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Minneapolis shooting by ICE agent brings debate over police force and moving vehicles back in focus
The fatal shooting of a woman by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis recently has thrust a long-running and deeply contested question back into the national spotlight: When is a law enforcement officer justified in using lethal force against someone in a moving vehicle?
The killing, captured on cellphone video, has expo ... (full story)
Hawaii reviving task force that places warning signs at dangerous beaches to prevent drowning
About 800 people have drowned in the waters off Hawaii's roughly 1,000-mile coastline in the last decade, with an increasing number of people frequenting remote stretches of coastline with little to warn them of risks. Yet the state has not called for a single new warning sign to be put up on a beach in more than 13 years.
Water ... (full story)
Hegseth censures Sen. Kelly after Democrats' video urging troops to resist unlawful orders
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced recently that he censured Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona over the former Navy pilot's participation in a video that called on troops to resist unlawful orders.
Hegseth said the censure — by itself simply a formal letter with little practical consequenc ... (full story)
Trump officials loosen strings on federal education money for Iowa. More states could follow
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is giving Iowa more power to decide how it spends its federal education money, signing off on a proposal that is expected to be the first of many as conservative states seek new latitude from a White House promising to "return education to the states."
Iowa was the first ... (full story)
Trump's plan to seize and revitalize Venezuela's oil industry faces major hurdles
President Donald Trump's plan to take control of Venezuela's oil industry and ask American companies to revitalize it after capturing President Nicolás Maduro in a raid isn't likely to have a significant immediate impact on oil prices.
Venezuela's oil industry is in disrepair after years of neglect and international sanct ... (full story)