34 h. ago Government signals tougher crackdown on junk food advertising to children

A newly published updated nutrient profiling model will bring more food products into the ‘less healthy’ category.

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34 h. ago Border Patrol commander to leave Minneapolis after shooting of Alex Pretti

Gregory Bovino, aggressive promoter of Trump’s deportation agenda, also said to have been stripped of ‘commander at large’ titleGregory Bovino, the Border Patrol commander who has become the public face of the Trump administration’s on-the-ground immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, is expected to leave the city on Tuesday, as the Trump administration reshuffles leadership of its immigration enforcement operation and scales back the federal presence after a second fatal shooting by officers.A senior Trump administration official told Reuters that the 55-year-old, who has been a lightning rod for criticism from Democrats and civil liberties activists, would be leaving Minnesota along with some of the agents deployed with him. Continue reading...

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42 h. ago Experts say the divide between Minnesota and federal authorities is unprecedented

A new Minnesota website lays out evidence to counter what state officials have called federal misinformation after immigration officials fatally shot two residents during the Trump administration's immigration crackdown

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66 h. ago Minneapolis shooting: Obama and Clinton urge Americans to ‘stand up’ as more Republicans call for an investigation – live

Some elected officials condemn Trump’s federal surge in Minnesota and say DHS agents should leave stateAlex Pretti did not brandish gun, witnesses say in sworn testimonyCalls mount on Trump administration to fully investigate killingMinnesota workers pressure employers to take action against ICE operationsAlex Pretti, a Veterans Affairs Hospital ICU nurse, was said to be deeply upset about the Trump administration’s sometimes brutal immigration crackdown. The 37-year-old has been described as kindhearted by his friends and family (see opening post to read what his parents said about him in a statement issued after he was killed).Dimitri Drekonja, chief of the Infectious Diseases Section at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs hospital and a colleague of Pretti, called him “a good kind person who lived to help.” Pretti was a nurse working “to support critically ill veterans,” he added. Continue reading...

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67 h. ago Minneapolis shooting: More Republican lawmakers join calls for full investigation into Alex Pretti’s killing – live

Some elected officials condemn Trump’s federal surge in Minnesota and say DHS agents should leave stateAlex Pretti did not brandish gun, witnesses say in sworn testimonyCalls mount on Trump administration to fully investigate killingMinnesota workers pressure employers to take action against ICE operationsAlex Pretti, a Veterans Affairs Hospital ICU nurse, was said to be deeply upset about the Trump administration’s sometimes brutal immigration crackdown. The 37-year-old has been described as kindhearted by his friends and family (see opening post to read what his parents said about him in a statement issued after he was killed).Dimitri Drekonja, chief of the Infectious Diseases Section at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs hospital and a colleague of Pretti, called him “a good kind person who lived to help.” Pretti was a nurse working “to support critically ill veterans,” he added. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago ‘Alex Pretti was murdered’: NBA’s Haliburton among sports stars to condemn Minnesota killing

37-year-old shot dead by federal agents on SaturdayAngel Reese and Ryan Clark also post about shootingHall of famer Alan Page seen at anti-ICE protestsA number of prominent US sports stars have condemned the killing of a registered nurse, Alex Pretti, by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday.Pretti, 37, is the second person shot and killed by federal agents in Minneapolis in less than three weeks as protests over Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown sweep the city. Senior Trump administration officials have claimed Pretti intended to “massacre” federal officers with a handgun but video of the killing appears to contradict those claims. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Mum brutally slammed as she shares the birthday ‘cake’ she made for her baby which includes a bone marrow frosting

AS parents, we know how important it is to give our kids healthy and nutritious food. But one mum seems to have taken it too far for people's liking as she shared the birthday 'cake' she made for her one-year-old. Bridget Levine took to social media to share the cake recipe she came up with...

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6 d. ago ‘It’s like they’re hunting’: US citizens and legal residents report increase in racial profiling by ICE

Trump administration’s immigration crackdown has led some people to take drastic measures to ensure their safetyIt was a normal Tuesday morning for Mohamed when he left his San Diego, California house for his daily exercise in mid-January. But as he walked around Colina del Sol park, four US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents approached and encircled the middle-aged father, who is using a pseudonym out of fear of retaliation from federal agents. The officers, Mohamed said, who wore jackets with ICE emblazoned on them and balaclavas that obscured their faces, asked for his green card before they began drilling him with questions about what he was doing in the park.“I was terrified,” Mohamed, a lawful permanent resident from Somalia, said through a translator. The ordeal ended shortly thereafter, but the experience has left a lasting impact on him. “I have high blood pressure,” Mohamed said about the encounter he believes was racial profiling. “I used to do my daily exer...

