Akila Shirals remembers the day in 1992 when the Bloods and Crips gangs in his Watts neighborhood agreed to a ceasefire.

We had a barbecue. It was like it became a family reunion. I mean, we had a three-decade war.

You know, so the release was just extraordinary.

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The Department of Homeland Security will partially shut down late tonight unless Congress can't agree on a funding bill.

The Senate failed yesterday to advance one.

Democrats are demanding major changes to immigration enforcement.

This comes after federal agents shot and killed two Minneapolis protesters last month.

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is asking state residents to stay vigilant

while the federal government withdraws immigration officers from the state.

President Trump's borders are Tom H, says the drawdown is happening

because federal officials were able to get unprecedented cooperation from state and local

law enforcement. He says that federal officers now have more access to undocumented people

held in county jails. The Minnesota Public Radio's Estelle T. Mar Wilcox reports the

specifics of Homan's claim are unclear. The officials we've heard from say they've had productive

talks with Homan, but several county sheriffs say they didn't change any enforcement policies.

So we're yet to see if county jails really do start giving ice that increased access, as Homan mentioned.

Estill Timar Wilcox reporting. A landmark social media trial against social media platforms, Instagram, and YouTube continues today in Los Angeles.

NPR's Bobby Allen reports a jury is weighing whether the platforms were designed to

addict young people. Meta and Google have told jurors social media is not clinically

addictive. Packing the courtroom are grieving parents whose children have died from self-harm

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