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Near the White House, Hundreds of High School Students Protest ICE
The demonstration at the Lincoln Memorial was the latest in a string of school walkouts across the country, which have resulted in arrests a…
Student Remains in Honduras After ICE Vows to Deport Her Again
Any Lucia López Belloza was deported by mistake. A judge ordered her return by Friday. When the Trump administration sent a plane, she deci…
Fewer Detectives Will Hunt for Nancy Guthrie, Signaling a New Phase
After a month with little visible progress, the sheriff in Pima County, Ariz., is sending some deputies back to their regular units.
An Update: Did a Brooklyn Couple Kill a Neighbor’s Trees for a Better View in Maine?
On Friday, the state approved a settlement that included a $3,000 fine but no acknowledgment of guilt for a tree poisoning that riled people…
30 More People Are Indicted in Anti-ICE Church Protest in Minnesota
The newly indicted people join nine others, including Don Lemon, in facing charges in connection to a protest of President Trump’s immigra…
War Court Prosecutor Asks Panel to Overturn Torture Finding in 9/11 Case
An appeals court heard a government effort to resurrect the 2007 interrogations of a prisoner at Guantánamo Bay.
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The Justice Department announced that 30 additional people were charged with disrupting a church service during a protest in Minnesota last …
Henrietta Lacks’s Family Settles Suit With Novartis Over Use of Her Cells
Ms. Lacks’s family accused Novartis of profiting from her cells, which were taken from her without her consent in 1951, when she was dying…
Kamala Harris Endorses Jasmine Crockett in Texas Senate Race
The endorsement from the former vice president, her most significant since leaving office, comes as Ms. Crockett is facing a competitive Dem…
Victims’ Families Stunned by Failure of Air Safety Bill in House
Relatives of those who died in a midair collision over D.C. last year came to Washington to watch a vote they thought would go their way. It…
13 Measles Cases Reported at Texas Immigration Detention Facility
The infections at the center in El Paso come amid growing worries by some lawmakers about the conditions at immigration detention centers ac…