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15+ min ago (1022+ words) By JACK BROOK and SARA CLINE, Associated Press/Report for America The 38-year-old Honduran house painter was swept up in an immigration crackdown that has largely targeted Kenner, a Hispanic enclave just outside New Orleans, where some parents at risk of deportation had rushed to arrange emergency custody plans for their children in case they were arrested. Cruz's detention forced her son, Jonathan Escalante, an 18-year-old U.S. citizen who recently finished high school, to care for his 9-year-old sister, who has a physical disability. Escalante is now trying to access his mother's bank account, locate his sister's medical records and doctors, and figure out how to pay bills in his mother's name. The crackdown dubbed "Catahoula Crunch" has a goal of 5,000 arrests. DHS has said it is targeting violent offenders but has released few details on who it is arresting. Records…...

49+ min ago (129+ words) Detectives are investigating the death of a 51-year-old man whose body was found in a Brooklyn apartment with an apparent head injury, police said Friday. A social worker linked to the victim reached out to police early Thursday after not hearing from him for some time and asked officers to visit the apartment on Pennsylvania Ave. near Fulton St. in East New York. Cops arrived at about 11 a.m. and found the man dead. His name was not immediately disclosed. The victim had apparently suffered some head trauma at the time of his death, but it was not immediately clear if that is what killed him, cops said. The city's Medical Examiner has been tasked with performing an autopsy to determine how the man died....

57+ min ago (385+ words) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced during the waning days of then-President Joe Biden's term in December 2024 that the agency planned to add the beloved backyard pollinator to the threatened species list by the end of 2025, calling the insect "iconic" and "cherished across North America." But the Trump administration quietly listed the effort as a "long-term action" in a September report on the status of federal regulatory initiatives from the Office of Management and Budget. The designation does not mean the administration has blocked the fish and wildlife service from making the decision, only that it will not come within the year that began in September. No one at the agency immediately returned follow-up emails inquiring about the specific rationale for the delay. The first Trump administration named the monarch a candidate for listing in December 2020. His second administration has…...

1+ hour, 10+ min ago (616+ words) A St. Paul police horse that patrolled for 12 years, interacting with the community, is now the one in need of the public's help. Jett recently became sick and has been receiving ongoing veterinary care. Jen Mink was partnered with Jett when she was a St. Paul police officer, and she's owned and cared for him since he retired from the department in 2018. Mink said she never wanted to ask for money for Jett, but she would have second-guessed herself if the horse could have been saved with the veterinary care and medication that a GoFundMe (gofund.me/86743db16) is helping to support. Mink added that people who'd normally avoid the police "would curiously approach us, asking us questions, including wanting to pet Jett. Jett visited many schools & classes, helping to teach kids how to handle an emergency & how police help their…...

1+ hour, 18+ min ago (939+ words) When high school students in the West Hartford Public Schools district study World War II in the coming year, they will learn about more than just the typical hallmarks like Japanese American detention camps. They will also hear about Sadao Munemori, a soldier who died protecting comrades from a grenade. The 22-year-old posthumously became the first Japanese American awarded the Medal of Honor. Lessons like this that delve beyond places have left teachers "humbled," said Jessica Blitzer, the district's social studies department supervisor who helped design curriculum for secondary grade levels. "It's one of those moments where you think "How have we not been doing that?' These are moments where you realize this is really important, particularly given the population that we have in West Hartford, which is incredibly diverse in many ways," Blitzer said. Three years after Connecticut became…...

1+ hour, 18+ min ago (395+ words) The department also is seeking Chief Judge James Boasberg's removal from the case, which has become a flashpoint in an escalating fight between the judiciary and the White House over court orders blocking parts of President Donald Trump's sweeping agenda. The department wants the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to rule on its requests before Monday, when Boasberg is scheduled hear testimony from a former government attorney who filed a whistleblower complaint. Department officials claim Boasberg is biased and creating "a circus that threatens the separation of powers and the attorney-client privilege alike." "The forthcoming hearing has every appearance of an endless fishing expedition aimed at an ever-widening list of witnesses and prolonged testimony. That spectacle is not a genuine effort to uncover any relevant facts," they wrote. Boasberg, who was nominated to the bench by…...

1+ hour, 21+ min ago (33+ words) Street reconstruction is slated to start at George Floyd Square next year, after years of debate over how best to memorialize the intersection where a Minneapolis police officer murdered George Floyd in 2020....

1+ hour, 24+ min ago (21+ words) Gusts are set to pick up Friday with temps tumbling into the weekend. NEXT Weather: Noon report on Dec. 12, 2025...

1+ hour, 25+ min ago (22+ words) Stephanie Payne, with Every Sip, shares some options for your holiday gatherings. Step up your holiday hosting game with some crafted cocktails...

1+ hour, 27+ min ago (479+ words) By AMANDA SWINHART and MARK SCOLFORO The Winooski School District began to display the flag Dec. 5 to show solidarity with a student body that includes about 9% people of Somali descent. "We invited our students and community to come together for a little moment of normalcy in a sea of racist rhetoric nationally," said Winooski School District Superintendent Wilmer Chavarria, himself a Nicaraguan immigrant. "We felt really good about it until the ugliness came knocking Monday morning." The Somali flag was flown alongside the Vermont state flag and beneath the United States flag at a building that includes K-12 classrooms and administrative offices. Somali students cheered and clapped, telling administrators the flag flying meant a great deal to them, he said. "Our staff members, our administrators and our community are overwhelmed right now, and they are being viciously attacked. The content of…...