A Chicago man filed a lawsuit in 2023 against Buffalo Wild Wings, arguing that it had engaged in false advertising of its boneless wings. A judge said the claim “has no meat on its bones.”
At the Jackson home in Chicago, people paid quiet tributes to a man they said was groundbreaking but also ‘very grounded.’
High winds were fueling the risk of wildfires across the Southwest and the Plains. Officials said the weather conditions had caused a deadly highway pileup in Colorado.
Mr. Jackson, who spent much of his life in the city, died at his home there on Tuesday. “He ushered in new politics in Chicago,” one longtime organizer said.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson entered the national spotlight during the civil rights movement and ran for president twice. He also courted controversy while in the public eye.
Veterans have taken part in demonstrations against the federal crackdown on illegal immigration in Minnesota. “I believe in the institutions,” one said.
The Olympic journey of Laila Edwards, the first Black woman to play for the U.S. hockey team, has captivated her hometown, Cleveland Heights.
In a rare letter to Republican senators, four descendants of the former president oppose mining near a wilderness area in Minnesota.
A former spiritual retreat in West Virginia, four cabins in the Ozarks and a converted detention facility in Tennessee.
If you’re looking for a family-friendly weekend in New England, the Midwest or Quebec, it’s hard to find a better travel theme than syrup.
The Mexican-born mayor of Coldwater was accused of voting illegally as a noncitizen. Many of his neighbors want state and federal officials to back off.
Funding for the Department of Homeland Security lapsed on Saturday amid a standoff over restrictions that Democrats have demanded for federal immigration agents. But much of its work continues.
The collapse of the Trump administration’s version of events in the case was only the most recent instance in which officials gave an account of a shooting that was later contradicted.
An upcoming Senate primary contest in Illinois, which is likely to pick the state’s next senator, has centered on Democrats’ future approach to federal immigration policy.
Protesters in Minneapolis and St. Paul said in sworn statements that they were singled out by agents who demonstrated that they knew where they lived.
A Catholic nonprofit and several clergy said immigration authorities had unlawfully blocked its members for months from providing pastoral care at an ICE facility in Broadview, Ill.
El alto comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos ha instado a Estados Unidos a que levante las sanciones que impiden el suministro de petróleo a la isla.
The journalist Don Lemon entered a not guilty plea on Friday to two accounts stemming from his participation in a protest at Cities Church in St. Paul, Minn., last month.
The measures were installed last month by the Trump administration after the U.S. captured Nicolás Maduro and seized control of Venezuela’s oil industry.
A surge of immigration arrests in the state sent thousands of people to detention centers in Texas, New Mexico and elsewhere. Federal courts have been overwhelmed with their pleas for release.
Los líderes europeos se preguntan si podrán volver a confiar en EE. UU.
Congressional Democrats say they will approve no money for the Department of Homeland Security without guardrails on immigration agents. Their voters in Minnesota are demanding no less.
Citizens are rediscovering this institution’s power and original purpose.
Far from the national spotlight, towns like Cornelius, Ore., and Coon Rapids, Minn., are dealing with President Trump’s expanding mass deportation effort, and the effects can be acute.
It is the latest court ruling staving off deep cuts to social services that Democratic-led states say are politically motivated and would harm hundreds of thousands of people.
In a rebuke to the government, a federal judge in Minnesota said “the government failed to plan for the constitutional rights of its civil detainees” during its immigration crackdown in the state.
The top federal prosecutor in Minnesota asked a judge to drop charges against the immigrant who was shot by an ICE agent, saying new evidence was “materially inconsistent” with what officials had claimed.
Some 3,000 agents took part in the federal operation that started late last year around the Twin Cities. On Thursday, officials said the surge would wind down.
The debate over whether federal agents should be allowed to cover their faces with masks has become a flashpoint as the government heads for a partial shutdown.
European leaders are wondering if they can ever trust the U.S. again.
President Trump initially deployed the troops in those cities to support law enforcement efforts to tamp down protests against immigration raids and protecting buildings.
Tom Homan, the White House border czar, says the Trump administration is ending its monthslong surge of immigration agents in Minnesota. Roughly 3,000 agents flooded into the state for Operation Metro Surge. Gov. Tim Walz criticized the administration’s actions but shared cautious optimism.
Senate Democrats refused to move ahead with a spending bill needed to keep the Department of Homeland Security running because it lacked limits they have demanded on federal immigration agents.
After another journalist interviewed the university’s former president about Jeffrey Epstein, a professor physically intervened when a documentarian wanted to ask more questions.
An insolvent, broken utility left downtown buildings in Youngstown freezing in recent weeks. Gov. Mike DeWine has attributed the problems to an archaic system.
