Thiel Gives $3 Million to Group Seeking to Block California Wealth Tax
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 17:00:41 +0000 More large donations from wealthy Silicon Valley figures are expected as they try to marshal opposition to a proposed ballot measure that would impose a new tax on billionaires.: How Mississippi Schools, Like Hazlehurst Elementary, Transformed itself From Worst to Best
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 11:00:13 +0000 Since 2013, Mississippi has skyrocketed on national tests, while blue states lag. What is it doing right?: Somalis Fled Civil War and Built a Community. Now They Are a Target.
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 15:05:16 +0000 A fraud scandal has made the Somali community in Minnesota a focus of the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants.: Are You Fat Enough to Play in This Soccer League?
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 10:02:09 +0000 Man v Fat, a soccer league founded in Britain a decade ago, is expanding in the United States, bringing with it a self-deprecating approach to shedding pounds.: Trump’s ‘Superstar’ Appellate Judges Have Voted 133 to 12 in His Favor
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 10:00:18 +0000 President Trump promised to fill the appeals courts with “my judges.” They have formed a nearly united phalanx to defend his agenda from legal challenges.: Judge Pauses Trump Policy Ending Family Reunification for Some Migrants
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 02:18:18 +0000 The policy applied to migrants from some Central and South American countries who were awaiting visas.: Who Was Renee Good, the Woman Killed by an ICE Agent in Minneapolis?
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 00:44:16 +0000 Ms. Good, 37, was a poet and a mother who grew up in Colorado. Her wife said the couple had “stopped to support our neighbors” when Ms. Good was shot.: Trump Is Briefed on Options for Striking Iran as Protests Continue
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 03:57:21 +0000 The president has said he will be “hitting them very hard” if Iranian leaders kill protesters amid widespread demonstrations calling for wholesale changes in the country.: U.S. Launches Major Strikes on Islamic State Targets in Syria
Sat, 10 Jan 2026 23:39:24 +0000 The airstrikes followed an even larger attack in December to avenge the killing of three Americans last year.: Disinformation in Minneapolis Shooting Points at People Who Were Not Involved
Sat, 10 Jan 2026 22:52:28 +0000 Within hours of an ICE officer shooting and killing a woman, social media users misidentified the agent who fired as Steve Grove.: Anti-ICE Protests Spread Nationwide After Minneapolis Shooting
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 04:16:32 +0000 Demonstrators across the country expressed anger at the killing of a woman in Minneapolis by federal immigration agents.: Monkeys Are on the Loose in St. Louis, City Officials Say
Sat, 10 Jan 2026 21:28:17 +0000 As many as four vervet monkeys were spotted in a neighborhood in North St. Louis on Thursday, city officials said. No one knows how they got there.: Death Toll From California Wild Mushroom Poisoning Rises to 3
Sat, 10 Jan 2026 18:32:48 +0000 The death of a Sonoma County resident last week prompted public health officials to urge foragers not to consume wild mushrooms.: FBI’s Inquiry Into Minneapolis ICE Shooting Faces Doubts After White House’s Remarks
Sat, 10 Jan 2026 22:40:11 +0000 Ex-law enforcement officials said the administration’s declarations that the killing was justified elicited questions about the F.B.I.’s willingness to scrutinize the agent who fatally shot an unarmed activist.: Six Dead in Mississippi Shooting; Suspect in Custody, Clay County Sheriff Says
Sat, 10 Jan 2026 22:46:22 +0000 The authorities in Clay County, Miss., arrested a 24-year-old man after a 7-year-old girl and five more people were killed.: What Happens if ICE Agents and Local Police Stop Getting Along?
Sat, 10 Jan 2026 20:16:00 +0000 Cooperation among law enforcement agencies is critical to many investigations, experts say. After a series of shootings by immigration agents, the relationship is showing cracks.: A ‘Ticklish Subject’: Trump’s Words on Immigration Often Collide and Contradict
Sat, 10 Jan 2026 15:07:33 +0000 In an interview with The New York Times, President Trump made a point of keeping distance from certain hard-line immigration policies, even as he continues to demonize and shut out immigrants.: Climate Change Threatens Way of Life for Native American Tribes in Pacific Northwest
Sat, 10 Jan 2026 13:16:36 +0000 Warming seas and increased flooding threaten a way of life for Native Americans who have called the Pacific Northwest coast their home for generations.: She Was Born Two Days Before the Altadena Fire Took Her Home
Sat, 10 Jan 2026 10:00:55 +0000 She was the family’s first baby in 16 years. And she came into their world as the Altadena fire changed everything. They struggled for months to find housing, stability and peace.: Judge Bars Trump From Withholding Election Funds to States
Sat, 10 Jan 2026 04:19:58 +0000 The ruling is the latest legal setback to President Trump’s sweeping effort to compel changes to state election standards.