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Lawsuit: California prisons target 'foreign-born' inmates

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:25 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California’s corrections agency routinely refers inmates who appear to be “foreign-born” to federal immigration authorities even if they are U.S. citizens and lawful residents, with some improperly detained by the government for weeks after their sentences, said a lawsuit filed in state court Thursday.The lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Foundation of Northern California also says that inmates singled out as being born outside the U.S. are denied access to rehabilitative programs. Man bites off part of LAPD officer’s finger at subway station Lawyers representing former and current inmates said in a news release announcing the lawsuit that California's policies and practices target immigrants and refugees based on place of birth, race and other prohibited classifications. Corrections officials refer hundreds of people each year to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, known as ICE, for possible deportation, even those born in the U.S., the lawsuit s...

An Insider's View of the Montana Legislature's Attacks on Trans Rep. Zooey Zephyr

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:25 GMT

The tenor of Montana’s legislative session was evident from the start. In January, less than a week into the biannual, monthslong lawmaking process, Republican state Sen. Keith Regier proposed a study to determine whether the federal government’s system of Native American reservations should be dismantled, suggesting rights to lands given to tribes after generations of dispossession should perhaps cease to exist.Peppered with racist stereotypes, the proposal ultimately crumbled in the face of local and national backlash, but the tone was set.In the months since, the Montana GOP’s willingness to push the envelope against perceived cultural enemies has only intensified, culminating this week in the expulsion of Democratic Rep. Zooey Zephyr, the first transgender lawmaker in the state’s history.“They have such anger and disdain and disgust that they can’t control it.”As policy director for the American Civil Liberties Union’s Montana office, Keegan Medrano has been in the Capitol...

Sports on TV for April 29-30

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:25 GMT

(All times Eastern)Schedule subject to change and/or blackoutsSaturday, April 29AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL5 a.m.FS2 — AFL: North Melbourne at Melbourne1 a.m. (Sunday)FS2 — AFL: Gold Coast at RichmondAUTO RACING4:25 a.m.ESPN2 — Formula 1: Grand Prix Sprint Shootout, Baku City Circuit, Baku, Azerbaijan9:25 a.m.ESPN — Formula 1: Grand Prix Sprint, Baku City Circuit, Baku, Azerbaijan10:30 a.m.FS2 — NASCAR Cup Series: Qualifying, Dover Motor Speedway, Dover, Del.11 a.m.FS1 — NASCAR Cup Series: Qualifying, Dover Motor Speedway, Dover, Del.1:30 p.m.FS1 — NASCAR Xfinity Series: The A-GAME 200, Dover Motor Speedway, Dover, Del.3 p.m.NBC — AMA Monster Energy Supercross: Round 15, Nashville, Tenn.BASKETBALL AFRICA LEAGUE9 a.m.NBATV — CFV-Beira vs. Petro de Luanda, Cairo, EgyptCOLLEGE BASEBALL12 p.m.SECN — Texas A&M at Arkansas2 p.m.ESPNU — Mississippi St. at Tennessee4 p.m.ACCN — Florida St. at Notre Dame5 p.m.BTN — Rutgers at Purdue7 p.m.ACCN — North Carolina at Virginia TechESPNU — Texas ...

Russia cracks down on more rights groups, raids activists

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:25 GMT

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russian authorities have cracked down on more human rights groups, ordering one to shut down and raiding the homes of advocates from another — the latest steps in a clampdown that has intensified to unprecedented levels since the Kremlin sent troops into Ukraine.Police on Friday on searched the homes of three lawyers with a rights group that advocates against torture and offers legal aid, Team Against Torture.The group said in an online statement that the raids in Nizhny Novgorod, a large city in western Russia, came as part of a criminal probe launched earlier. No other details were given out of concerns for safety of the people the group is helping, the statement said.On Thursday, a court in Moscow ordered the shutdown of the Sova Center, a prominent non-governmental organization that monitors racism and xenophobia in Russia, as well as implementation of anti-extremism laws.The authorities accused the organization of violating its legal registration in Mosc...

House votes to restore solar panel tariffs paused by Biden

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:25 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted Friday to reinstate tariffs on solar panel imports from several Southeast Asian countries after President Joe Biden paused them in a bid to boost solar panel installations in the U.S., a key part of his climate agenda.The 221-202 vote sends the measure to the Senate, where lawmakers from both parties have expressed similar concerns about what many call unfair competition from China. Biden has vowed to veto the measure if it reaches his desk.The House vote would overturn Biden’s action last year pausing threatened tariffs that had led to delays or cancellations of hundreds of solar projects across the United States.Some U.S. manufacturers contend that China has essentially moved operations to four Southeast Asian countries — Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and Cambodia — to skirt strict anti-dumping rules that limit imports from China. A Commerce Department inquiry last year found likely trade violations involving Chinese products. Biden halted the...

