderson, 45, and Trinadette “Trina” Chavez, 37, are suing UPS, Boeing, GE and others. Chavez worked at Grade A Auto Parts and Recycling, one of the businesses destroyed by the impact of the plane crash and resulting fire. […]
Republican Matt Van Epps won a special election for Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District on Tuesday, keeping the deep-red seat in GOP hands. But Democrats say the closer-than-usual margin shows the district, and the national mood, may be shifting. Republican holds long-safe seat Van Epps, a military veteran and former state general services commissioner, defeated Democratic […]
A rare Fabergé “Winter Egg” made for Russia’s imperial family sold for 22.9 million pounds ($30.2 million) at Christie’s in London. Christie’s says the sale sets a new world record for any Fabergé piece. A crystal egg with a spring surprise The 4-inch rock-crystal egg is one of only seven imperial Fabergé eggs still in […]
A deep-sea hunt for a Malaysia Airlines jet that went missing in 2014 will resume at the end of the year, Malaysia’s transport ministry said Wednesday. The aircraft vanished on March 8, 2014, carrying 239 passengers, primarily Chinese nationals. Officials say the plane was traveling from Malaysia to Beijing when it deviated from its route […]
