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ICE says it doesn't need judicial warrants to enter homes. What to know.

ICE says it doesn't need judicial warrants to enter homes. What to know.

USA Today — A constitutional law expert called the new ICE policy authorizing agents to enter homes without a judge's warrant a "violation of fundamental rights."

Moving cars, panic, gunfire. Immigration shootings fit growing pattern

Moving cars, panic, gunfire. Immigration shootings fit growing pattern

USA Today — An analysis of recent shootings involving immigration agents showed officers using tactics that experts say flout established policing standards.

Suspect in Charlie Kirk shooting arrested in Utah. Here's what we know.

Suspect in Charlie Kirk shooting arrested in Utah. Here's what we know.

USA Today — Authorities identified the suspect in Charlie Kirk's assassination as 22-year-old Tyler Robinson.

Clinging to rafters: How staff at all-boys camp in Texas saved hundreds from floodwaters

Clinging to rafters: How staff at all-boys camp in Texas saved hundreds from floodwaters

USA Today — Taking swift action, counselors at Camp La Junta in the Texas Hill Country managed to evacuate hundreds of children from a raging flood.

Trump says no exemptions on steel, aluminum tariffs; more are coming: Updates

Trump says no exemptions on steel, aluminum tariffs; more are coming: Updates

USA Today — President Donald Trump said he does not intend to carve out exemptions to the 25% steel and aluminum tariffs that took effect last week.

Helicopter black box and 41 bodies recovered; Army identifies 2 soldiers: DC crash recap

Helicopter black box and 41 bodies recovered; Army identifies 2 soldiers: DC crash recap

USA Today — While authorities focus on the cause of the US's deadliest aviation disaster since 2001, families are mourning their loved ones. Here's the latest.

Helene wreaking havoc across Southeast; 39 dead; 4M in the dark: Updates

Helene wreaking havoc across Southeast; 39 dead; 4M in the dark: Updates

USA Today — Hurricane Helene still wielded enough power to inflict historic flooding across multiple states, millions of power outages and widespread damage.

Trump rally shooter Thomas Crooks: Neighbors, classmates, employer speak

Trump rally shooter Thomas Crooks: Neighbors, classmates, employer speak

USA Today — The FBI identified the shooter as a 20-year-old from Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. His employer says he passed a background check for his job.

Gaza cease-fire resolution backed by US fails in UN Security Council

Gaza cease-fire resolution backed by US fails in UN Security Council

USA Today — A U.S.-sponsored resolution on a cease-fire in Gaza failed in the U.N. Security Council on Friday.

Small town residents unite to fight a common enemy: A huge monkey farm

Small town residents unite to fight a common enemy: A huge monkey farm

USA Today — Residents of the rural city of Bainbridge, Georgia, are fighting a planned breeding facility slated to hold up to 30,000 monkeys for medical research.

Head of UCF's veterans program once convicted in high-profile military sexual assault case

Head of UCF's veterans program once convicted in high-profile military sexual assault case

Orlando Sentinel — Michael Kepner, who was hired to run UCF's military outreach program last July, was sentenced to four months in a military prison in 2015.

'It's breaking them': Amid guns and poverty, Black teens often wind up in survival mode

'It's breaking them': Amid guns and poverty, Black teens often wind up in survival mode

Tallahassee Democrat — The pandemic made Leon County's poorest even poorer; kids who had nothing before COVID-19 and struggled are now angrier and more desperate.