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Instructor dies in Nashville skydiving incident; 2nd skydiver rescued from tree
A 35-year-old skydiving instructor has died after he was “presumed to have fallen from the sky without a parachute,” Nashville, Tennessee, police said. The instructor became separated from a tandem rig with another skydiver, the Metro Nashville Police Department said on X. The other person survived and was rescued from a tall tree with a parachute attached. “An MNPD helicopter…
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Woman shot by Border Patrol is charged; Brighton Park residents say feds antagonized the community
Federal prosecutors filed felony assault charges against a woman who was shot Saturday by U.S. Border Patrol on the Southwest Side, in what led to a heated confrontation between federal agents and nearly 100 protesters. A Department of Homeland Security statement says the woman rammed her vehicle into the vehicle of federal agents, then took “defensive fire” from the agents.…
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South Carolina State University lockdown continues after 2 shootings leave 1 dead
South Carolina State University’s campus remained on lockdown Sunday afternoon and Monday’s classes were canceled following two separate shootings during the university’s homecoming celebrations. Since Saturday night’s shootings, SCSU has implemented additional safety measures, “including controlled entry points for major events, increased camera monitoring, and enhanced emergency communications protocols,” according to Gerald Hubbard Smalls, the university’s vice president for finance…
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Trump to mark Navy’s 250th anniversary as shutdown drags on
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has decided not to let the government shutdown interfere with a stop in Norfolk, Virginia, on Sunday to salute the Navy as it celebrates its 250th anniversary. “I believe, ‘THE SHOW MUST GO ON!’” Trump posted Friday night on his social media site, Truth Social. And he wrote before leaving the White House for…
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Federal agents use tear gas, make arrests as Portland ICE protest swells into the hundreds
1/45 No National Guard in Portland Rally and Protest Federal agents used chemical crowd control measures and arrested at least six people Saturday after hundreds marched to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building to protest the possibility of National Guard troops being deployed in the city. About 400 people of all ages and races turned out, including families with…
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Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s plan to deploy National Guard in Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge in Oregon temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from deploying the National Guard in Portland, ruling Saturday in a lawsuit brought by the state and city. U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut issued the order pending further arguments in the suit. She said the relatively small protests the city has seen did not justify…
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Border Patrol shoots woman on Southwest Side; agents, protesters battle for hours
U.S. Border Patrol shot a woman Saturday on the Southwest Side, marking the second shooting involving federal agents in Chicago since President Donald Trump’s administration launched an aggressive immigration enforcement operation in the area last month. Following the late-morning incident in Brighton Park, an angry crowd gathered. About 100 protesters were met with pepper balls and tear gas deployed by…
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Trump to federalize 300 Illinois National Guard troops
The Trump administration plans to federalize 300 members of the Illinois National Guard, Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker said Saturday. Pritzker said the guard received word from the Pentagon in the morning that the troops would be called up. He did not specify when or where they would be deployed, but President Donald Trump has long threatened to send troops to…
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Abrego Garcia to get hearing on whether smuggling charges are illegally ‘vindictive’
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A federal judge has concluded that the Department of Justice’s prosecution of Kilmar Abrego Garcia on human smuggling charges may be an illegal retaliation after he successfully sued the Trump administration over his deportation to El Salvador. The case of Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who was a construction worker in Maryland, has become a proxy…
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New Supreme Court term brings big tests of presidential power
WASHINGTON (AP) — A monumental Supreme Court term begins Monday with major tests of presidential power on the agenda along with pivotal cases on voting and the rights of LGBTQ people. The court’s conservative majority has so far been receptive, at least in preliminary rulings, to many of President Donald Trump’s aggressive assertions of authority. Liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson…
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