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Justice Department opens a federal civil rights probe into the killing of Alex Pretti, with FBI leading the investigation

Blanche did not explain why DOJ decided to open an investigation into Pretti’s killing, but has said a similar probe is not warranted in the Jan. 7...

31.01.2026 10

Fortune

Michael Biesecker

Alex Pretti, the 37-year-old man killed by Border Patrol in Minneapolis, was an ICU nurse at veterans hospital and had no criminal record

Alex Pretti grew up in Green Bay, Wisconsin, where he played football, baseball and ran track for Preble High School. He was a Boy Scout and sang in...

25.01.2026 20

Fortune

Michael Biesecker

Wife of Renee Good, the Minnesota woman killed in ICE shooting, says ‘We had whistles. They had guns’

Becca said Renee was a Christian who “knew that all religions teach the same essential truth: we are here to love each other, care for each other,...

10.01.2026 6

Fortune

Michael Biesecker

Renee Good’s ex-husband describes her as no kind of activist whatsoever, she was heading home before ICE encounter

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says the video recordings show the federal government's self-defense argument is “garbage.”

09.01.2026 10

Fortune

Michael Biesecker

Experts worry Trump’s National Weather Service cuts will result in a patchwork system where taxpayers pay private companies for accurate forecasts

The Trump administration has cut hundreds of jobs at NWS, with at least a half dozen field offices no longer staffed 24 hours a day.

08.07.2025 10

Fortune

Michael Biesecker

Microsoft says it provided AI to Israeli military for war but denies use to harm people in Gaza

The unsigned blog post on Microsoft’s corporate website appears to be the company’s first public acknowledgement of its deep involvement in the war.

17.05.2025 5

Fortune

Michael Biesecker

Microsoft hit with worker protest over its sale of AI and cloud services used in bombing target selection by Israeli military

The protest came after an investigation revealed that AI models from Microsoft and OpenAI had been used as part of an Israeli military program to...

27.02.2025 7

Fortune

Michael Biesecker