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Under the dim lights of the Lower East Side’s Maison Nur, art world luminaries gathered to celebrate Observer’s Art Power Index—and each other. From the impassioned speeches to the sharp tailoring and ...

Hundreds more U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are headed to the Twin Cities, according to an announcement from U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem. Noem said on Fox ...

A U.S. Border Patrol officer threatened to arrest a legal observer in Key Largo, Florida, today for following the officer, video of the encounter posted on Instagram shows. The video is another ...

A person holds an American flag during a protest in downtown Durham on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, held in response to Wednesday’s fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration agent in ...

An age-old activist group popularized the protest tactic that 37-year-old Renee Good reportedly used before an immigration agent shot and killed her in Minnesota. Good belonged to an “ICE Watch” ...

It is still not clear if Renee Good was an official constitutional observer, but her death is prompting hundreds of community members to get trained to document ICE activity. The Immigrant Defense ...

Editor’s note: The above video previously aired on Nov. 30. NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) — As the Department of Homeland Security continues ICE operations in New York City, some residents are looking for ...

Harry Aikines-Aryeetey has myostatin deficiency Getty Images; design: Kelsea Petersen “A blessing and a curse” is how Harry Aikines-Aryeetey describes the genetic quirk that means his body carries ...

MINNEAPOLIS — As immigration enforcement activity continues to surge in the Twin Cities, so has the number of people mobilizing to observe and document those operations. Groups that help ICE observers ...

Scientists discovered that the first 100 base pairs of human genes are unusually prone to mutations, especially during the earliest stages of embryonic development. These mosaic mutations often go ...

Families are struggling, “particularly in this economy,” Salvation Army of Greater Charlotte Major Andrew Wiley said. “They are struggling to just make ends meet – pay the rent, put food on the table ...