The announcement came more than two months into an operation that has led to tense protests, thousands of arrests and three shootings in the Democratic-led state.
The hearing comes two days after the officials declined to answer questions from House members about the fatal shootings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
The states, all led by Democrats, claim the cuts were intended as retribution and will harm efforts to control H.I.V. and other sexually transmitted infections.
Can Democrats win back working-class voters? These candidates are trying.
Twenty four states are now considering legislation to allow small, plug-in solar power systems that connect directly into a wall socket.
A Frank Lloyd Wright-designed house in Galesburg, a modern condo in Portsmouth and a midcentury modern home in Seattle.
Desde octubre de 2024, las autoridades mexicanas habían incautado 18.000 armas de fuego, de las cuales casi el 80 por ciento procedían de Estados Unidos.
In their first sit-down interview, Michael and Susan Pretti avoided recriminations and recalled the son that Michael called “an exceptionally kind, caring man.”
About 137,000 .50-caliber rounds have been seized since 2012, and of those, 47 percent came from a plant in Kansas City, Mo., Mexico’s defense secretary said.
A Detroit billionaire met with Howard Lutnick, the commerce secretary, hours before President Trump said he would block the opening of a new bridge connecting Detroit to Canada, officials said.
President Trump’s threat to block the opening of the new crossing is the latest in a long string of challenges for the project.
El puente internacional Gordie Howe, cuya inauguración está prevista para principios de este año, fue construido por Canadá para facilitar el transporte de mercancías entre Detroit y Windsor, Ontario.
Two months after federal agents began operations in the Twin Cities, residents say they have found strength in their sense of community.
For “Mammoth,” a new show at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, he takes up contentious issues of race and climate change in beads, sequins and Lite-Brite colors.
Can’t make Modernism Week in Palm Springs? No worries, there’s a fair for everyone from collectors of midcentury modern furniture to lovers of kitschy barware. Here, our suggestions.
The Gordie Howe International Bridge, expected to open early this year, was built by Canada to ease cargo transport between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario.
The move involving Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, who hosted a popular midcentury radio and TV show and died in 1979, ends a six-year delay.
The states, all led by Democrats, used the grants to support a wide variety of functions, including H.I.V. prevention and surveillance.
Schools, city offices and businesses were locked down in Springfield, Ohio, where more than 10,000 Haitians have settled in recent years.
Illegal immigration and government overreach are colliding in Minneapolis, fundamentally changing Trump voters’ views of the president.
Readers urge Americans to speak up but decry the terror tactics being used against protesters. Also: The Heritage Foundation responds to a critique.
Calls to Ohio’s gambling addiction help line have surged since sports betting was legalized in 2023, something the governor now regrets.
The Whipple Federal Building has become both a staging ground for immigration agents and a hub for demonstrations against the crackdown in the Twin Cities.
Becca Good attended a memorial for Renee Good, offering words of compassion and resilience to the crowd gathered in a snow-covered Minneapolis park.
During the investigation, the man was found to have child sex abuse materials on his phone, federal prosecutors said.
Jim Stolley, the chief counsel for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minnesota, has left as government prosecutors grapple with a crush of cases.
Gun permit applications have surged in Minnesota since ICE raids began across the state in December. After weeks of protests and violent confrontations that led to the shooting deaths of two U.S. citizens, we traveled to Minneapolis to speak to some of the new gun owners choosing to exercise their right to bear arms.
Federal prosecutors had a warrant to collect evidence from Ms. Good’s vehicle, but Trump administration leaders said to drop it. About a dozen prosecutors have departed, leaving the Minnesota U.S. attorney’s office in turmoil.
A Border Patrol agent shot Marimar Martinez five times. Video from the October incident in Chicago could now be released as early as Monday.
It is a pattern that has played out in other cities where the administration has conducted immigration surges and taken a muscular stance against those accused of impeding federal officers.
The laws aim to force oil companies to help pay for damage from global warming. Industry is gearing up for state-by-state battles.
Sheriff Dawanna Witt of Hennepin County says she thinks she could help end the crackdown by allowing some measure of cooperation with ICE. She also knows that could cost her re-election.
The White House seems to be mining the Coolidge era for inspiration. But America is not the country it was in 1924.
The Trump administration has criticized state and local “sanctuary” policies during its Minnesota immigration crackdown. The reality on the ground is complicated.
The monitoring of law enforcement has a long history, dating back to the 1960s, when leftist groups like the Black Panthers began police patrols.
How does the recently revamped Living In series uncover the best-kept secrets of America’s ever-changing towns and neighborhoods?
