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Here's what to know about International Women's Day — a celebration and a call to action

By Associated Press

Officially recognized by the United Nations in 1977, International Women’s Day is commemorated in different ways and to varying degrees in places around the world.

30 more people indicted over anti-ICE protest at Minnesota church, Bondi says

By Sarah Raza, Associated Press

Attorney General Pam Bondi announced federal charges Friday against 30 more people who are accused of civil rights violations in a January protest inside a Minnesota church where a pastor works for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Italy braces for Winter Olympics with increased security and decree targeting violent protesters

By Giada Zampano, Niccolò Lupone, Associated Press

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's Cabinet approved a security decree on Thursday, introducing stricter measures to counter violent protests.

How music's biggest stars protested Trump's immigration crackdown at the Grammys

By James Pollard, Associated Press

Entertainment's awards season has coincided with the Trump administration's mass deportation campaign in Minneapolis, forcing artists to decide whether and how to join the growing cultural revolt against immigration crackdowns.

Protesters call for nationwide strike against Trump's immigration policies

By Associated Press

The demonstrations are calling for “no work, no school, no shopping” on Friday.

Journalist Don Lemon arrested after protest that disrupted Minnesota church service

By Alanna Durkin, Eric Tucker, Associated Press

The arrest came after a magistrate judge last week rejected prosecutors' initial bid to charge the journalist.

Fact-checking Trump's claim that anti-ICE protesters are 'paid agitators and insurrectionists'

By Maria Briceño, Amy Sherman, PolitiFact

With throngs of people in Minnesota protesting the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement surge, President Donald Trump and some of his allies repeatedly described the protesters as paid. Evidence shows a large volunteer protest movement in the Twin Cities.

Fact-checking FBI Director Patel's claim that guns are barred at protests

By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact

After federal immigration agents shot and killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, FBI Director Kash Patel said people cannot bring loaded firearms to protests. Laws vary by state, but the law in Minnesota, and many other states, makes guns at protests…

Families protest 5-year-old boy held at Texas facility separated from detained father

By Valerie Gonzalez, Associated Press

Dozens of immigrant families protested Saturday behind the fences of a Texas detention facility where a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father were sent this week after being detained in Minnesota.

Man is shot and killed during Minneapolis immigration crackdown, National Guard activated

By Jack Brook, Steve Karnowski, Rebecca Santana, Associated Press

A federal immigration officer shot and killed a man Saturday in Minneapolis, drawing hundreds of protesters onto the frigid streets and ratcheting up tensions in a city already shaken by another fatal shooting weeks earlier.