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Federal agents hid in back of rental truck at start of raid outside LA Home Depot

Federal agents hid in back of rental truck at start of raid outside LA Home Depot

LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. Border Patrol agents jumped out of the back of a rented box truck and made arrests Wednesday at a Los Angeles Home Depot store during an immigration raid that an agency official called “Operation Trojan Horse.
District attorneys says Alabama teen killed by police had grabbed a gun

District attorneys says Alabama teen killed by police had grabbed a gun

A district attorney said Wednesday that an Alabama police officer who fatally shot a teenager in the back was justified in his use of deadly force because the youth grabbed a gun after struggling with the officer.

Blazing new trails: 13 Minnesota cities are considering municipal cannabis stores

As some Minnesota cities fret over regulating newly legalized and normalized marijuana sales, others see an opportunity. Elk River is among 13 Minnesota cities considering opening municipally owned cannabis stores.

Lebanon's army says its troops have killed 3 of the country's most wanted drug dealers

BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese army on Wednesday said it killed three of the country’s most wanted drug dealers, who also had been involved in killing members of the military.
NYC gunman who blamed NFL for hiding brain injury dangers suffered from sports concussion, mom said

NYC gunman who blamed NFL for hiding brain injury dangers suffered from sports concussion, mom said

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The mother of the man who killed four people at a Manhattan office tower home to the NFL told 911 dispatchers during a 2022 incident when he threatened to kill himself that he suffered from a sports-related concussion and other iss
US won't seek death penalty for Mexican drug lords Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada and Rafael Caro Quintero

US won't seek death penalty for Mexican drug lords Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada and Rafael Caro Quintero

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. prosecutors said Tuesday they won't seek the death penalty in their cases against Mexican cartel kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada and Rafael Caro Quintero , the drug lord charged with orchestrating the 1985 killing of a U.S.

California marijuana grower said 9 employees were among hundreds detained in immigration raid

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California's biggest legal marijuana grower said nine of its employees were detained in a federal immigration raid last month that netted hundreds of arrests, and that the business has ended its relationship with two labor contract
Protest held at a Nova Scotia RCMP detachment over Indigenous-owned cannabis stores

Protest held at a Nova Scotia RCMP detachment over Indigenous-owned cannabis stores

Organizers behind a protest held at a Nova Scotia RCMP detachment say police action against Indigenous-owned cannabis dispensaries represents a continued attack on Mi’kmaq sovereignty.
Sha'Carri Richardson narrowly misses qualifying for 200-meter final, ending her US championships

Sha'Carri Richardson narrowly misses qualifying for 200-meter final, ending her US championships

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Sha’Carri Richardson narrowly missed qualifying for the 200-meter final Sunday at the U.S. track and field championships, concluding what's been a tumultuous week for the sprinter in the Pacific Northwest.
Appeals court keeps order blocking Trump administration from indiscriminate immigration sweeps

Appeals court keeps order blocking Trump administration from indiscriminate immigration sweeps

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Friday night to uphold a lower court’s temporary order blocking the Trump administration from conducting indiscriminate immigration stops and arrests in Southern California.
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