¡Que susto! propietario de Maryland fue a acariciar al perro de su vecino cuando se dio cuenta que era un oso

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:25 GMT

Un propietario de Chevy Chase, Maryland, dijo que casi acarició a un oso que confundió con un perro en su patio trasero el miércoles por la noche.El propietario, que no quiso ser identificado, dijo que oyó un ruido en su patio trasero en la zona de Woodlawn Road y Spring Valley Road y pensó que era el perro de su vecino. Cuando salió a investigar, se acercó al animal y estuvo a punto de acariciarlo antes de darse cuenta de que era un oso.Volvió a entrar y llamó a la policía.La casa no está lejos de donde un oso negro fue visto en un vecindario de Kensington el lunes y el martes.Un video de vigilancia muestra al oso hurgando en los cubos de basura y dándose un festín el lunes por la noche en Dewmar Lane. El martes, los vecinos volvieron a ver al oso en Culver Street.La zona está a sólo unas manzanas de la circunvalación.“Anoche ni siquiera caminé a mi perro. No iba a ir a hacerlo y puede que tampoco lo haga esta noche hasta que haya alguna resolución”, dijo el residente I...

DeSantis’ overseas trip overshadowed by fight with Disney

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:25 GMT

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hoped his first international trade mission would generate lucrative business deals and boost his foreign policy resume ahead of an expected presidential run. Instead, he faced questions about losing ground to former President Donald Trump and being taken to court by Walt Disney World.The trip reflected the intensifying pressure confronting DeSantis as some of his allies grow increasingly anxious about his White House prospects. Within a few short years, he rose from relatively a relatively obscure congressman to Trump’s leading Republican rival by embracing the former president’s cultural grievances without the constant tumult.But it turns out DeSantis isn’t immune from drama. Facing questions this week about his standing within the GOP and his fight with Disney, he’s sometimes appeared agitated, reinforcing concerns within corners of his own party about his readiness for the rigor of presidential politics. ...

Leeds winger Sinisterra done for season after ankle injury

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:25 GMT

LEEDS, England (AP) — Leeds lost a goal-scoring threat in its fight for English Premier League survival when Luis Sinisterra was ruled out for the remainder of the season Friday because of an ankle injury.The Colombia winger scored three goals in his last five appearances for relegation-threatened Leeds, which plays at Bournemouth on Sunday.Sinisterra was forced out of Tuesday’s 1-1 draw with Leicester just past the half-hour mark, shortly after he headed in Jack Harrison’s cross to give his team an early lead at Elland Road.“It’s something in his ankle, a ligament,” manager Javi Gracia said Friday.Leeds has lacked bite defensively in the absence of midfielder Tyler Adams (hamstring) and key defender Max Wober, who remains doubtful for the Bournemouth game.“It’s tough for us to lose key players. I prefer to not complain. I have enough players to compete better and try to work with them,” Gracia said.Crysencio Summerville came on for Sinisterra on Tuesday, but...

Inflation pressures remain persistent as consumers pull back

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:25 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Key measures of prices and wages remained high in March, keeping the Federal Reserve on track to raise interest rates next week for the 10th time since March of last year in its drive to defeat high inflation. An index that is closely followed by the Fed, which excludes volatile food and energy costs to capture “core” inflation, rose 0.3% from February to March and 4.6% from a year earlier, according to a report Friday from the Commerce Department. That is still far above the Fed’s 2% target rate. Some Fed officials are concerned that core inflation hasn’t declined much since reaching 4.7% in July. And a separate measure issued Friday by the Labor Department showed that workers’ pay and benefits rose 1.2% in the first three months of this year, faster than the 1.1% rise in last year’s final quarter. While that trend is good for employees, Fed officials worry that companies will seek to offset their higher labor costs by further raising prices and perpet...

Polis signs gun control bills after massacre

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:25 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s governor signed four gun control bills Friday, edging the once-purple state closer to liberal-leaning governments in California and New York just months after a shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, the latest in the state’s long history of notorious massacres.The new laws, which Democrats pushed through despite late-night filibusters from Republicans, are aimed at quelling rising suicides and youth violence, preventing mass shootings and opening avenues for gun violence victims to sue the long-protected firearm industry.Republicans decried the bills as onerous encroachments on Second Amendment rights that would impede Colorado residents’ ability to defend themselves amid a rising statewide crime rate. Proposed new gun laws advance in Colorado Senate committee Two of the new laws will raise the age to buy any firearm from 18 to 21 and install a three-day waiting period between the purchase and receipt of a gun. A third will strengthen the sta...