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The Hennepin County Medical Center emergency department is seen Friday, Jan. 30, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Takeaways from AP report on ICE claims that immigrant shattered his skull running into wall
A Mexican immigrant was taken to a Minneapolis hospital earlier this month after bones in his face and skull were broken while he was in federal custody.
 
The Hennepin County Medical Center emergency department is seen Friday, Jan. 30, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into wall triggers tension at a Minnesota hospital
Nurses in Minneapolis doubted federal immigration officers’ claims about a Mexican immigrant’s severe injuries.
 
This undated photo provided by Michael Pretti shows Alex J. Pretti, the man who was shot by a federal officer in Minneapolis on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (Michael Pretti via AP)
Minneapolis mourns ICU nurse killed by a Border Patrol agent as a warmhearted neighbor and caregiver
Family members say the man who was killed by a federal officer in Minneapolis was an intensive care nurse at a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital who cared deeply about people.
 
Demonstrators hold signs during a protest in response to the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti in Minneapolis earlier in the day Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Caroline Brehman)
Videos of the deadly Minneapolis shooting of Alex Pretti contradict government statements
Law enforcement leaders are expressing alarm over a deadly shooting by federal officers in Minneapolis.
 
This undated photo provided by Michael Pretti shows Alex J. Pretti, the man who was shot by a federal officer in Minneapolis on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (Michael Pretti via AP)
The man killed by a US Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis was an ICU nurse, family says
Family members say the man who was killed by a federal officer in Minneapolis was an intensive care nurse at a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital who cared deeply about people and was upset by President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in his city.
 
Joseph Bongiovanni, left, leaves federal court with his wife, Lindsay Bongiovanni, after being sentenced to 5 years in prison on corruption charges, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026, in Buffalo, N.Y. (AP Photo/Jim Mustian)
Former DEA agent sentenced to 5 years in prison for using badge to protect drug trafficking friends
A former DEA agent has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for corruption. A jury convicted Joseph Bongiovanni of using his badge to protect childhood friends involved in drug trafficking in Buffalo, New York.
 
Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez makes a statement to the press at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
AP obtains documents showing Venezuelan leader Delcy Rodríguez has been on DEA’s radar for years
The Associated Press has learned that Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela’s acting president, has surfaced in nearly a dozen DEA investigations, several of which remain ongoing.
 
People gather around a makeshift memorial honoring the victim of a fatal shooting involving federal law enforcement agents, near the site of the shooting, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Tom Baker)
Family and neighbors mourn woman who was shot by ICE agent and made Minneapolis home
The woman shot and killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis was a U.S. citizen and mother of a 6-year-old.
 
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, walks from the Senate chamber as Senate Republicans vote on President Donald Trump's request to cancel about $9 billion in foreign aid and public broadcasting spending, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, July 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr., File)
Once a feared watchdog, Sen. Grassley now backs Trump amid DOJ upheaval
Chuck Grassley has made a name for himself in Washington with his longtime support for whistleblowers.
 
Piles of trash fill the ditch across a construction site in the Trinity Gardens neighborhood in northwest Houston, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Lekan Oyekanmi )
DOJ ends monitoring of illegal dumping in Houston in retreat from environmental justice
The U.S. Justice Department has withdrawn from an agreement with Houston to curb illegal dumping in Black and Latino neighborhoods.
 
Wilma Fuentes yells at Customs and Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino and some of his agents as they walk through a neighborhood during an immigration crackdown, in Kenner, La., Dec. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
Records reviewed by AP detail online monitoring, arrests in New Orleans immigration crackdown
State and federal authorities are monitoring online criticism and protests against the immigration crackdown in New Orleans.
 
President Donald Trump answers questions from reporters during a roundtable on criminal cartels in the State Dining Room of the White House, Oct. 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Trump says stopping suspected drug boats doesn’t work. But the US reports record cocaine seizures
President Donald Trump has justified American military strikes on boats suspected of smuggling drugs by saying the longtime U.S. strategy of interdicting such vessels has been a major failure.
 
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on Air Force One on his way to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Justice Department quietly replaced ‘identical’ Trump signatures on recent pardons
President Donald Trump is facing new scrutiny over the use of a replicated signature on several recent pardons.
 
This photo provided by Safe Restraints Inc., in October 2025, shows a custom version of the WRAP restraining equipment made for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. (Safe Restraints via AP, File)
Citing AP investigation, senators demand answers on use of full-body restraints during deportations
A group of 11 Democratic U.S. senators has raised concerns about the use of full-body restraints on deportation flights.
 
This undated photo provided by his family on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025, shows Chanthila “Shawn” Souvannarath, who was born in a refugee camp in Thailand but has lived most of his life in the U.S. (Family photo via AP)
Judge’s order blocking removal of man from US wasn’t received until after he was deported, DHS says
Immigration authorities say they did not receive word of a court order blocking the removal of an Alabama father until after he had been deported to Laos.
 
Security walk outside "Camp 57," a facility to house immigration detainees at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La., on Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
Man deported to Laos despite court order blocking his removal, attorneys say
U.S. immigration officials have deported a man to Laos despite a federal court order blocking his removal.
 
This photo provided by Safe Restraints Inc., in October 2025, shows a custom version of the WRAP restraining equipment made for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. (Safe Restraints via AP)
Takeaways from the AP investigation into ICE’s use of a full-body restraint device known as the WRAP
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been using a full-body restraint device called the WRAP during deportations.
 
