• Minnesota Democratic state senator jailed after being accused of breaking into home

    Nicole Mitchell, a 49-year-old first-term Democrat who reps the Twin Cities suburbs of Woodbury and Maplewood, was taken into custody after a homeowner called police in Detroit Lakes — 220 mi

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    Protest outside O’Hare Airport shuts down all lanes of OB I-190

    CHICAGO — A protest outside O’Hare International Airport has all lanes blocked on Interstate 190 Monday morning. All outbound lanes of I-190 are blocked due to protestors near O’Hare

  • Anti-Israel Protesters Gather Outside Sen. Schumer's Home, Demand U.S. 'Stop Arming Israel'

    Hundreds of anti-Israel protesters gathered outside of Sen. Chuck Schumer's (D-NY) home in Brooklyn, calling for the United States to "stop arming Israel."

  • Democratic Minnesota Senator and Air Force vet Nicole Mitchell, 49, arrested for burglary after being caught 'breaking into her stepmother's home'

    Nicole Mitchell, 49, a Minnesota state senator and a former Air Force Reserve Lieutenant Colonel, was arrested for suspected burglary in Detroit Lakes. Police found her inside the house where her stepmother still resides and took her into custody, leading to her detention at Becker County Jail. Colleagues expressed shock, noting her Senate work on veterans and climate policies - along with her prior military and TV meteorology career

  • GOP senators: Senate Democrats plan to dismiss Mayorkas impeachment charges

    (The Center Square) – Republican U.S. senators are sounding the alarm over a purported plan by Senate Democrats to dismiss House impeachment charges against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The House was expected to deliver impeachment charges this week after voting to impeach Mayorkas in February. They rescheduled for next week after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York, changed scheduling on the Senate calendar. Schumer has called...

  • The Democrats “Support” You. Why Protest Them?

    Why would people of the left protest the Democrats’ convention, especially regarding issues where they say they support us, such as on abortion and LGBTQ+ rights? I was asked that question by Neil Steinberg, a page-two columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times, regarding our Sunday, August 18th march on the eve of this year’s Democratic Convention More

  • Bitcoin 'halving' has taken place, CoinGecko says

    Bitcoin, the world's largest cryptocurrency, on Friday completed its halving, a phenomenon that happens roughly every four years, according to according to CoinGecko, a cryptocurrency data and analysis company. Bitcoin was fairly stable immediately afterward, falling 0.47% to $63,747. Bitcoin enthusiasts had eagerly waited for the halving - a change to the cryptocurrency's underlying technology designed to cut the rate at which new bitcoins are created. The halving was written into bitcoin's...

  • Senate Democrats kill all impeachment charges against Mayorkas

    Washington, Apr 17 (Prensa Latina) The impeachment trial against the Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, died today in the Senate after a block vote by Democrats (51-49) to put an end to this impeachment attempt. The post Senate Democrats kill all impeachment charges against Mayorkas first appeared on Prensa Latina.

  • Watch: Senate Democrats dismiss impeachment of Mayorkas

    Watch as Senate Democrats voted to end the Republican House of Representatives' impeachment of Alejandro Mayorkas on Wednesday, 17 April.

  • WATCH LIVE: Fire burning at large home in Newton

    Flames could be seen bursting through the roof of a home in Newton, Massachusetts, Wednesday. NBC10 Boston has reached out for more details on the fire on Central Avenue, which was sending flames and plumes of smoke into the air around noon on Monday. We have a crew headed to the scene and will provide updates as they come into

  • Democratic Minnesota state senator arrested on suspicion of burglary

    A Democratic state senator in Minnesota was arrested early Monday after a homeowner reported a burglary in progress, authorities said. Sen. Nicole Mitchell, 49, was booked into the Becker County Jail on Monday for a suspected first-degree burglary offense, according to online jail records. A homeowner on the 700 block of Granger Road in Detroit Lakes reported an active burglary to 911 around 4:45 a.m., Detroit Lakes Police Chief Steve Todd told FOX9 Minneapolis. During a search of the home, the...

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    Lansing home searched overnight; person still at large

    An hours-long operation overnight, on the corner of Elizabeth Street and South Foster Avenue, turned up nothing.