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Trump threatens to use the Insurrection Act to end protests in Minneapolis 01/16/2026 01:28am • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke an 1807 law and deploy troops to quell persistent protests against the federal officers sent to Minneapolis to enforce his administration's massive immigration crackdown. The threat comes a day after a man was shot and woun Venezuela���s new leader calls for opening oil industry to foreign investment and warmer US ties 01/15/2026 10:50pm • CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) ��� Venezuela���s acting President Delcy Rodr��guez used her first state of the union message Thursday to advocate for opening the crucial state-run oil industry to more foreign investment following the Trump administration's pledge to seize control of Venezuelan crude sales. Explosion damages homes and injures at least 4 in the Netherlands 01/15/2026 10:35pm • UTRECHT, Netherlands (AP) ��� An explosion on a residential street in the center of the Dutch city of Utrecht injured at least four people Thursday, an emergency services official said. The cause of the blast was not immediately known. The explosion, which caused a fire and widespread damage, sent p Insurrection Act: How it's been used and what Trump wants to do with it 01/15/2026 10:11pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Donald Trump would not be the first president to invoke the Insurrection Act, as he has threatened, so that he can send U.S. military forces to Minnesota. But he'd be the only commander in chief to use the 19th-century law to send troops to quell protests that started because of fe Former NBA player arrested in Fairfax Co., charged with robbery and assault 01/15/2026 09:29pm • Former NBA player Delonte West, who once played a key role on the Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers, has been arrested and charged with robbery and assault in Fairfax County, Virginia. West, 42, was arrested after the reported assault and robbery on Dec. 21 around 6:40 a.m. in the 5900 block Proposals on immigration enforcement flood into state legislatures, heightened by Minnesota action 01/15/2026 08:45pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� As Democrats across the country propose state law changes to restrict federal immigration officers after the shooting death of a protester in Minneapolis, Tennessee Republicans introduced a package of bills Thursday backed by the White House that would enlist the full force Can Democratic lawmakers curb federal immigration efforts in Maryland?��They think so 01/15/2026 08:07pm • While affordability and the state���s budget are the themes talked about by Democratic legislators, some of the laws they intend to quickly pass will target the efforts of federal immigration officers operating in the state of Maryland. One bill, Senate Bill 1, which is reserved for legislation t Digital and DNA evidence take center stage on day 3 of au pair affair murder trial 01/15/2026 07:32pm • During the third day of the murder trial of Brendan Banfield, who's accused of carrying out an elaborate plot to kill his wife and another man so he could be with his au pair, jurors in the Fairfax County courtroom saw photos showing major changes inside the Banfield home in the months after the kil Movie Review: In 'The Rip,' cops both good and dirty find millions in cash 01/15/2026 07:00pm • Lines between cop and criminal get murky in Joe Carnahan���s ���The Rip,��� a crime thriller set across one foggy Miami night, starring Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. Damon and Affleck, of course, are so closely associated with Boston ��� most recently they produced the 2024 heist movie ���The Instigat Aggressive tactics used on Minneapolis protesters raise concerns about federal officer training 01/15/2026 05:58pm • Federal immigration agents deployed to Minneapolis have used aggressive crowd-control tactics that have become a dominant concern in the aftermath of the deadly shooting of a woman in her car last week. They have pointed rifles at demonstrators and deployed chemical irritants early in confrontations Brazil's Supreme Court moves Bolsonaro to larger cell with outdoor area 01/15/2026 05:52pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) ��� A Brazilian Supreme Court Justice on Thursday ordered the transfer of former President Jair Bolsonaro from the federal police headquarters in Brasilia to a much bigger cell with an outside area in the Papuda Penitentiary Complex, also in the capital. The transfer was describe Man accused of shooting at New Hampshire country club indicted on first-degree murder, other charges 01/15/2026 05:22pm • CONCORD, N.H. (AP) ��� A man accused of opening fire at a New Hampshire country club in September has been indicted on murder, attempted murder and assault charges, authorities said Thursday. Hunter Nadeau, 24, of Nashua, is accused of killing one person and wounding two others at the Sky Meadow Cou Classes canceled, shelter in place lifted at Catholic U. in DC after reports of shots fired near campus 01/15/2026 05:14pm • Officials at the Catholic University of America in Northeast D.C. have given the all clear after earlier reports of shots fired near 7th and Monroe streets. The university's campus was under a shelter-in-place alert until 6 p.m. when officials gave the all clear notice. Evening classes have been Former New York Lt. Gov. Betsy McCaughey now running for Connecticut governor 01/15/2026 05:01pm • HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) ��� Betsy McCaughey, a Republican former lieutenant governor of New York who switched parties in an unsuccessful 1998 bid to unseat then-Gov. George Pataki, is now running for governor of Connecticut. McCaughey, 77, currently a conservative host on Newsmax and columnist for the Netanyahu says the announced start of Gaza ceasefire's next phase is a 'declarative move' 01/15/2026 04:43pm • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) ��� Israeli strikes in Gaza on Thursday killed nine people, including three women, a day after the U.S. announced that the fragile ceasefire would advance to its second phase. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the ceasefire announcement largely symbolic