Investigators from the FBI survey the scene where an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a suspect after the suspect drove his car at the arresting officers, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, in Franklin Park, Ill. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)2025-09-12T18:19:56Z CHICAGO (AP) A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot a suspect who tried to evade arrest Friday in a Chicago suburb by driving his car at officers and dragging one of them, officials said. The shooting outside the city follows days of threats by the Trump administration to surge immigration enforcement in the nations third-largest city and less than a week into an operation labeled Midway Blitz by federal officials targeting the so-called sanctuary policies in Chicago and Illinois. Investigators from the FBI survey the scene where an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a suspect after the suspect drove his car at the arresting officers, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, in Franklin Park, Ill. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty) Investigators from the FBI survey the scene where an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a suspect after the suspect drove his car at the arresting officers, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, in Franklin Park, Ill. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More The Department of Homeland Security said in a news release that the officer was trying to arrest a man with a history of reckless driving who had entered the country illegally, but he refused officers orders and instead drove his car at them. An ICE officer who was hit and dragged by the car felt his life was threatened and opened fire, the department said. ICE said both the officer and the driver from the shooting in the majority Hispanic suburb of Franklin Park, about 18 miles (29 kilometers) west of Chicago, were taken to a local hospital, where the suspect was pronounced dead. ICE identified the suspect as Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez. The Associated Press was not able to immediately reach Villegas-Gonzalezs family members. Immigration advocates and local officials said they knew little about him as of Friday afternoon. The officer has not been identified. Stay up to date with the latest U.S. news by signing up to our WhatsApp channel. We are praying for the speedy recovery of our law enforcement officer. He followed his training, used appropriate force, and properly enforced the law to protect the public and law enforcement, Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said he is aware of the shooting and demanded a full, factual accounting of whats happened today to ensure transparency and accountability. Law enforcement personnel investigate after the Department of Homeland Security said an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot a man in the Franklin Park suburb of Chicago on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. (Candace Dane Chambers/Chicago Sun-Times via AP) Law enforcement personnel investigate after the Department of Homeland Security said an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot a man in the Franklin Park suburb of Chicago on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. (Candace Dane Chambers/Chicago Sun-Times via AP) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Video from the scene shows police tape and traffic cones blocking off parts of the street where a large food distribution truck and gray car can be seen from a distance. Multiple law enforcement vehicles were surrounding the area.Amid the Trump administrations immigration crackdown in Los Angeles earlier this summer, at least two people died while attempting to evade ICE a farmworker who fell from a greenhouse roof during a raid and a man struck by an SUV while running from agents outside a Home Depot store.At a Friday news conference, immigration advocates argued that the Chicago area shooting represents how militarized immigration enforcement harms communities and demanded transparency and accountability from ICE agents involved in the shooting.They were flanked by about two dozen protesters who chanted and banged on drums while holding a banner declaring, End Detention, Welcome Immigrants.The Trump deportation machine is out of control and operating with no transparency or accountability and leading to senseless harm to our communities, said Lawrence Benito, executive director of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights.Illinois Rep. Norma Hernandez called the shooting a tragedy and decried ICE officials attempts to blame the man who died. These tactics have led to the loss of life of one of our community members, Hernandez said. He is not the first and he will unfortunately not be the last. Investigators from the FBI survey the scene where an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a suspect after the suspect drove his car at the arresting officers, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, in Franklin Park, Ill. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty) Investigators from the FBI survey the scene where an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a suspect after the suspect drove his car at the arresting officers, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, in Franklin Park, Ill. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Chicagoans, meanwhile, have been preparing for weekend Mexican Independence Day celebrations that include parades, festivals, street parties and car caravans, despite the potential immigration crackdown.McLaughlin said viral social media videos and activists encouraging illegal aliens to resist law enforcement have made the work of ICE officers more dangerous.Local officials, advocates and teachers have launched citywide efforts in the past few weeks to inform people of their rights when confronted by ICE agents. On Friday, many denied encouraging people who have entered the country illegally to resist law enforcement.We do not tell people to resist, said Jessica Vsquez, the Cook County commissioner for the 8th District, who emphasized community groups that have shared legal resources and mutual aid.___Santana reported from Washington. CHRISTINE FERNANDO Fernando is a democracy reporter covering misinformation, reproductive rights and state supreme courts for The Associated Press. twitter mailto REBECCA SANTANA Santana covers the Department of Homeland Security for The Associated Press. She has extensive experience reporting in such places as Russia, Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. twitter mailto

Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a joint news conference with Ecuadors Foreign Minister Gabriela Sommerfeld at the Palacio de Carondelet, in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)2025-09-12T13:24:13Z WASHINGTON (AP) Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Qatars prime minister Friday ahead of a visit to Israel this weekend, showing how the Trump administration is trying to balance relations between key Middle East allies days after Israel targeted Hamas leaders in a strike on Doha.Despite tensions between President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Rubio will arrive in Israel on Sunday for a two-day visit. It is a show of support for the increasingly isolated country before the United Nations holds likely contentious debate on the creation of a Palestinian state, which Netanyahu opposes. Rubio and Vice President JD Vance met Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani at the White House. Later Friday, Trump and special envoy Steve Witkoff had dinner with the Qatari premier in New York, where Trump went to commemorate the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. The Trump administration is walking a delicate line between two major allies after Israel took its fight with Hamas to the Qatari capital, where leaders of the militant group had gathered to consider a U.S. proposal for a ceasefire in the nearly two-year-old war in Gaza. Qatar is a key mediator, and while its leaders have vowed to press forward, the next steps are uncertain for a long-sought deal to halt the fighting and release hostages taken from Israel. Condemning the strike but supporting IsraelIsraels attack Tuesday also has ruptured Trumps hopes to secure a wider Middle East peace deal, with the rulers of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar all uniting in anger. Trump himself has distanced himself from the strike, saying it does not advance Israel or Americas goals and has promised Qatar that it would not be repeated. The U.S. also joined a U.N. Security Council statement condemning the strike without mentioning Israel by name.At a Security Council meeting Thursday, Sheikh Mohammed accused Israel of not caring about the hostages held in Gaza because of the strike but said Qatar would continue our diplomatic role without any hesitation in order to stop the bloodshed. Trumps ironclad support for an Israeli government that has increasingly flouted international norms in the war unleashed by Hamas Oct. 7, 2023, attack is a source of concern in the Gulf and one that Rubio will be forced to addressed on his trip. In a potential sign of Trumps unhappiness with Netanyahu, Rubio will meet in Israel with the families of hostages still held by Hamas, many of whom are opposed to Israels new plans to occupy Gaza City. Rubio will underscore that their relatives return remains a top priority, the State Department said.I think this is an emergency tour designed to show some kind of solidarity after the Doha strikes, said Aaron David Miller, a former U.S. diplomat who worked on Israel-Palestinian and broader Middle East issues under six secretaries of state from 1978 to 2003.They are trying to navigate a delicate balance, demonstrating irritation but in no way imposing any kind of meaningful actions against Israel, said Miller, now a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. This is a fine line the administration is walking. Rubio and Israeli leaders will discuss operational goals in GazaOn the trip, Rubio would convey Americas priorities in the Israel-Hamas conflict and broader issues concerning Middle Eastern security, reaffirming the U.S. commitment to Israeli security with an emphasis on the Trump administrations commitment to fight anti-Israel actions including unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state, the State Department said.The visit comes as efforts to broker a hostage release and ceasefire deal to end the Israeli-Hamas conflict in Gaza have stalled and Israel has moved ahead with plans to occupy Gaza City.The department said Rubio and Israeli leaders would discuss Israels operational goals and objectives in Gaza and shared attempts to persuade European nations not to recognize a Palestinian state.Rubio also is expected to visit the City of David, a popular archaeological site and tourist destination built by Israel in the Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan in contested east Jerusalem. It contains some of the oldest remains of the 3,000-year-old city. But critics accuse the sites operators of pushing a nationalistic agenda at the expense of Palestinian residents.Its parent organization, Elad, helps settle Jewish families in Arab neighborhoods as a way to stake the Jewish claim to the entire city.Israel captured east Jerusalem, home to the citys most important religious sites, in the 1967 Mideast war and annexed the area.Israel claims the entire city as its eternal, undivided capital while the Palestinians claim east Jerusalem as the capital of a future state, including the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The competing claims lie at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and frequently boil over into violence. In 2017, Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israels capital, though he said the move had no bearing on the citys final boundaries.Nonetheless, the move pleased the Israelis and enraged the Palestinians. Only a few small countries have followed suit, and the vast majority of the international community says the citys status should be settled through negotiations.___Associated Press writer Josh Boak contributed to this report. RSShttps://feedx.net https://feedx.site

Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a joint news conference with Ecuadors Foreign Minister Gabriela Sommerfeld at the Palacio de Carondelet, in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)2025-09-13T03:27:30Z MOSCOW (AP) A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck early Saturday near the east coast of Russias Kamchatka region, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.The quakes epicenter was 111.7 kilometers (69.3 miles) east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, and had a depth of 39 kms, according to the USGS.There were no immediate reports of injuries or major damages. The Pacific Tsunami Warning System briefly said there was a threat of a possible tsunami from the earthquake but later dropped the threat from its website. The Japan Meteorological Agency said warnings were issued to coastal areas about a slight change in sea levels, but that means the likelihood of damage is minimal.Russias Kamchatka Peninsula was hit by five powerful quakes the largest with a magnitude of 7.4 on July 20, 2025.