The Trump administration announced that its deployment of immigration agents in the Twin Cities was diminishing, but many agents remain.
With eight days until a deadline to keep the Department of Homeland Security running, bipartisan talks on reining in federal immigration agents’ tactics appeared to sputter before they had even gotten underway.
Readers suggest steps to take in response to federal actions that have terrorized some communities. Also: When the president is rude; imperfect marriages.
Immigrants apprehended in Minnesota are being sent to a gigantic West Texas detention center where lawyers and detainees say conditions are deplorable, then released in El Paso to find their way home.
Joseph Yracheta was in charge of a repository that compiled and protected tribal health data. Then its funding was cut.
Democrats say they will not support a spending bill to keep the Homeland Security Department running without new restrictions on federal agents.
¿Qué significa para la humanidad estar disminuyendo? ¿Podrá eso resolver el cambio climático o las alteraciones que trajo consigo la IA?
Plus, Savannah Guthrie makes a plea to her mother’s abductor.
Remarks by a prosecutor opened a revealing window onto how the courts in the state are buckling under the weight of a deluge of cases arising from the Trump administration’s campaign.
Calling dibs on the parking spot you shoveled after a blizzard tends to be a respected tradition in northern cities, but a spate of confrontations is a reminder of just how precious a spot can be.
I covered the Minnesota church protest. Press credentials didn’t protect me.
Unos 2000 agentes y parte del personal se quedarán en la ciudad, donde las muertes a manos de agentes federales de dos personas que protestaban contra la represión migratoria han generado indignación.
It’s often assumed that lower birthrates could help slow climate change and A.I. disruption. The reality is more complex.
Tom Homan, the White House border czar, said that 700 immigration agents will be moved out of Minnesota. About 2,000 agents and officers will stay behind to enforce the administration’s immigration crackdown.
A Detroit Tigers pitcher, he was famous for his ample waistline — and for his three complete-game wins in defeating the Cardinals, making him the Series’ M.V.P.
The lawsuit is challenging a Trump administration policy allowing federal agents near locations such as schools, churches and hospitals.
Sixteen elected treasury officials, all Democrats, wrote to President Trump to say ICE crackdowns are bad for business and tax revenues: “People must feel safe to go to work.”
About 2,000 personnel will be left in the city, where the killings of two protesters against President Trump’s immigration crackdown by federal officers have generated outrage.
A moderate Democrat from Indiana for 34 years, he led the House Foreign Affairs and Intelligence committees and helped investigate the Iran-contra scandal and the Sept. 11 attacks.
School communities are central to organizing against federal harassment.
Plus, a fitting tribute to Catherine O’Hara.
“It’s like living in fear all the time,” a teenager said about the federal raids that have shattered families.
A 2020 remodel in Columbus, Ohio., a 1935 farmhouse in Mentone, Ala., and a 1930 bungalow in Houston.
Brian O’Hara, who took over a troubled police force and has spent years rebuilding community trust, fears the long-term damage wrought by federal agents.
Scrutiny of university classrooms is being formalized, with new laws requiring professors to post syllabuses and tip lines for students to complain.
Una propuesta contenida en un artículo de una revista jurídica de 1987 podría subsanar una laguna que hace prácticamente imposible demandar a funcionarios federales por violar la Constitución.
Dicen que hay que vivir cada día como si fuera el último, y ese era justamente el plan de Brian.
The anchorman, who was arrested over a protest in Minnesota, told an audience in Manhattan, “I’m not going to let them turn me around,” and sang lines from a civil rights era freedom song.
It’s not just blue America where people are readying themselves for disaster.
In the weeks since ICE agents began conducting operations across the city, Westminster Presbyterian has given its members a place to protest on their own terms.
Luke Ganger and Brent Ganger called their sister, Renee Good, “unapologetically hopeful” during a public forum on the use of force by federal agents at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday. Ms. Good was fatally shot by a federal agent in Minneapolis in January.
People often misunderstand nonviolent protest. It is not merely eschewing violence.
The author and Jesuit priest discusses human dignity, political divides and how he sees the role of the Catholic Church.
Technological advances and an erosion of trust have transformed the way news unfolds online, distorting shared reality.
We all talk about the president. Yet the presidency as a national force is disappearing, Julia Azari argues.
President Trump and the White House regularly circulate imagery that has been manipulated by A.I. But the photo of Nekima Levy Armstrong was different.
Nick Shirley had struggled to expand his reach. With a new approach after a missionary trip, he caused a sensation with a video about possible fraud.
What if you really did live every day as if it were your last? That was Brian’s plan.
The homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, ordered all immigration officers in Minneapolis to wear body cameras. The move comes after fatal shootings where federal accounts conflicted with local officials and witness videos.
The change comes as the federal government has provided accounts of fatal shootings that have sometimes conflicted with local officials and witness videos.
Un memo interno cambió el criterio que evaluaba si una persona estaba en riesgo de no presentarse a una audiencia judicial. Ahora se enfoca en evaluar si una persona está en riesgo de abandonar el lugar de los hechos.
More than 1,500 active-duty troops had been on standby to deploy to Minnesota, but were quietly taken off heightened alert over the weekend.
Many Americans are growing both exhausted and frightened by Trump’s scorched-earth, hyperpartisan, fire-ready-aim approach to the presidency.
In a shaky job market, Silicon Valley workers feel they lack the leverage needed to make their political views known.
In Springfield, which was thrust into the spotlight by President Trump during the 2024 campaign, hundreds of people turned out to back Haitians living in the city.
Nine defendants have been taken into custody in a federal prosecution that includes the journalist Don Lemon and has alarmed First Amendment advocates.
Immigration raids have scared off customers and workers, a pattern repeated in other cities where federal officials have arrived in force.
Scammers on the phone had threatened to kill Wiliam J. Brock if he didn’t hand over $12,000 just as Lo-Letha Toland-Hall, an Uber driver, came to his house to pick up a package.
The Minnesota Democrat discussed the battle between his city and the federal government with Lulu Garcia-Navarro.
President Trump’s border czar said he was seeking a deal with officials in Minnesota that would include expanding agents’ access to jails.
The Minnesota-based retail chain has avoided criticizing anyone, even after federal agents detained two employees at a local store. Its new C.E.O. faces pressure to do more.
A proposal in a 1987 law review article could address a gap that makes it all but impossible to sue federal officials for violating the Constitution.
In Minneapolis and St. Paul, business owners work to lift up a community that has been roiled by the presence of thousands of immigration agents.
El director de la escuela dijo que los llevó ante las autoridades a pedido de su madre detenida. La semana pasada, otro menor del mismo colegio, Liam Conejo Ramos, también fue detenido por agentes de inmigración.
Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who was detained with his father by federal agents, is back home in Minnesota with his father. A federal judge demanded their release from an immigration detention center in Texas, where they were being held.
He was chastised for remarks ridiculing the pardons of two congressional campaign aides who had been convicted in a bribery plot.
Jim Pattison Developments said the sale of an industrial building, which was planned to become an Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility, would not go forward.
A federal judge had demanded that the boy and his father be set free in a fiery opinion on Saturday.
The White House border czar wants to focus more on getting immigrants already in jails. He’ll have to persuade Democrats to do it.
Children do not deserve immigration detention.
When a leader sits alone at the top of the power vertical, it is hard for him to escape blame.
Activists criticized the president after he blamed Alex Pretti for carrying a gun in Minneapolis before federal agents killed him. But there is little sign of a lasting rupture.
Several factors converged to force a remarkable shift in the federal government’s aggressive efforts in Minnesota.
Church bells pealed in the Twin Cities to express support for detainees and protesters who oppose federal immigration agents’ aggressive tactics.
The treatment of Liam Conejo Ramos, pictured wearing a blue winter hat and Spider-Man backpack while in the custody of immigration agents, drew outrage across the country.
The order, signed by Mayor Brandon Johnson, instructs police officers to report allegations of unlawful conduct in an effort to prosecute the most aggressive federal immigration actions.
Arresting Don Lemon doesn’t send the message the president wants it to.
Minnesota officials had sought a temporary end to the deployment of 3,000 federal agents, claiming state sovereignty had been violated.
One week after the I.C.U. nurse was shot dead by federal agents, tributes continue to build on the sidewalk where he fell.
Gregory Bovino, the Border Patrol field leader, made disparaging remarks in reference to the U.S. attorney in Minnesota, an Orthodox Jew, people with knowledge of the phone call said.
ICE agents can stop anyone they suspect of being undocumented. Now, residents are weighing their rights and their pride against their own safety.
As in the Civil Rights battles of the 1960s, Americans are at a fork and must pick their path.
Amid national protests, the round table convenes to debate what anti-ICE tactics should look like.
Letters from students living in fear.
Organizers are trying to build on the momentum created after the killings of two protesters in Minneapolis this month.
The term, used to describe war, poses dangers when applied to American political unrest.
In Fridley, a Minneapolis suburb, school officials are driving nervous teachers and buying families groceries. At dismissal, the superintendent patrols for federal agents.
The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden will loan scores of modern and contemporary masterworks in storage to museums in 50 states.