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Saturday's Scores 02/08/2026 12:04am • BOYS PREP BASKETBALL= Alleghany 63, Stuarts Draft 54 Amherst County 64, Jefferson Forest 45 Armstrong 65, Surry County 29 Blessed Sacrament-Huguenot 67, Fuqua School 36 Buckingham County 70, Randolph-Henry 55 Carmel 58, Christchurch 40 Catholic 73, St. Annes-Belfield 62 Cave Spring 68, Lord Botetour Immigrant whose skull was broken in eight places during ICE arrest says beating was unprovoked 02/07/2026 08:37am • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Alberto Castañeda Mondragón says his memory was so jumbled after a beating by immigration officers that he initially could not remember he had a daughter and still struggles to recall treasured moments like the night he taught her to dance. But the violence he endured last mon Takeaways from AP report on immigrant who says ICE officers beat him during Minnesota arrest 02/07/2026 07:17am • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Alberto Castañeda Mondragón's memory was jumbled after he says he was badly beaten last month while being taken into custody by immigration officers. He did not remember much of his past, but the violence of the Jan. 8 arrest in Minnesota was seared into his battered brain. Th Trump taking steps toward installing a Columbus statue near the White House Trump taking steps toward installing a Columbus statue near the White House 02/04/2026 07:36pm • ANNAPOLIS, Maryland (AP) — President Donald Trump is taking steps toward installing near the White House a replica of a statue of famed explorer Christopher Columbus that had been tossed into Baltimore's harbor during his first term amid protests against institutional racism. John Pica, a Maryland Nike faces federal probe over allegations of 'DEI-related' discrimination against white workers Nike faces federal probe over allegations of 'DEI-related' discrimination against white workers 02/04/2026 07:22pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The federal agency for protecting workers' civil rights revealed Wednesday that it is investigating sportswear giant Nike for allegedly discriminating against white employees through its diversity policies. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission disclosed the investigation in In Minneapolis, all-encompassing immigration story tests a newsroom in midst of digital transition In Minneapolis, all-encompassing immigration story tests a newsroom in midst of digital transition 02/01/2026 12:01am • With the eyes of a nation fixed on the unrest in Minneapolis, the events haven't left local journalists overmatched. Over the past month, the Minnesota Star Tribune has broken stories, including the identity of the immigration enforcement officer who shot Renee Good, and produced a variety of inform As officials disparage Pretti and Good, families of Black people killed by police have déjà vu As officials disparage Pretti and Good, families of Black people killed by police have déjà vu 01/31/2026 09:00am • The shooting deaths of white protesters Alex Pretti and Renee Good by federal officers in Minneapolis followed a playbook that is painfully familiar to Black Americans: Authorities quickly moved to disparage the victims, only to be contradicted as more evidence emerged. Black families who have lost Seattle ordered to pay over $30 million for fatal shooting of teen in 2020 protest 01/29/2026 08:24pm • SEATTLE (AP) — A jury on Thursday ordered the city of Seattle to pay more than $30 million over the unsolved, fatal shooting of a teenager at the “ Capitol Hill Occupied Protest " zone, which arose in 2020 following the murder of George Floyd. The King County jury returned the verdict following Family of Alex Pretti retains lawyer who helped prosecute the George Floyd case 01/28/2026 04:59pm • The parents of Alex Pretti have retained a former federal prosecutor who helped Minnesota’s attorney general convict the police officer who kneeled on George Floyd’s neck of murder. Pretti, an intensive care nurse at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center, was shot multiple times on Saturday as he wa The Latest: Trump wants ‘honest’ investigation into ‘very sad’ killing of Minneapolis protester The Latest: Trump wants ‘honest’ investigation into ‘very sad’ killing of Minneapolis protester 01/27/2026 08:27pm • President Donald Trump said Tuesday a “big investigation” was underway into the killing of protester and ICU nurse Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis. “I want to see the investigation. I’m going to be watching over it, and I want a very honorable and honest investigation. I have to Minneapolis shooting scrambles Second Amendment politics for Trump Minneapolis shooting scrambles Second Amendment politics for Trump 01/27/2026 04:26pm • Prominent Republicans and gun rights advocates helped elicit a White House turnabout this week after bristling over the administration’s characterization of Alex Pretti, the second person killed this month by a federal officer in Minneapolis, as responsible for his own death because he lawfully po The shootings in Minneapolis are upending the politics of immigration in Congress The shootings in Minneapolis are upending the politics of immigration in Congress 01/26/2026 08:41pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The shooting deaths of two American citizens during the Trump administration's deportation operations in Minneapolis have upended the politics of immigration in Congress, plunging the country toward another government shutdown. Democrats have awakened to what they see as a moral Videos of deadly Minneapolis shooting contradict government statements Videos of deadly Minneapolis shooting contradict government statements 01/25/2026 08:21pm • Leaders of law enforcement organizations expressed alarm Sunday over the latest deadly shooting by federal officers in Minneapolis while use-of-force experts criticized the Trump administration’s justification of the killing, saying bystander footage contradicted its narrative of what prompted it. Minneapolis mourns ICU nurse killed by a Border Patrol agent as a warmhearted neighbor and caregiver Minneapolis mourns ICU nurse killed by a Border Patrol agent as a warmhearted neighbor and caregiver 01/25/2026 06:26pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — As Minneapolis mourned the intensive care nurse killed by Border Patrol officers in a hail of gunfire, those who knew Alex Pretti came forward Sunday to dispute the narrative of top Trump administration officials that he was a violent “domestic terrorist” and would-be assass The man killed by a US Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis was an ICU nurse, family says The man killed by a US Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis was an ICU nurse, family says 01/24/2026 09:41pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Family members say the man killed by a U.S. Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis on Saturday was an intensive care nurse at a VA hospital who cared deeply about people and was upset by President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in his city. Alex Jeffrey Pretti, 37, was an
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