High-voltage transmission lines provide electricity to data centers in Ashburn in Loudon County, Virginia, on Sunday, July 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)2025-09-13T04:02:04Z HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) With the explosive growth of Big Techs data centers threatening to overload U.S. electricity grids, policymakers are taking a hard look at a tough-love solution: bumping the energy-hungry data centers off grids during power emergencies.Texas moved first, as state lawmakers try to protect residents in the data-center hotspot from another deadly blackout, like the winter storm in 2021 when dozens died.Now the concept is emerging in the 13-state mid-Atlantic grid and elsewhere as massive data centers are coming online faster than power plants can be built and connected to grids. That has elicited pushback from data centers and Big Tech, for whom a steady power supply is vital.Like many other states, Texas wants to attract data centers as an economic boon, but it faces the challenge of meeting the huge volumes of electricity the centers demand. Lawmakers there passed a bill in June that, among other things, orders up standards for power emergencies when utilities must disconnect big electric users. That, in theory, would save enough electricity to avoid a broad blackout on the handful of days during the year when it is hottest or coldest and power consumption pushes grids to their limits or beyond. Texas was first, but it wont be the last, analysts say, now that the late 2022 debut of OpenAIs ChatGPT ignited worldwide demand for chatbots and other generative AI products that typically require large amounts of computing power to train and operate.Were going to see that kind of thing pop up everywhere, said Michael Weber, a University of Texas engineering professor who specializes in energy. Data center flexibility will be expected, required, encouraged, mandated, whatever it is. Data centers are threatening gridsThats because grids cant keep up with the fast-growing number of data center projects unfolding in Texas and perhaps 20 other states as the U.S. competes in a race against China for artificial intelligence superiority. Grid operators in Texas, the Great Plains states and the mid-Atlantic region have produced eye-popping projections showing that electricity demand in the coming years will spike, largely due to data centers.A proposal similar to Texas has emerged from the nations biggest grid operator, PJM Interconnection, which runs the mid-Atlantic grid that serves 65 million people and data-center hotspots in Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania.The CEO of the Southwest Power Pool, which operates the grid that serves 18 million people primarily in Kansas, Oklahoma and other Great Plains states, said it has no choice but to expand power-reduction programs likely for the biggest power users to meet growing demand.The proposals are cropping up at a time when electricity bills nationally are rising fast twice the rate of inflation, according to federal data and growing evidence suggests that the bills of some regular Americans are rising to subsidize the gargantuan energy needs of Big Tech.Analysts say power plant construction cannot keep up with the growth of data center demand, and that something must change.Data center load has the potential to overwhelm the grid, and I think it is on its way to doing that, said Joe Bowring, who heads Monitoring Analytics, the independent market watchdog in the mid-Atlantic grid. Data centers might have to adjust Big Tech is trying to make their data centers more energy efficient. They are also installing backup generators, typically fueled by diesel, to ensure an uninterrupted power supply if theres a power outage.Data center operators, however, say they hadnt anticipated needing that backup power supply to help grid operators meet demand and are closely watching how utility regulators in Texas write the regulations.The Data Center Coalition, which represents Big Tech companies and data center developers, wants the standards to be flexible, since some data centers may not be able to switch to backup power as easily or as quickly as others.The grid operator also should balance that system with financial rewards for data centers that voluntarily shut down during emergencies, said Dan Diorio of the Data Center Coalition. Nations largest grid operator has a proposalPJMs just-released proposal revolves around a concept in which proposed data centers may not be guaranteed to receive electricity during a power emergency.Thats caused a stir among power plant owners and the tech industry.Many questioned PJMs legal authority to enforce it or warned of destabilizing energy markets and states scaring off investors and developers with uncertainty and risk. This is particularly concerning given that states within PJMs footprint actively compete with other U.S. regions for data center and digital infrastructure investment, the Digital Power Network, a group of Bitcoin miners and data center developers, said in written comments to PJM.The governors of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Illinois and Maryland said they worried that its too unpredictable to provide a permanent solution and that it should at least be accompanied by incentives for data centers to build new power sources and voluntarily reduce electricity use.Others, including consumer advocates, warned that it wont lower electric bills and that PJM should instead pursue a bring your own generation requirement for data centers to, in essence, build their own power source. A deal is shrouded in secrecyIn Indiana, Google took a voluntary route.Last month, the electric utility, Indiana & Michigan Power, and the tech giant filed a power-supply contract with Indiana regulators for a proposed $2 billion data center planned in Fort Wayne in which Google agreed to reduce electricity use there when the grid is stressed. The data center would, it said, reduce electricity use by delaying