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Former cable news anchor Don Lemon was arrested last night, three sources with direct knowledge tell CBS News. A source familiar says a grand jury was empaneled on this yesterday. FBI and HSI were involved in the arrest, sources say.It was not immediately clear what charges he would be facing. CBS News has reached out to Lemon’s representatives and the Department of Justice for comment.Last week, a federal appellate court declined to order a lower court judge to sign arrest warrants for five people, including Lemon, in connection with an anti-ICE protest inside a church in St. Paul, Minnesota. One…

This story first appeared at The 74, a nonprofit news site covering education. Sign up for free newsletters from The 74 to get more like this in your inbox. After federal agents killed Minneapolis mother Renee Good on Jan. 7, Fox News commentator David Marcus decried “organized gangs of wine moms,” groups of “self-important white women” who he said were using “antifa tactics to harass and impede Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.” Wine moms? Try PTA moms. It is indeed mothers who, throughout the Twin Cities, form the vanguard of community organizing to keep their kids’ classmates and educators safe.…

As clouds build over the plains today we’ll see sunny skies in the metro with seasonal highs in the 40s. Source (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by PostX News and is published from a syndicated feed.)

In a tight health care labor market, sponsoring foreign workers helped Community Hospital in Grand Junction to hire enough nurses to avoid burning its people out. But it may not have that option as the federal fee increases to $100,000 per worker. The hospital sponsored 13 people under the H-1B visa program, according to the most recent data from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Most are nurses, primarily from the Philippines, though the hospital also employs three doctors and a registered dietician under the program, said Amy Jordan, chief human resources officer. About 20 more people are in the queue…

Good morning. You’re reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today’s top stories President Trump plans to nominate Kevin Warsh to be the next chair of the Federal Reserve, replacing Jerome Powell when his term expires in May. Trump has repeatedly complained that Powell has been too timid about cutting rates. Here’s what to know about Warsh. Kevin Warsh (center) is President Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Reserve. Warsh is a former Fed governor who has echoed the president’s…

Kenneth Lee Simpson, convicted of killing a Hermann Police Officer and injuring another in a 2023 shooting, will learn Friday if he will be sentenced to death or life in prison without the possibility of parole. Source (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by PostX News and is published from a syndicated feed.)

One of the marine protected areas off La Jolla has been identified as “one of the most poached MPAs in California,” according to Del Mar-based ocean conservation group Wildcoast. Wildcoast California Conservation Manager Lillie Mulligan gave a presentation at the Jan. 26 La Jolla Parks & Beaches meeting about the status of MPAs and strategies intended to protect the marine creatures that live in them. The presentation was an information-only item on the agenda, and the board took no action. RELATED: Group buys 2,284 acres at Sargent Ranch, ending 10-year battle over proposed quarry on scenic property According to the…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel said Friday that it will reopen the pedestrian border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt in both directions over the weekend, marking an important step forward for U.S. President Donald Trump’s Gaza ceasefire plan.COGAT, the Israeli military body in charge of coordinating aid to Gaza, said in a statement that starting on Sunday a “limited movement of people only” would be allowed through the Rafah crossing, Gaza’s main gateway to the outside world.The announcement followed statements from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ali Shaath, newly appointed to head the Palestinian administrative committee governing Gaza’s daily affairs, that it would likely open soon.COGAT…

The ex-New Jersey GOP aide accused of paying a fetish artist to mutilate her body in a staged anti-Trump attack is going to shack up with her legally troubled, motorcycle-riding, marijuana-smoking childhood friend in Florida – hoping for a “fresh start.” Natalie Greene, 26, was cleared to relocate to Fort Lauderdale to live with – and be supervised by – childhood campmate Kristen Elizabeth Haughton-James, who was previously busted for cocaine possession and riding an unlicensed vehicle in the streets, a Camden court heard Wednesday. The 30-year-old told federal Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Pascal that she met Greene at summer camp…

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — We’ve got another blast of arctic air blowing our way, and this pattern change will make for some chilly and windy weather Friday and Saturday.A chilly northwest wind will push temperatures down into the upper 30s by sunrise on Friday. We’ll have more clouds than sun, making it difficult for temperature to climb out of the 40s. Then the arctic air will blow in Friday night, making for a cold and blustery Saturday.How cold will it get behind the next arctic front?It won’t be nearly as cold as what we just experienced. That said, we will…