DENVER — The Denver City Council is considering a new policy that would ban law enforcement officers — including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents — from covering their faces during arrest and detention operations.

Councilwomen Flor Alvidrez and Shontel Lewis plan to present the idea for a potential city ordinance during a ...Read more

MIAMI — Miami Dade College is trying to disqualify a judge who already ruled in its favor from any future proceedings in a public transparency lawsuit over the College Board of Trustees’ decision-making process to give away prime downtown land for Donald Trump’s presidential library.

Even though Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Mavel Ruiz tossed ...Read more

Iran’s foreign minister said security forces have “full control” of the country after two weeks of violent unrest, amid reports he’s reached out to the United States following an intervention threat by President Donald Trump.

Abbas Araghchi’s claim to have asserted police authority over nationwide protests is yet to be fully tested, ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — In a wide-ranging interview on The New York Times’ “The Daily” podcast, Minneapolis police Chief Brian O’Hara called last week’s fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Good “predictable and entirely preventable.”

He railed on aggressive tactics employed by the influx of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents ...Read more

DETROIT — Flu cases are surging in Michigan, state health experts say, as the flu season has hit harder and earlier than it typically does, according to several local health systems.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has recorded 2,110 influenza-related hospitalizations this flu season, including 306 among children ages 4 ...Read more

HILTON HEAD, S.C. — As the U.S. Justice Department continues to review documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a recently resurfaced lawsuit claims he abused a teenage girl inside a Hilton Head Island vacation home.

Originally filed in 2019 in the southern district of New York, the lawsuit claims the anonymous plaintiff ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — A terse exchange between a bystander claiming to be a doctor and federal immigration agents at the scene of the Renee Good shooting on Wednesday raises fresh questions about when and if bystanders with medical training should be able to render aid at crime scenes.

“Can I check a pulse?” yelled the bystander, standing across ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Two online fundraising sites are collecting large amounts of money on behalf of Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis last week.

A campaign with a tally surpassing $400,000 as of midday Monday continues on GoFundMe, which bills itself as the “#1 crowdfunding platform.” Another fundraising ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments Tuesday over the legality of state bans on transgender athletes participating in women and girls’ sports, in a pair of cases that could shape the legal landscape nationwide for similar bans and other transgender issues.

Two athletes challenged state laws in Idaho and West Virginia...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — When ICE detained four homeless men who had been living under a bridge in Minneapolis, they took members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, according to the tribe’s president.

Oglala Sioux tribal attorneys are trying to locate the men and secure their release, President Frank Star Comes Out said last week, instructing other tribal ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department’s investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell could complicate the path to confirmation for President Donald Trump’s future nominees for the Fed Board of Governors after a key GOP senator said Sunday he’d oppose any Trump picks to replace Powell or other board members.

Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia is cleaning up before the company gets here.

Work is underway for a $11.5 million beautification and anti-graffiti project ahead of Philly’s coming summer of major events.

The initiative will focus on major transportation gateways to the city. Each location will receive graffiti removal, new landscaping, fresh ...Read more

Russia accelerated its attacks on civilians after President Donald Trump began his efforts to end the war in Ukraine, the first comprehensive assessment of 2025 casualties undertaken by European governments has found.

Some 2,400 Ukrainian civilians were killed in Russian attacks in 2025 with almost another 12,000 injured, according to an ...Read more

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is swinging back at President Donald Trump’s administration after the Department of Justice launched a criminal indictment over the central bank’s extensive renovations of its Washington, D.C. headquarters.

The nation’s top central banker dismissed the threat of criminal charges and subpoenas about the ...Read more

“Sell America” sentiment rippled through markets on Monday after the Trump administration escalated its attacks on the Federal Reserve, fanning concerns over the central bank’s autonomy in setting interest rates.

The dollar, Treasuries and U.S. equities futures slid after Chair Jerome Powell said the threat of a U.S. criminal indictment ...Read more

BOSTON — State Senator Cynthia Stone Creem is speaking out about a bill she filed that would seek to reduce personal vehicle driving miles across Massachusetts in order to meet state climate goals.

The legislation, An Act Aligning the Commonwealth’s Transportation Plan with its Mandates and Goals for Reducing Emissions and Vehicle Miles ...Read more

At least 24 political prisoners were released in the early hours of Monday from Venezuelan prisons, according to the human rights group Foro Penal, in a process unfolding amid complaints about the slowness and lack of transparency surrounding the releases announced by the interim regime ruling the country since the capture of strongman Nicolás ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA – Sheriff Rochelle Bilal has garnered national headlines and condemnation for calling U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement “fake, wannabe law enforcement” and sending a blunt warning to immigration officers who commit crimes in Philadelphia.

“If any [ICE agents] want to come in this city and commit a crime, you will not...Read more

Iran’s Foreign Minister said security forces have “full control” of the country after two weeks of violent unrest, as the government held counter-demonstrations against those demanding an end to the Islamic Republic.

Abbas Araghchi’s claim on Monday is yet to be fully tested, since the most severe protests — in which hundreds are ...Read more

Greenland faces a decisive week that could shape its future as top diplomats from Denmark and the semi-autonomous territory are set to hold high-level talks with the U.S. in Washington, alongside parallel discussions involving Germany.

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul will meet with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday, when he�...Read more