As U.S. authorities crack down on immigrants at universities in a fervor against pro-Palestinian protests, they quickly have shuttled some of those detained to remote facilities in Louisiana. Lawyers for […]
Is Elon Musk skirting election law in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race?
MADISON, Wis. — Billionaire Elon Musk’s unprecedented efforts to bolster the conservative candidate in next week’s hotly contested Wisconsin Supreme Court race ran into legal hot water Friday amid accusations […]
Oregon city at heart of high court homelessness ruling blocked from enforcing camping ban
PORTLAND, Ore. — An Oregon judge issued a preliminary injunction Friday blocking the city at the heart of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on homeless encampments from enforcing its camping […]
US Judge temporarily halts deportations to third countries without a chance to challenge
A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration Friday from deporting people who have exhausted legal appeals to countries other than their own without first being allowed to argue that […]
Tufts University student can’t be deported to Turkey without court order, judge says
BOSTON — A Tufts University doctoral student who was detained this week can’t be deported to Turkey without a court order, a federal judge in Massachusetts said on Friday. Rumeysa […]
Columbia University’s interim president steps down and returns to former post
NEW YORK — Columbia University’s interim president Katrina Armstrong has resigned, returning to her post running the New York school’s medical center. Armstrong’s return to her former job as CEO […]
Satanist leader’s attempt to hold Black Mass in Kansas Statehouse sparks chaos and 4 arrests
TOPEKA, Kan. — The leader of a small group of self-described satanists and three other people were arrested Friday following a scuffle inside the Kansas Statehouse arising from an effort […]
Joe Harris, believed to be the oldest surviving WWII paratrooper, has died
Sgt. Joe Harris, believed to be the oldest surviving World War II paratrooper and a member of the U.S. Army’s first all-Black parachute infantry battalion, has died. He was 108. […]
New Jersey school custodian gets jail term for contaminating food with bodily fluids, cleaner
BRIDGETON, N.J. — A former New Jersey school custodian who admitted putting bodily fluids and cleaning products in food meant for children and staff to eat as well as putting […]
Man held captive for 20 years asks prosecutors why stepmother is free after being charged
WATERBURY, Conn. — A Connecticut man who told authorities was held captive in his own home for two decades since he was still a boy has asked why his stepmother […]