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Sarah Ventry, NPR News, Minneapolis.
Last week, a district court judge barred officers from using tear gas and detaining peaceful protesters.
But the latest ruling from the Eighth Circuit now pauses that decision while the Trump administration pursues an appeal.
The order was published with no explanation.
This comes as immigration agents continue to have an extraordinarily heightened presence in the Twin Cities.
DHS says there are more than 2,500 in the area, more than four times the size of the Minneapolis police force.
This ruling, lifting restrictions on aggressive tactics, leaves many on edge as large-scale demonstrations are planned in the coming days and National Guard troops are on standby to deploy to the city.
Sarah Ventry, NPR News, Minneapolis.
The city is expecting somewhere around 7 to 8 inches of snow, and according to the National Weather Service, at the height of the storm, peak snowfall rates could be 1 to 2 inches per hour.
That's because this storm is front-loaded, meaning that most of the snow will happen in the first 5 to 7 hours.
This makes things particularly challenging on what is a busy travel weekend.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said that city agencies have been coordinating and are prepared for the winter weather system while they continue to monitor conditions closely.
The city has issued a travel advisory, and the Department of Sanitation is pre-deploying hundreds of salt spreaders to treat roadways with plows at the ready.
Sarah Ventry, NPR News, New York.
The city is expecting somewhere around seven to eight inches of snow.
And according to the National Weather Service, at the height of the storm, peak snowfall rates could be one to two inches per hour.
That's because this storm is front loaded, meaning that most of the snow will happen in the first five to seven hours.
This makes things particularly challenging on what is a busy travel weekend.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said that city agencies have been coordinating and are prepared for the winter weather system while they continue to monitor conditions closely.