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The Latest: Border Patrol commander and some agents expected to leave Minneapolis, AP source says 01/26/2026 09:35pm • A senior Border Patrol commander and some agents are expected to leave Minneapolis as early as Tuesday, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. The departure of Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino, who has been at the center of the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration 30 people dead from effects of winter storm as more freezing cold pummels US 01/26/2026 08:44pm • Many in the U.S. faced another night of below-freezing temperatures and no electricity after a colossal winter storm heaped more snow Monday on the Northeast and kept parts of the South coated in ice. At least 30 deaths were reported in states afflicted with severe cold. Deep snow — over a foot (3 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 UN aid convoy delivers supplies to besieged city in northeast Syria as a shaky ceasefire holds 01/26/2026 06:58pm • DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A United Nations aid convoy unloaded humanitarian supplies in the besieged enclave of Kobani in northeast Syria, officials said Monday. It was the first aid convoy to reach the area since fighting kicked off between Syrian government forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democra Officer placed on modified duty after fatally shooting raccoon at a NYC beach 01/26/2026 06:54pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A New York police officer who fatally shot a raccoon at a New York City beach has been placed on modified duty while the matter is reviewed, according to officials. The shooting occurred Thursday morning at Rockaway Beach, after someone called 911 to report a vicious animal, a pol Editorial Roundup: United States 01/26/2026 06:24pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Jan. 26 The Washington Post says RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine campaign will make Americans sicker Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has already inflicted great damage upon America’s vaccine infrastructure, yet the health and human services secreta What we know about the investigations into the Minneapolis shooting death of Alex Pretti 01/26/2026 06:10pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The fatal shooting over the weekend of a Minneapolis man has prompted calls for a thorough independent investigation into the second death at the hands of federal immigration officers since the Trump administration began its large-scale operation in the city late last year. But m Israel recovers remains of the last hostage in Gaza. Ceasefire moves into tricky new phase 01/26/2026 05:05pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel brought home the remains of the last hostage in Gaza on Monday, closing a painful chapter for the country and clearing the way for the next and more challenging phase of its ceasefire with Hamas. The next step is likely to be the reopening of Gaza’s border with Egypt, ena In their words: An examination of statements Trump officials made about what led to Pretti’s death 01/26/2026 04:28pm • Trump administration officials swiftly sought to portray 37-year-old Alex Pretti, an intensive care nurse, as an armed disruptor intent on doing harm to federal agents when he brought his own gun to a Minneapolis street where officers clashed with protesters over President Donald Trump’s immigrati The last hostage recovered from Gaza, Ran Gvili, died fighting to save a kibbutz 01/26/2026 04:20pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — The announcement that the remains of the last hostage in Gaza, Ran Gvili, were recovered Monday ended a painful saga that had transfixed Israel for two and a half years and stalled its ceasefire agreement with Hamas. There was an outpouring of emotion in Israel after the recovery Sly Dunbar, legendary reggae drummer who anchored tracks from Bob Marley to Bob Dylan, dies as 73 01/26/2026 03:56pm • Two-time Grammy Award-winning reggae drummer Sly Dunbar, who fueled countless tracks from Bob Marley to Bob Dylan and was one-half of the influential reggae rhythm section Sly & Robbie, has died. He was 73. Dunbar’s wife, Thelma, announced the death to the Jamaica Gleaner. Dunbar and bassist R F1's secretive 'Barcelona Shakedown' test kicks off with new cars and no fans 01/26/2026 02:31pm • Ten new cars, five days, no fans. And plenty of security. Formula 1 started a new era with the public and the media excluded from the teams' reliability-focused private testing session in Spain on Monday. In an era when F1 fans have become used to getting all the details on drivers and teams, the m A Minnesota nurse is the 6th person to die during the US immigration crackdown 01/26/2026 01:37pm • At least six people have died during the Trump administration's intense immigration enforcement campaign in the U.S., the latest being a 37-year-old man who was shot by a Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis. Federal authorities immediately described Alex Pretti, a U.S. citizen, as an armed agitator Longtime DC Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton is ending her reelection campaign for Congress 01/26/2026 12:48pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Eleanor Holmes Norton, the 18-term delegate for the District of Columbia in Congress and a veteran of the Civil Rights Movement, has filed paperwork to end her campaign for reelection, likely closing out a decades-long career in public service. Norton, 88, has been the sole repre Explosion and fire at cookie factory in Greece kills 5 01/26/2026 12:40pm • TRIKALA, Greece (AP) — An explosion and fire at a cookie factory in central Greece killed five female night shift workers and left seven injured, authorities said Monday. The injured, including a firefighter, were hospitalized after the blast at the Violanta biscuit plant near the city of Trikala,