This photo provided by Safe Restraints Inc., in October 2025, shows a custom version of the WRAP restraining equipment made for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. (Safe Restraints via AP)
ICE’s use of full-body restraints during deportations raises concerns over inhumane treatment
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been using a full-body restraint device called the WRAP during deportations.
 
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry speaks to reporters outside "Camp 57," a facility to house immigration detainees at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La., Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
ACLU says ICE is unlawfully punishing immigrants at a notorious Louisiana detention center
The American Civil Liberties Union is accusing the Trump administration of unlawfully punishing immigration detainees for past crimes by transferring them to a notorious Louisiana prison.
 
The Department of Justice seal and podium is viewed at the Department of Justice headquarters in Washington, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
Trump taps longtime investigator to serve as next Justice Department watchdog
President Donald Trump has tapped a career government attorney as the next independent watchdog of the Justice Department.
 
In this photo released by the US Embassy in Wellington, New Zealand, FBI Director Kash Patel cuts the ribbon at the official opening of the FBI office in Wellington, New Zealand, July 31, 2025. (Ola Thorsen/US Embassy via AP, File)
FBI boss Kash Patel gave New Zealand officials 3D-printed guns illegal to possess under local laws
On a visit to New Zealand, FBI Director Kash Patel gave the country’s police and spy bosses gifts of inoperable pistols that were illegal to possess under local gun laws and had to be destroyed.
 
In this image from body camera video from the DeSoto Parish Sheriff's Office, Jarius Brown is interviewed following a jailhouse beating that left him with a bruised face, fractured eye socket and broken nose at the DeSoto Parish Detention Center in Mansfield, La., on Sept. 27, 2019. (DeSoto Parish Sheriff's Office via AP)
A brutal beating by deputies was caught on tape. They were cleared by state police anyway
Never-before-seen footage shows two Louisiana deputies punching an inmate more than 50 times during a jailhouse strip-search in 2019.
 
This undated combination of images provided provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation shows a person of interest in connection with the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025, in Orem, Utah. (Federal Bureau of Investigation via AP)
Man arrested in Charlie Kirk’s killing had no known criminal history, had become ‘more political’
The family of the young Utah man accused of shooting Charlie Kirk has told authorities he had recently become “more political” and recounted a dinner table conversation where they discussed whether the conservative activist was spreading hate.
 
CORRECTS PHOTOGRAPHER LAST NAME FROM CROEWLEY TO CROWLEY - Law enforcement tapes off an area after Charlie Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, was shot at Utah Valley University, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025, in Orem, Utah. (Tess Crowley/The Deseret News via AP)
Charlie Kirk’s shooting death exposes security gaps at political events
Security experts are questioning the protection provided to Charlie Kirk at the Utah college where he was fatally shot.
 
Acting U.S. Attorney Michael Simpson for the Eastern District of Louisiana, left, speaks about the indictment of New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell on Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, in New Orleans. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)
New Orleans mayor indicted over allegations of trying to hide relationship with bodyguard
A federal grand jury has indicted New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell after a long corruption investigation.
 
In this image from surveillance video obtained by the Louisiana State Police, Trooper Kasha Domingue confronts Clifton “Scotty” Dilley in Baton Rouge, La., early July 10, 2018. (Louisiana State Police/U.S. District Court via AP)
Louisiana to pay $9 million to a man who was shot in the back by state trooper during traffic stop
Louisiana officials have agreed to pay $9 million to a man who was partially paralyzed after a state trooper shot him in the back during a 2018 traffic stop in Baton Rouge.
 
This image from surveillance video obtained by The Associated Press shows Shane Tamura outside a Manhattan office building on Monday, July 28, 2025 in New York. (AP Photo)
Questions emerge about NYC gunman’s mental health and his security-sensitive job in Las Vegas
The gunman in the deadly shooting at a New York City office tower had a background in casino surveillance and once held a private security guard license.
 
Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook speaks during a press conference announcing the indictment of current and former police officers on fraud and conspiracy charges, Wednesday, July 16, 2025, at the Lafayette Federal Courthouse in Lafayette, La. (Brad Bowie/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)
Wife of embattled Louisiana police chief charged in immigration visa fraud scheme also arrested
The wife of a Louisiana police chief, who was charged amid a sweeping federal investigation into an immigration visa fraud scheme, was also arrested on Thursday.
 
Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook speaks during a press conference announcing the indictment of current and former police officers on fraud and conspiracy charges, Wednesday, July 16, 2025, at the Lafayette Federal Courthouse in Lafayette, La. (Brad Bowie/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)
Feds charge 3 current or former Louisiana police chiefs in an alleged visa fraud scheme
Federal authorities have charged three current or former Louisiana police chiefs with taking bribes in exchange for filing false police reports that would allow noncitizens to seek a visa that lets certain crime victims stay in the U.S.
 
People search along the Guadalupe River after flooding in Kerrville, Texas on Wednesday , July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
A decade of missed opportunities: Texas couldn’t find $1M for flood warning system near camps
Over the last decade, an array of local and state agencies have missed opportunities to fund a flood warning system intended to avert the type of disaster that swept away dozens of youth campers and others in Kerr County, Texas.
 
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