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ICE flexes authority to sharply expand detention without bond hearing

SAN DIEGO (AP) — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has moved to detain far more people than before by tapping a legal authority to jail anyone who entered the country illegally without allowing them a bond hearing. Todd Lyons, ICE’s acting director, wrote employees on July 8 that the agency was revisiting its “extraordinarily broad and equally complex” authority to detain people and that, effective immediately, people would be ineligible for a bond hearing before an immigration judge. Instead, they cannot be released unless the Homeland Security Department makes an exception. The...

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AI device startup that sued OpenAI and Jony Ive is now suing its own ex-employee over trade secrets

By MATT O’BRIEN A secretive competition to pioneer a new way of communicating with artificial intelligence chatbots is getting a messy public airing as OpenAI fights a trademark dispute over its stealth hardware collaboration with legendary iPhone designer Jony Ive. Related Articles TikTok faces fresh European privacy investigation over China data transfers Ford recalls over 850,000 cars in the US due to potential fuel pump failure What I learned from my first meeting with a financial advisor ...

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Confederacy group sues Georgia park for planning an exhibit on slavery and segregation

By CHARLOTTE KRAMON STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. (AP) — The Georgia chapter of a Confederacy group filed lawsuits this week against a state park with the largest Confederate monument in the country, arguing officials broke state law by planning an exhibit on ties to slavery, segregation and white supremacy. Related Articles Dealers’ advice on cheap used cars: Buy them while you still can How people are celebrating, protesting and traveling for July Fourth Search continues for 7 missing after huge explosion at California fireworks...

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Judge denies bid by the suspect in Tupac Shakur’s killing for a new trial in a jailhouse fight

By RIO YAMAT, Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Duane “Keffe D” Davis, who is awaiting trial in the 1996 killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur, has lost a bid for a new trial in a separate battery case tied to a jailhouse fight. The ruling came Wednesday after a tense hearing in a Las Vegas courtroom that underscored the high-profile status of the defendant and his upcoming trial in one of hip-hop’s most infamous crimes. The jurors who convicted Davis of battery in the jailhouse fight were put on the witness stand Wednesday. One by one, each of them denied claims by Davis’ son and a man who...

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Supreme Court will hear case of Rastafarian whose dreadlocks were shaved by Louisiana prison guards

By MARK SHERMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear the appeal of a former Louisiana prison inmate whose dreadlocks were cut off by prison guards in violation of his religious beliefs. Related Articles Early-season heat dome brings highest temperatures in years to parts of Eastern US Weekend tornadoes kill 6 in North Dakota and New York, toss trees and train cars Search continues for 1 person still missing after 7 killed when boat capsized on Lake Tahoe A look at Al...

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Don’t despair, Andy Beshear and Cory Booker tell Florida Democrats

U.S. Sen. Cory Booker appealed to their hearts. Gov. Andy Beshear spoke to their minds. The senator from New Jersey and the governor of Kentucky both urged Democrats from around Florida to restore their party’s image, offered prescriptions for a resurgence, and inspired inspiration for party activists anguished about what’s happening under President Donald Trump. Simultaneously, they sought to burnish their political brands through unspoken — but very much present — signals about the 2028 presidential race. Above all, though in vastly different styles and tones, Booker and Beshear urged...

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Jury finds MyPillow founder defamed former employee for a leading voting equipment company

By COLLEEN SLEVIN, Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A federal jury in Colorado on Monday found that one of the nation’s most prominent election conspiracy theorists, MyPillow founder Mike Lindell, defamed a former employee for a leading voting equipment company after the 2020 presidential election. The employee, Eric Coomer, sued after Lindell called him a traitor and accusations about him stealing the election were streamed on Lindell’s online media platform. Coomer was the security and product strategy director at Denver-based Dominion Voting Systems, whose voting machines became the target...

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Man suspected of shooting 2 Minnesota lawmakers caught, AP source says

By OBED LAMY, STEVE KARNOWSKI, MIKE BALSAMO and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, Associated Press BELLE PLAINE, Minn. (AP) — The man suspected of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers, killing one of them, has been taken into custody, a law enforcement official said. Vance Boelter was arrested Sunday evening. The arrest was confirmed to The Associated Press by a law enforcement official who not publicly discuss details of the ongoing investigation and spoke to AP on condition of anonymity. Former Democratic House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were killed in their Brooklyn Park home early...

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In White Sox stadium broadcast, Pope Leo XIV sends message of hope to Chicago and the US

By HOLLY MEYER In his first words directed specifically to Americans, Pope Leo XIV told young people on Saturday how to find hope and meaning in their lives through God and in service to others. Related Articles Photos: Military parade marking Army’s 250th anniversary amid anti-Trump protests Photos: Anti-Trump ‘No Kings’ demonstrations across the US Trump curbs immigration enforcement at farms, meatpacking plants, hotels and restaurants Minnesota’s slain Democratic leader lived the political...

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Troops begin detaining immigrants in national defense zone at border in escalation of military role

By MORGAN LEE EL PASO, Texas (AP) — U.S. troops have begun directly detaining immigrants accused of trespassing on a recently designated national defense zone along the southern U.S. border, in an escalation of the military’s enforcement role, authorities said Wednesday Related Articles David Hogg won’t try to keep his DNC role amid dispute over Democratic primaries Trump’s mass deportations leave Democrats more ready to fight back Vance made a brief trip to Montana to speak to Murdochs, other Fox News executives, AP...

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