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6 d. ago Army orders military police to get ready for a possible Minneapolis deployment, AP source says

The U.S. Army has ordered several dozen additional active-duty soldiers to prepare for a possible deployment to Minneapolis if needed amid protests over the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement crackdown

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7 d. ago Homemade Bounty bars, savoury granola and flapjacks: Melissa Hemsley’s recipes for healthy sweet treats

Coconut bars with matcha, a nutty rubble for soups, sandwiches or toast, and super-simple almond butter flapjacksI love a Bounty, although I call them paradise bars. I also love matcha (and not only for its health-supporting benefits). Though my partner doesn’t enjoy drinking matcha tea, when I mix it into the sweetness of the coconut filling, even he’s on board. Then, a very munchable and grabbable savoury granola, and flapjacks that you can throw together in minutes for a week’s worth of on-the-go snacks. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Doctors in Minnesota decry fear and chaos amid Trump administration's immigration crackdown

Doctors say immigrant patients are missing key medical appointments, afraid to come to medical clinics amid the Trump administration’s sweeping Minnesota immigration crackdown

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8 d. ago ‘The struggle continues’: MLK Day celebrated amid tense political climate

Holiday marked with parades and services but tempered by anxieties over racial and social equality under TrumpMartin Luther King Jr Day was marked with parades and services across the US on Monday. But the celebration for the achievements of the slain 60s civil rights leader was tempered by contemporary anxieties over racial and social equality and Trump administration’s crackdown in Minneapolis.At a rally in Harlem, the Rev Al Sharpton referred to Renee Good, the 37-year-old mother of three who was killed by an immigration officer in Minneapolis earlier this month. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Iran admits 5,000 were killed in brutal protest crackdown with clerics warning they could U

The death toll was confirmed by authorities in the Islamic Republic, with a government official saying at least 500 of those killed were security personnel.

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1 week ago I'm locking myself in a room for an entire YEAR, my wife will deliver food to the door and manage the household... it's the ONLY way I can lose weight and develop healthy habits

Most middle aged men would join a gym, but Chip Boyce, from Utah, has decided that the best solution for him is to lock himself in a room for an entire year.

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1 week ago Man freed after Minneapolis immigration raid says he now fears leaving home

A man who fled civil war in Liberia as a child says he has been afraid to leave his Minneapolis home since being released from an immigration detention center following his arrest during the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown

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1 week ago ‘You don’t want this smoke’: US sheriff reflects on her viral remarks about ICE

Philadelphia sheriff Rochelle Bilal’s words have become a rallying cry against Trump’s immigration crackdown“You don’t want this smoke,” Rochelle Bilal, Philadelphia’s sheriff, warned Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents during an 8 January press conference. Her words have since become a rallying cry for resistance to the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. At the conference with Larry Krasner, Philadelphia’s district attorney, and city council members, Bilal spoke out against the 7 January fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. “We stand here today with all those who stand against the made-up, fake, what you can call ICE, professional law enforcement,” she said at the conference. “I don’t call them none of that. I call them made-up, fake, wannabe law enforcement. Because what they do is against not only legal law, but the moral law.”Bilal is part of a growing body of elected officials who are speaking out against the Trump administ...

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1 week ago Minnesota leaders decry targeting by US justice department over ICE turmoil

Governor Tim Walz says ‘weaponizing the justice system is an authoritarian tactic’ as he and Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey reportedly will be subpoenaedThe US justice department is investigating Minnesota’s political leaders for allegedly conspiring to obstruct the Trump administration’s controversial immigration crackdown there, according to multiple reports.The investigation, which CBS News first reported, marks an extraordinary use of federal power to challenge two of the crackdown’s most vocal Democratic critics, including the state’s governor, Tim Walz, and the mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey. Continue reading...

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1 week ago US justice department to inquire into Minnesota leaders for alleged conspiracy to obstruct ICE

Tim Walz, state’s Democratic governor and Jacob Frey, Minneapolis mayor, have been vocal critics of immigration crackdownThe US justice department is investigating Minnesota’s political leaders for allegedly conspiring to obstruct the Trump administration’s controversial immigration crackdown there, according to multiple reports.The investigation, which CBS News first reported, marks an extraordinary use of federal power to challenge two of the crackdown’s most vocal Democratic critics, including the state’s governor, Tim Walz, and the mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Pritzker likens Trump’s America to the early days of Nazi Germany

The Illinois governor has criticized the Trump administration for its immigration crackdown, which has reportedly led to thousands of arrests in the state

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1 week ago Busy, stressed and hungry? Deliciously Ella has fast, healthy answers

Juggling the school run, work deadlines and the weekly shop doesn’t leave much headspace for dinner inspiration. In her new book, ‘Quick Wins’, Deliciously Ella sets out fast, healthy and flexible recipes designed for real life – without the meal-prep pressure

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