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Map shows the far-flung places Colorado's wolves traveled in the past month
DENVER — At least one of Colorado’s collared wolves roamed widely across southwestern Colorado in the last month, a new map of wolf locations released Wednesday by Colorado Parks and Wildlife shows.
One of the state’s 19 collared wolves traveled quickly through a number of watersheds in that region, including near tribal land, according ...Read more
Manhattan DA wants to try alleged CEO killer Luigi Mangione in state court first, before feds
NEW YORK — State prosecutors in Manhattan on Wednesday pushed to try Luigi Mangione for the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in July, before his federal case gets underway.
In a letter to Justice Gregory Carro, Assistant District Attorney Joel Seidemann said state prosecutors should get to present their case before President ...Read more
Top Trump officials reverse themselves on Minneapolis shooting. Is it policy change or damage control?
MINNEAPOLIS — Key Republicans in the Trump administration are retreating from their blanket defense of Border Patrol agents who fatally shot a U.S. citizen Saturday on a Minneapolis street, part of a larger effort by the White House to turn down the temperature after the killing provoked widespread outrage.
But it remains unclear whether the...Read more
Washington state Senate passes bill barring masked law enforcement
OLYMPIA, Wash. — A bill barring law enforcement officers from concealing their identities while performing public duties advanced out of the Washington Senate Wednesday, sending one of the session’s most closely watched public safety proposals to the House amid heightened scrutiny of masked federal immigration enforcement.
Substitute Senate...Read more
West Virginia librarian arrested for alleged Trump assassination plot
A West Virginia librarian was arrested for allegedly using social media to recruit someone to assassinate President Donald Trump.
Ripley resident Morgan Leigh Morrow, 39, was taken into custody after she engaged in the “social media recruitment of individuals to pursue and assassinate President Trump,” the Jackson County Sheriff’s ...Read more
Poll: Idahoans don't want Trump's Bureau of Land Management nominee confirmed, citing public lands
BOISE, Idaho — A majority of Idaho voters oppose the appointment of proposed Bureau of Land Management chief Steve Pearce, and disapprove of his views on public lands and his ties to the oil and gas industry, according to a poll commissioned by a local nonprofit.
Conservation Voters for Idaho, which advocates for pro-conservation and ...Read more
Vance, Trump and Frey trade barbs on immigration over social media
After weeks of the Trump administration verbally hammering Minnesota officials, it looked earlier this week like a détente was in sight over the immigration crackdown during which two citizens have been killed by federal agents.
But now, the bickering is back on.
Earlier this week, amid fallout from the killing of Alex Pretti, President ...Read more
Maryland House committee passes bill to end ICE contracts
Committees in the Maryland House of Delegates and state Senate have each passed legislation to end local formal agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, sending the legislation to the floor of both chambers.
The House Judiciary Committee passed the legislation Wednesday, 12-7, and the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee ...Read more
Federal judge rules DOT unlawfully withheld EV funds from Maryland, other states
A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Department of Transportation unlawfully withheld nearly $1 billion in electric vehicle infrastructure funding from 20 states and the District of Columbia, siding with a multistate coalition including Maryland.
The states argued the funding freeze violated federal law and jeopardized efforts to build a ...Read more
Nevada Supreme Court sides with Las Vegas Review-Journal's challenge against judge
LAS VEGAS — The Nevada Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled in favor of the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s challenge to a judge’s decision ejecting three of the newspaper’s journalists from witnessing an alleged victim testify in Nathan Chasing Horse’s sexual assault trial.
The challenge, filed Tuesday, argued that District Judge Jessica ...Read more
Report: Border Patrol agent yelled 'He's got a gun!' before Alex Pretti was killed
MINNEAPOLIS — A preliminary report from federal investigators provided to members of Congress lays out the timeline of how Alex Pretti was killed by immigration enforcement agents — a deadly interaction that lasted less than five minutes.
A copy of the report, obtained by the Minnesota Star Tribune on Tuesday, says two officers — a Border...Read more
Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura suggests his state secede U.S., join Canada
Former Navy Seal, professional wresting hall-of-famer and ex-Minnesota Governor Jesse “The Body” Ventura believes his state might be better off if it were to become a part of Canada.
“Since Trump dislikes Minnesota so bad and we’re so ‘out of control,’ let’s join Canada,” he said during a recent appearance on The SpinSister’s ...Read more
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Trump feels bad about Alex Pretti, ‘worse’ about Renee Good because her parents were ‘Trump fans’
President Donald Trump admitted he feels “terrible” about the shooting deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good, but said he’s was more upset about Good because her parents are “tremendous Trump people.”
Trump made the comment ...Read more
Founder of notorious Haitian charity faces new sex-related accusations in Connecticut
A Connecticut man accused of sexually abusing more than 100 impoverished Haitian boys through a charity he founded has been accused of violating terms of his release from prison by associating with another convicted sex offender and accessing online pornography.
Fifteen years ago, Douglas Perlitz was at the center of a notorious abuse case that...Read more
Massachusetts population growth slows with decline in immigration, Census data shows
BOSTON — Massachusetts population growth slowed in 2025 due to a a slow-down in the international immigration fueling growth in recent years, new data from the Census Bureau showed.
The population of Massachusetts grew 0.2% from July 2024 to July 2025, Census data released Tuesday showed, up to 7,154,084.
Like much of the country, ...Read more
San Diego County approves ordinance restricting federal immigration agents from accessing nonpublic areas
SAN DIEGO — The San Diego County Board of Supervisors approved an ordinance Tuesday that restricts federal immigration agents from accessing non-public areas on county property — such as offices, construction sites and storage facilities — without a judicial warrant or court order.
The Civil Liberties Enforcement and Accountability Rules,...Read more
Majority of Virginians support current redistricting method, poll finds
NORFOLK, Va. — Sixty-three percent of Virginia voters support the commonwealth’s current once-a-decade redistricting process. But a narrow majority (51%) would support a proposed constitutional amendment that would change that method in response to redistricting in other states, according to a new poll.
The Wason Center at Christopher ...Read more
CBO: National Guard deployments cost half-billion dollars
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s controversial deployments of National Guard troops to six American cities since June cost about $496 million in 2025, and continuing the existing deployments as is would cost about $93 million per month, the Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday.
And for each additional Guard unit that is ...Read more
Trump warns Iran that time is running out as ships enter region
President Donald Trump warned Iran to make a nuclear deal with the U.S. or face military strikes far worse than the attack he ordered last June, increasing pressure on the regime and propelling oil prices higher.
In a social media post on Wednesday, Trump said the fleet of U.S. ships he’d ordered to the region, led by the USS Abraham Lincoln ...Read more
'Popping up by the hour': Bike rides to honor Alex Pretti going global
MINNEAPOLIS — More than 100 bike rides honoring Alex Pretti have been organized nationally and internationally since a local bike shop’s call to action following the killing of the 37-year-old Minneapolis resident.
On Jan. 26, Angry Catfish bike shop, along with several cycling partners, announced a “unity” ride starting at Washburn ...Read more
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