SALEM, Ore. (AP) — More than 119,000 people have been injured by tear gas and other chemical irritants around the world since 2015 and some 2,000 suffered injuries from “less lethal” impact ...

U.S. District Judge Consuelo Marshall granted a contempt motion by attorneys for Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles that called ...

A federal judge's order designed to protect the constitutional rights of nonthreatening protestors and the press in the Chicago area was paused on Wednesday after the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ...

CHICAGO — Federal agents carrying out the Trump administration’s “Operation Midway Blitz” immigration enforcement campaign will be indefinitely restricted from using riot control weapons like pepper ...

Scenes from a confrontation at 105th and Avenue N in Chicago's East Side between ICE and other federal agents and residents on October 14, 2025. Credit: Matthew Kaplan for Block Club Chicago This ...

CHICAGO -- A federal judge in Chicago on Thursday issued an extensive injunction restricting federal agents' use of force, saying Thursday that a top Border Patrol official leading an immigration ...

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