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Meanwhile, the city's tourism is being affected, according to a new survey by tourism organization Meet Minneapolis, which says 80 percent of the restaurants, hotels, attractions and service providers polled said the ICE surge has resulted in canceled, postponed or reduced bookings and sales.
The survey says 13 Minnesota hotels say they've lost around $3 million in revenue due to ICE activity.
Tonya J. Powers, Fox News.
Following a lengthy discussion with prosecutors and defense lawyers, Judge Gregory Caro set Luigi Mangione's New York State murder trial for June 8th.
Mangione's lawyers objected to the June date, telling the judge that at that time they'll be consumed with preparing for Mangione's federal trial, which is set to start on September 8th.
The judge's answer, quote, be ready.
Mangione also spoke out in court in protest of the date, telling the judge, quote, it's the same trial twice, double jeopardy by any common sense definition.
He has pleaded not guilty to both state and federal charges at the December 2024 death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, who was gunned down outside a hotel in Midtown Manhattan.
In New York City, Tonya J. Powers, Fox News.
The Blue Square Alliance Against Hate, which was founded by Patriots owner Robert Kraft, will air a $15 million 30-second ad during Sunday's Super Bowl that urges Americans to stand up to Jewish hate and hate of all kinds.
It's the third straight year the Blue Square Alliance has advertised during the Super Bowl.
Last year's ad starred NFL quarterback Tom Brady and rapper Snoop Dogg, but did not directly mention anti-Semitism.
The group says its research shows that while Jewish people account for only 2% of the U.S.
population, they are the target of nearly 70% of faith-based hate crimes in the country.
Tonya J. Powers, Fox News.
District Judge Ana Reyes denied the Trump administration's request to dismiss a lawsuit that challenges the Homeland Security Department's end of temporary protected status, or TPS, for more than 350,000 Haitians.
The scathing 83-page ruling from Judge Reyes says that DHS Secretary Christine Noem did not have the authority to end TPS and that the protections will stay in place until the case works its way through the legal system.
A Homeland Security spokesperson has promised an appeal and that they would take it to the Supreme Court.
TPS was created by Congress and is a designation that the U.S.