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ICE data sparse, despite releases boasting high arrests, detentions in Maryland

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BALTIMORE — In Maryland, it’s almost impossible to know how many have been detained or arrested by ICE since January — and immigration and data experts say this time-sensitive data is vital for transparency and accountability.

Despite regular news releases trumpeting arrests and detentions of immigrants, the federal immigration agency —...Read more

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Vance Boelter being held by US Marshals ahead of first appearance in federal court

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MINNEAPOLIS — Vance Boelter is being held in the custody of U.S. Marshals as he awaits his first court appearance in federal court Monday afternoon.

After being arrested late Sunday in a field in Sibley County, Boelter was booked into Hennepin County jail after being delivered by the Brooklyn Park Police Department just after 1 a.m. Monday. ...Read more

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Pennsylvania man brought loaded pistol, bayonet, pepper spray to 'No Kings' protest, police say

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PHILADELPHIA – A Malvern man was arrested on firearms charges for bringing a loaded handgun and a bayonet to a “No Kings” protest in West Chester on Saturday, police said.

Kevin Krebs, 31, was charged with carrying a Sig Sauer P320 without a concealed-carry permit, according to the affidavit of probable cause for his arrest. Krebs was ...Read more

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Feds call R. Kelly's claim of prison assassination plot 'repugnant,' say judge has no jurisdiction

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CHICAGO — Federal prosecutors on Monday called imprisoned singer R. Kelly a serial and unrepentant child molester and say his recent claims of a plot by prison officials to have him murdered are both “fanciful” and “repugnant.”

The 19-page filing from the U.S. attorney’s office also argued that, regardless of Kelly’s claims, the ...Read more

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Israel-Iran attacks span fourth day with no deal in sight

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Israel and Iran exchanged fire for the fourth consecutive day on Monday, stocking fears of an all-out war with the potential to drag in others in the oil-rich region and force the U.S. into a more hands-on stance.

Iran fired several waves of drones and missiles over the last 24 hours, while Israel continued hitting the Islamic Republic’s ...Read more

Karen Read retrial followers wait for jury's decision

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BOSTON — It’s Karen Read retrial verdict watch time in Dedham.

Attorneys made their closing arguments to jurors in Norfolk Superior Court there on Friday before Judge Beverly J. Cannone sent seven women and five men away to deliberate the fate of the 45-year-old college lecturer and financial analyst from Mansfield.

Read is charged with ...Read more

ULA lines up 2nd launch of year helping Amazon catch up to SpaceX

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United Launch Alliance is prepped for its second launch of the year on another mission amid Amazon’s effort to compete with SpaceX’s Starlink internet constellation.

An Atlas V rocket is targeting 1:25 p.m. Monday for liftoff with 27 of Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 41....Read more

Status of Iran's near-bomb grade uranium looms over IAEA

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The United Nations atomic watchdog convened an emergency meeting to assess Israel’s attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities, along with their disruption on oversight of the Islamic Republic’s stockpile of near-bomb grade uranium.

The International Atomic Energy Agency’s board meets Monday in Vienna, just days after a divisive vote that ...Read more

2-day manhunt for suspected Minnesota political assassin ends with surrender in farm field

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MINNEAPOLIS — Shooting suspect Vance Boelter’s two-day evasion from authorities ended Sunday night in a field in Sibley County, where he surrendered amid drones and SWAT teams. The arrest marked the end of an intense manhunt that had left Minnesotans across the state on edge.

Boelter, 57, was accused of posing as a police officer and ...Read more

Immigrant protests, unrest in LA reverberate in Mexico

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MEXICO CITY — The action may be on the streets of Los Angeles, but fallout from the immigrant protests is roiling politics in Mexico at a delicate moment — days before Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is expected to meet President Donald Trump in their much-anticipated inaugural face-to-face encounter.

Sheinbaum has been on the ...Read more

Video shows military-style vehicle in what witnesses say was a California immigration raid

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LOS ANGELES — A typical Monday afternoon in Compton was shattered for several neighbors who saw, to their surprise, a drab green military-style vehicle roll up. A person stood in the open hatch wearing fatigues, a helmet and what they said appeared to be body armor. Residents who spoke to The Times said it was an immigration enforcement team ...Read more

A federal judge weighs turning LA city's homelessness programs over to a receiver

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LOS ANGELES — The question seemed simple enough: Was the witness' use of the word "makeshift" merely shorthand for "makeshift shelter?"

But for defendant's counsel it was a miscarriage of law: "Objection. Calls for legal conclusion. Calls for expert opinion. Relevance. Lacks foundation," she interjected, prompting a weary, "Overruled," from ...Read more

Israel-Iran attacks span fourth day with no deal in sight

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Hostilities between Israel and Iran entered a fourth day on Monday with no sign of easing, stoking fears of a wider war in the oil-rich region.

Iran fired several waves of drones and missiles over the last 24 hours, while Israel continued hitting the Islamic Republic’s capital, Tehran, killing one more senior military official.

Since Friday,...Read more

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In Sweden, teen anti-tobacco movement stalled by pouches, snus

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UPPSALA, Sweden — For Swedish youth, it’s unavoidable.

Enter nearly any restaurant or bar in Sweden, and you’ll see tables with a cluster of plastic packs of nicotine pouches, or snus, in the center. On social media, influencers tout mini-crocheted purses designed to fit a plastic canister and crystal adorned boxes.

Nicotine pouches have...Read more

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Measles cases are in 34 states with North Dakota now the focus

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As super-contagious measles continues to spread and nears a six-year U.S. record, cases in its original epicenter of West Texas may be subsiding as hesitant residents become more concerned and willing to vaccinate, while North Dakota is a new focus with the highest rate of any state.

The reality of measles may be overcoming vaccine ...Read more

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Butterflies are disappearing. Here's how Colorado community scientists are working to save them

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A butterfly flits past the window at the Castlewood Canyon Visitor Center, where dozens of volunteers have gathered to learn about Colorado’s declining butterfly population and how they can do their part to save it.

Shiran Hershcovich, a lepidopterist at the Westminster-based Butterfly Pavilion who’s leading the Saturday morning training, ...Read more

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mRNA vaccine technology makes headway via Pitt, Penn State research

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A new kind of mRNA vaccine developed by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and Penn State University could be cheaper to produce and offer a greater level of immunity across multiple variants of the virus.

The news comes as mRNA vaccines have been targeted by the Trump administration's recent funding cuts, and Health Secretary Robert F...Read more

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Medicaid, individual market health insurance would be harder to get in Colorado under GOP bill

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Veronica Montoya relies on Medicaid for the $15,000 infusions that restrain her immune system from attacking her body, and worries she may lose that access if Congress adopts drastic changes to the health care program.

Provisions of congressional Republicans’ “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” would add work requirements for some people covered...Read more

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Suspect showed few signs of political extremism before lawmaker shootings

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In an age of social media tirades and escalating polarization, Vance Boelter did not strike people who knew him or worked with him as someone motivated by political rage.

Boelter was apprehended by police Sunday night, officials said, and is alleged by law enforcement to have carried out a political assassination. He’s been charged with two ...Read more

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Boelter charged with with murder, attempted murder; officers allegedly saw him kill one victim

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The criminal complaint alleging that Vance Luther Boelter killed Minnesota House DFL leader Melissa Hortman and her husband and attempted to kill state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife was unsealed late Sunday night after he was apprehended in a field in Sibley County.

Boelter, 57 of Green Isle, Minn., stands charged with two counts of second-...Read more