Georgetown, Texas. Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett and State Representative James Talarico debated Saturday at the Texas AFL-CIO COPE Convention, marking their first head-to-head contest in the Democratic U.S. Senate primary. The candidates outlined competing strategies to unseat Republican Sen. John Cornyn, criticizing Trump-era policies and focusing on education, economic security and...
United States. Multiple college and professional basketball teams play weekend matchups across venues, with games scheduled Saturday and Sunday this week. St. Thomas visits South Dakota after a 74-69 win; North Dakota travels to Denver following Zach Kraft's 22-point performance; Denver also faces Oral Roberts in a separate Summit League...
Washington — U.S. and Chinese officials finalized an agreement to create a majority American-owned TikTok joint venture that will operate the app’s U.S. business. ByteDance will retain a 19.9% stake while a consortium led by Oracle and Silver Lake will own roughly 80% and manage operations. The new TikTok USDS...
St. Louis, Danville and Topeka city officials mobilized crews ahead of a forecast winter storm. Public works and streets departments pretreated roads with brine, staged plows and coordinated contractors to prioritize arterial and emergency routes. St. Louis declared a state of emergency and readied 90 snowplow operators; trash collection was...
MINNEAPOLIS, Vice President J.D. Vance visited the city Thursday to meet federal immigration officers, local law enforcement and leaders after the Jan. 7 fatal shooting of Renee Good during an ICE operation. He urged officials to cooperate with federal authorities to reduce clashes, defended ICE agents’ conduct, and said the...
Minneapolis Federal authorities arrested three protesters this week who disrupted a worship service at Cities Church in St. Paul, Attorney General Pam Bondi and other officials said. The arrests include civil rights attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong and two other individuals, and officials said charges include conspiracy against rights under 18...
Raleigh, N.C. — State officials in North and South Carolina activated emergency response preparations as a major ice storm approached this weekend. Governors Josh Stein and Henry McMaster declared states of emergency this week and mobilized transportation and emergency management assets. Departments of transportation pre-treated roads with brine, restocked salt,...
Charleston, W.Va. — Governors and state agencies mobilized ahead of a major winter storm expected this weekend, issuing preparedness and emergency declarations and coordinating utilities and transportation crews. The National Weather Service posted watches and warnings; forecasts show 9–12 inches of snow and up to 0.2 inches of ice in...
Minneapolis — Federal agents detained a five-year-old boy and his father outside their Columbia Heights home on January 20 during an ICE operation, prompting local officials and activists to allege the child was used to draw others out while DHS says the father fled and abandoned the child. School leaders...
Little Rock, Arkansas — Lottery officials confirmed multiple major drawings this week, with winners claiming prizes across several states. Arkansas announced the anonymous claimant of the Dec. 24 $1.8 billion Powerball jackpot took a one-time cash payout of $834.9 million before tax; the ticket was sold in Cabot. Powerball reported...
