One dead after Minneapolis shooting involving ICE immigration agents

One dead after Minneapolis shooting involving ICE immigration agents, US media report

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has posted on social media: “I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. “The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.” One person has died after a…

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Judge bars Trump DHS from retaliating against peaceful Minn. protesters

A federal judge barred immigration agents from using tactics such as pepper spray and arrest against peaceful protesters in Minneapolis. In a preliminary injunction issued Jan. 16, U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez of Minnesota gave local demonstrators some reprieve as they’ve protested against the Trump administration’s surge of thousands of federal immigration agents to the…

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An airliner, making it's approach, flies past a tree in full autumn color, as flight delays surge from the government shutdown which entered its 30th day, in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 30, 2025

US airlines scramble to rejig schedules as government orders flight cuts

Nov 6 (Reuters) — U.S. airlines were scrambling on Thursday to rejig schedules and fielding a flood of customer queries after the U.S. ordered flight cuts at some of the nation’s busiest airports, the latest travel disruption from the prolonged government shutdown. On Wednesday, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said he would order steep cuts citing air traffic…

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Supreme Court tackles Hawaii's 'vampire rule' for gun owners

Supreme Court tackles Hawaii’s ‘vampire rule’ for gun owners

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday weighs a challenge to a Hawaii gun restriction dubbed the “ vampire rule “ because, as with the fictional creatures in folk tales and the novel “Dracula,” people carrying firearms are required to seek permission before entering private property. The justices will weigh whether the requirement, enacted in 2023 as…

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Pennsylvania woman's final moments captured on home security video

Pennsylvania woman’s final moments captured on home security video. Will it help prove she was murdered?

On a steamy August night in 2013, Melissa Rocuba was airlifted to a hospital still clinging to life with a bullet wound to her head. Her then 22-year-old daughter Chelsea Cicio, who lived next door, was already there when the helicopter arrived. Chelsea Cicio: I had no idea how I got down there. … I was…

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How Arizona voters are set to put Mike Johnson in a corner

They are highly likely to elect a new Democratic House member in a special election Tuesday. That would-be lawmaker, Adelita Grijalva, told POLITICO she plans to become the 218th and clinching supporter of a bipartisan effort to force public disclosure of federal investigative files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. It’s a controversy that Johnson…

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Prop 50: Californians vote on redistricting to counter redrawn Texas maps

Prop 50: Californians vote on redistricting to counter redrawn Texas maps

Californians will head to the polls on Tuesday to decide on Proposition 50, a ballot measure of national significance that could play a major role in determining which party controls the US House of Representatives after the 2026 midterms. If voters approve the proposal, the state will halt the work of its independent redistricting commission…

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Hostage families reunite as Trump is in Egypt for summit on Gaza

Hostage families reunite as Trump is in Egypt for summit on Gaza

Here’s the latest • US President Donald Trump hailed a “dawn of a new Middle East” in remarks before the Israeli parliament on Monday after Hamas freed all living hostages and Israel released Palestinian prisoners under the US-brokered ceasefire deal. Trump has arrived in Egypt for a summit with world leaders on Gaza’s future. • The 20 remaining…

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