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By TIM SULLIVAN and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal agents launched a sweeping undercover surveillance operation earlier this year targeting progressive organizations, labor unions and other groups protesting the immigration crackdown then raging through Minneapolis, according to court …

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By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the White House to continue construction on its $400 million ballroom project while it appeals a lower court’s order to halt the work. …

Annie is having a baby. She’s crying out as she has contractions. Her stomach rises and falls with labored breaths. A monitor tracking her vital signs beeps in the background. “One more contraction,” says Angela Sojobi, a certified nurse-midwife and …

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page Passengers reportedly stripped their tops after being trapped onboard for nearly two hours during a delay …

A train has partially derailed near Wickford in Essex A Greater Anglia train has partially derailed near Wickford in Essex. An image taken at the scene shows the train to have come off the tracks, but it remains upright. British …

A Chicago investor’s plan to convert part of a landmarked Loop office building into a data center received its first city approval last week, a move Chicago’s leading preservationist group called “a dangerous precedent.” Igor Gabal is pitching the conversion …

Q: Recently, my car was totaled in a hit-and-run. The woman who hit me left because she did not have insurance on her car, which is REQUIRED by state law. I’m not sure how many uninsured cars are on our …

SACRAMENTO — One of the most prescient lines from George Orwell’s “1984,” the 1949 dystopian classic about Big Brother, regards that fictional society’s endless surveillance: “You had to live — did live, from habit that became instinct — in the …

By ELAINE KURTENBACH and MICHELLE CHAPMAN, AP Business Writers U.S. futures are mixed as Wall Street looks to advance for the week as new retail sales data is released. The future for the S&P 500 edged 0.1% higher Friday while …

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO, AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Americans unexpectedly cut their spending in July as a boost from government tax refunds faded. Retail sales slipped 0.6% last month, the biggest drop since May 2025, from a revised …

An New York Police Department officer was convicted by a Bronx jury Thursday of using an illegal chokehold on a suspect, the first time an officer has been tried since a local law prohibiting the tactic was enacted in the …

The ‘holy grail’ of Nintendo video game consoles is up for grabs (Picture: Ewbank’s Auctioneers / SWNS) A trio of retro Nintendo video game consoles considered the ‘holy grail’ for collectors could fetch up to thousands at auction. The three …

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page The government has issued a temporary ban on the sale of disposable barbeques, as they pose …

Sara Sharif’sfather Urfan Sharif was allegedly ambushed in his cell where his neck was cut with the jagged edge of a tuna tin lid (Pictures: Surrey Police/PA) Two inmates have been charged with trying to kill Sara Sharif’s dad at …

President Trump’s Secretary of State Marco Rubio is being criticized for announcing on social media, “American citizenship is not for sale.” Rubio made the statement while promoting the State Department’s “Birth Tourism Prevention Task Force,” which the Secretary said “has …

The first guilty plea tied to Operation Midway Blitz was scaled back Thursday as a Chicago man pushed back against prosecutors’ claims that he’d intentionally crashed into a vehicle carrying federal officers. In October, at the height of the Trump …

Another weekend, another big series in the American League Central for the first-place White Sox. Last weekend, the Guardians came to Rate Field tied for second, three games back. After the Sox took two of three, the Tigers replaced the …

By Eli Kronenberg for The Dispatch There’s no way around it: America is getting older. The country’s median age climbed to a record-high 39.4 in 2025, according to U.S. Census Bureau population estimates, up from 35.6 in 2001. Almost one-third …

By Anna Claire Vollers, Stateline.org When Rob Stone finished high school in Bethesda, Maryland, in 2018, he was asked to identify three goals for his life. Stone loves art and baseball. He’s cheerful, sports a cheeky mustache, and he’s always …