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Ras Baraka, the Democratic mayor of Newark, New Jersey, was arrested on Friday while joining members of Congress at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center, according to interim U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba. Baraka “committed trespass and ignored multiple warnings from Homeland Security Investigations to remove himself from the … Read more
A sophomore at a high school in Ohio has died after sustaining an injury during a lacrosse match, according to Bay High School, where he played. Dylan Veselic was playing in a game for the school, located in Bay Village, against Olmsted Falls on Tuesday when he was injured. The school did not release what … Read more
A federal judge in Vermont on Friday ordered that a Tufts University doctoral student be released on bail from ICE custody after her visa was revoked by the Trump administration. U.S. District Judge William Sessions slammed the government in ordering Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish notional, released while their case against her proceeds, saying that the … Read more
The Women’s World Cup will be expanded from 32 to 48 teams in time for the 2035 tournament in the United Kingdom. The decision was taken during a virtual FIFA Council meeting on Friday. It will take effect from 2031 when the Women’s World Cup is due to be staged in the United States. “This … Read more
President Donald Trump on Friday voiced a willingness to ease tariffs on China, saying on social media it “seems right” to slash levies from 145% to 80%. The announcement arrives a day before Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is set to begin trade negotiations with Chinese officials at a meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. The potential tariff … Read more
Radar screens at New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport went black again early Friday morning. The outage happened at 3:55 a.m. and lasted about 90 seconds, the Federal Aviation Administration said. Air traffic controllers could be heard telling a FedEx plane that their screens went dark and then asking the aircraft to tell their company … Read more
Former President Joe Biden, on ABC’s “The View” on Thursday, took responsibility for President Donald Trump’s historic return to the White House but vigorously pushed back on claims of cognitive decline in his final year in office. “He’s had the worst 100 days any president’s ever had,” Biden said of his Oval Office successor. Biden … Read more
Updated 7:50 a.m. Pacific: About an hour after this article was published, notifications began working for me again. Your mileage may vary. The original story follows: Sometime Thursday night, timelines stopped updating for a number of users on X, the social network owned by billionaire Elon Musk. Many users report that their notifications stopped working … Read more
Cameron Hamilton, who had been acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, was fired Thursday, a day after telling Congress the agency should not be disbanded, putting him at odds with President Donald Trump’s suggestions that FEMA be downsized or dissolved. The change at the top of the agency that coordinates federal disaster relief … Read more
Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter, a lifelong public servant, judicial moderate and advocate for humanities and civics education, has died. He was 85 years old. “Justice David Souter served our Court with great distinction for nearly twenty years,” Chief Justice John Roberts said in a statement Friday. “He brought uncommon wisdom and kindness … Read more
