MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal officers in the Minneapolis-area participating in its largest recent U.S. immigration enforcement operation can’t detain or tear gas peaceful protesters who aren’t obstructing authorities, including when these people are observing the agents, a judge in Minnesota ruled Friday. U.S. District Judge Kate Menendez ruled in a case filed in December on […]
Army puts 1,500 soldiers on standby for possible Minnesota deployment, AP sources say
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active-duty soldiers to be ready in case of a possible deployment to Minnesota, where federal authorities have been conducting a massive immigration enforcement operation, two defense…
Sending soldiers to Minneapolis for immigration crackdown would be unconstitutional, mayor says
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The mayor of Minneapolis said Sunday that sending active duty soldiers into Minnesota to help with an immigration crackdown is a ridiculous and unconstitutional idea as he urged protesters to remain peaceful so the…
How a Depression-era ‘Hooverville’ turned into UMaine’s hippie paradise
This story was originally published in April 2023. The area adjacent to the Rangeley Road entrance to the University of Maine campus, off Park Street in Orono, is an empty field now. For nearly 70 years until the 1980s, however, it housed…
Climate activist predicts high electricity prices and Trump’s attacks on green energy will hurt GOP
RIPTON, Vermont (AP) — At a time when the Trump administration rolled back numerous environmental regulations while global temperatures and U.S. carbon pollution spiked, longtime climate activist Bill McKibben finds hope in something that…