A breach in a Minnesota Department of Human Services system allowed inappropriate access to the private data of nearly 304,000 people.

There is not evidence the data was misused, the department said in a Jan. 16 letter notifying impacted individuals. The letter was sent about four months after the breach occurred.

The department said in a ...Read more

New Jersey public school students in the third, fourth and fifth grades will be taught cursive writing.

That proposal was signed into law by Gov. Phil Murphy Monday on his last full day as the Garden State’s governor, according to NJ.com.

Beginning in the fall, students will be be required to read and write cursive proficiently. Murphy ...Read more

NEW YORK — Tens of thousands of workers are expected to leave work early Tuesday to protest the one-year anniversary of President Trump’s second inauguration.

Nearly 40,000 people RSVP’d to participate in a 2 p.m. Eastern time Free America Protest, according to Axios.

Free America encourages demonstrators to meet Tuesday wearing red, ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Repairs to a collapsed wastewater pipe in Tijuana have been completed, with flows to the Tijuana River now stopped, the U.S. International Boundary and Water Commission announced Monday.

The Insurgentes Collector, part of the larger Tijuana Wastewater system, collapsed the night of Jan. 15, diverting about 11.5 million gallons per...Read more

CHICAGO — Even on one of the coldest days of the winter, hundreds of protesters took to Chicago’s streets against ICE.

People rallied at the Chicago Water Tower on Michigan Avenue and marched to Trump Tower primarily to oppose the Trump administration, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the war in Gaza, aligning with Martin ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The man who stepped in and ushered conservative influencer and Jan. 6 rioter Jake Lang away from counterprotesters outside Minneapolis City Hall over the weekend said a sense of humanity inspired him in the moment.

Isaiah Blackwell, 30, was the man dressed in black and wearing dark sunglasses who tucked himself in a City Hall ...Read more

LONDON — What was billed as an “emergency” Monday morning press conference offered Keir Starmer a now-or-never chance to hit back at Donald Trump over his latest assault on the transatlantic alliance.

Some — especially on the left of British politics — hanker for a moment reminiscent of when the prime minister played by Hugh Grant in ...Read more

ST. CLOUD, Minn. — As Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents descended on the Twin Cities in recent weeks — sparking protests, prompting neighbors to follow federal agents with whistles, and culminating in the death of Renee Good — Scott Brodeen has had one pressing thought: “We don’t want to be like Minneapolis.”

The St. Cloud ...Read more

The windchill was below-zero when ChongLy Scott Thao, 57 — wearing only boxers and Crocs, with a blanket draped over his shoulders — was handcuffed and ushered outside by federal agents agents who broke open his door.

The Jan. 18 incident in St. Paul, Minnesota, stoked fresh outrage about ICE’s tactics as its agents spread across ...Read more

E-bike riders in New Jersey will be required to show a driver’s license, proof of registration and insurance after Gov. Phil Murphy on Monday signed legislation regulating motorized bikes.

The State Senate proposed bill S4834/A6235 gives e-bike riders one year to get their paperwork in order or face a $50 fine.

The governor’s office cited ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — Idaho Democratic lawmakers called on the state Tax Commission to pause advance payments under the Idaho Parental Choice Tax Credit program, which passed in the 2025 legislative session.

The program, which opened applications Thursday, authorizes refundable tax credits, often referred to as school vouchers, to reimburse families...Read more

If considering any chicken breast fillet dishes, you should ask your restaurant about the chicken’s origins after the recall of 13,720 pounds of grilled chicken on listeria concerns.

Suzanna’s Kitchen, based in the Atlanta suburb of Norcross, Georgia, recalled the chicken after, the USDA recall notice said, “a third-party laboratory ...Read more

Amid a national immigration crackdown ordered by the Trump administration, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is detaining far more people in Alaska than in previous years.

While attorneys who represent immigrant clients say detention numbers are low compared to the Lower 48 and federal agent tactics seem to be more focused, the change is...Read more

NEW YORK — The staff running the federal World Trade Center Health Program has been cut by 25% as the number of sick 9/11 survivors the group treats is expected to increase by 10,000 this year, the Daily News has learned.

Survivor advocates are demanding U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lift the ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The man who stepped in and ushered conservative influencer and Jan. 6 rioter Jake Lang away from counterprotesters outside Minneapolis City Hall over the weekend said a sense of humanity inspired him in the moment.

Isaiah Blackwell, 30, was the man dressed in black and wearing dark sunglasses who tucked himself in a City Hall ...Read more

Central Florida officials and immigrant advocates on Monday criticized a possible new ICE detention facility here as the region sees a surge in undocumented immigrants arrests.

At a press conference at Hope CommUnity Center in Apopka, Executive Director Felipe Sousa-Lazaballet and Central Florida Congressman Maxwell Frost joined others ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Fearing political reprisals from President Donald Trump’s administration, Minnesota leaders were relieved late last month when they received almost all of the $200 million in federal grants they requested to boost rural health care in the state in 2026.

Now they have precious few months to invest the $193 million in areas such...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — ChongLy “Saly” Scott Thao’s toddler grandson was napping on the couch of his St. Paul home when federal immigration agents broke through the door on Sunday afternoon and forced their way in with guns drawn. Thao, a naturalized U.S. citizen and Hmong elder, was quickly handcuffed and can be seen on video being led ...Read more