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(WASHINGTON) -- A federal judge has found federal officials unconstitutionally violated the free speech rights of pro-Palestinian protesters in its effort to deport international students and scholars expressing pro-Palestinian views, including Columbia University’s Mahmoud Khalil and Tuft’s University’s Rumeysa Ozturk.“This Court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and the Secretary of State Marco Rubio, together with the subordinate officials and, agents of […]

Mohsen Mahdawi speaks to a Globe reporter in Fairlee, Vermont, May 7, 2025. (Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- A federal appeals court in New York will hear oral arguments Tuesday in cases involving two graduate students who claim they were unlawfully detained earlier this year by Immigration and Customs Enforcement as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian campus activism.The detention in March of […]

The entrance to a U.S. Immigration and Customs (ICE) detention facility is seen following a shooting, on September 25, 2025 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images) (DALLAS) -- A second detainee has died after being shot at a Dallas Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office last week, according to the League of United Latin American Citizens.Miguel Ángel García-Hernández, 32, was gravely wounded in Wednesday's shooting and has now died from […]

(CHICAGO) -- Federal charges have been filed against four individuals involved in the anti-ICE protests in Chicago over the weekend, according to court documents obtained by ABC News.The four defendants are being charged with assaulting and resisting officers outside the Broadview ICE facility during the multi-day protest on Saturday.Paul Ivery, one of the individuals charged, allegedly showed his middle finger to federal agents at the protest before saying, “I’ll f------ […]

(LOS ANGELES) -- Police said Monday officials are still trying to determine the cause and manner of death of a teenage girl whose body was found in the trunk of a Tesla registered to the singer D4vd earlier this month.The body was discovered in the trunk of the Tesla on Sept. 8, two days after it had been towed from a Los Angeles street, police sources said.The Los Angeles County […]

(WASHINGTON) -- Todd Blanche, the No. 2 official in the Justice Department, once assailed what he described as a calculated and "vindictive" effort by federal prosecutors driven by political animus to target a defendant who had committed no crimes. In that instance, he was speaking for his client at the time -- Donald Trump. In a 2023 court filing seeking to dismiss the federal case brought against Trump for his efforts to subvert his […]

(GRAND BLANC, Mich.) -- All of the victims have been accounted for in the mass shooting and arson at a Michigan chapel after a gunman opened fire while hundreds were worshiping on Sunday morning, officials said on Monday.Four people were killed and eight others injured, officials said at a press conference Monday afternoon.The gunman, 40-year-old Thomas Jacob Sanford, drove his truck into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints […]

(NEW YORK) -- A federal government shutdown is looming, with the government set to run out of funding at midnight from Sept. 30 to Oct. 1.Here are some frequently asked questions about the impacts a potential shutdown would have on travel:Will TSA work in a shutdown?Transportation Security Administration workers at airport checkpoints will continue to work -- without pay -- during a shutdown.According to Department of Homeland Security documents, 58,488 […]

(AUSTIN, Texas) -- Police in Austin, Texas, said they've finally identified the man who killed four teenage girls at a yogurt shop in 1991 in a crime that has haunted the city.Jennifer Harbison, Sarah Harbison, Eliza Thomas and Amy Ayers were attacked in the shop and all shot in the head, lead detective Daniel Jackson said at a news conference on Monday.The girls were left nude and tied up, and […]