non-urgent tasks to when the electric grid is under less stress.However, important details are being kept from the public and Ben Inskeep of the Citizens Action Coalition, a consumer advocacy group, said that leaves it unclear how valuable the arrangement really is, if at all.A new way of thinking about electricityTo an extent, bumping big users off the grid during high-demand periods presents a new approach to electricity.It could save money for regular ratepayers, since power is most expensive during peak usage periods. Abe Silverman, an energy researcher at Johns Hopkins University, said that data centers can and do use all the electricity they want on most days. But taking data centers off the grid for those handful of hours during the most extreme heat or cold would mean not having to spend billions of dollars to build a bunch of power plants, he said.And the question is, is that worth it? Is it worth it for society to build those 10 new power plants just to serve the data centers for five hours a year? Silverman said. Or is there a better way to do it? ___Follow Marc Levy on X at: https://x.com/timelywriter MARC LEVY Levy covers politics and state government in Pennsylvania for The Associated Press. He is based in Harrisburg. twitter

Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Lisa Cook listens during an open meeting of the Board of Governors at the Federal Reserve, June 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)2025-09-13T00:07:41Z WASHINGTON (AP) Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook referred to a condominium she purchased in June 2021 as a vacation home in a loan estimate, a characterization that could undermine claims by the Trump administration that she committed mortgage fraud. President Donald Trump has sought to fire Cook for cause, relying on allegations that Cook claimed both the condo and another property as her primary residence simultaneously, as he looks to reshape the central bank to orchestrate a steep cut to interest rates. Documents obtained by The Associated Press also showed that on a second form submitted by Cook to gain a security clearance, she described the property as a second home. Cook sued the Trump administration to block her firing, the first time a president has sought to remove a member of the seven-person board of governors. Cook secured an injunction Tuesday that allows her to remain as a Fed governor. The administration has appealed the ruling and asked for an emergency ruling by Monday, just before the Fed is set to meet and decide whether to reduce its key interest rate. Most economists expect they will cut the rate by a quarter point. Bill Pulte, a Trump appointee to the agency that regulates mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, has accused Cook of signing separate documents in which she allegedly said that both the Atlanta property and a home in Ann Arbor, Michigan, also purchased in June 2021, were both primary residences. Pulte submitted a criminal referral to the Justice Department, which has opened an investigation. Claiming a home as a primary residence can result in better down payment and mortgage terms than if one of the homes is classified as a vacation home. The descriptions of Cooks properties were first reported by Reuters. Fulton County tax records show Cook has never claimed a homestead exemption on the condo, which allows someone who uses a property as their primary residence to reduce their property taxes, since buying it in 2021.The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. ___AP writer Jeff Amy in Atlanta contributed to this report. LINDSAY WHITEHURST Whitehurst covers the Supreme Court and legal affairs for The Associated Press. Shes won multiple journalism awards in a career thats spanned two decades. twitter mailto CHRISTOPHER RUGABER Rugaber has covered the Federal Reserve and the U.S. economy for the AP for 16 years. He is a two-time finalist for the Gerald Loeb award for business reporting. twitter mailto

Flames and smoke rise following Israeli airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (AP Photo)2025-09-12T14:23:31Z ADEN, Yemen (AP) Israels deadly airstrikes this week targeting Iran-backed rebels in Yemen have damaged residential areas in the countrys capital of Sanaa, leaving many houses in ruins and residents without help from authorities and unable to afford repairs on their own. Wednesdays strikes killed 46 people including 11 women and five children and wounded 165, according to a toll released late Thursday by the rebel-run health ministry in Sanaa. Most of the casualties were in Sanaa. Rebel officials said 11 local journalists were also killed in the strikes.The strikes followed a drone launched by the Houthi rebels that breached Israels multilayered air defenses and slammed into a southern Israeli airport, blowing out glass windows and injuring one person. In Yemen, a military headquarters and a Sanaa fuel station were also hit, the rebels said previously, as well as a government facility in the city of Hazm, the capital of northern Jawf province. The National Museum of Yemen was also damaged, according to the rebels culture ministry, with footage from the site showings damage to the buildings faade. In Sanaa, where Yemens yearslong civil war has impoverished many, residents told The Associated Press they cannot afford any major repairs and that the local authorities are not offering compensation or help with reconstruction. Dozens of homes in Sanaas central Tahrir area were damaged. One of the residents from there, Um Talal, said she has no faith the authorities will help repair the house where she lives with her daughter and two sons. The airstrikes knocked out their living room walls and damaged the kitchen, leaving dirt, debris and rubble, speaking to The Associated Press over the phone.Everything was lost in the blink of an eye, she said. Authorities havent even called us to this day. Despite the destruction, she said the family will fix what they can and continue living in their home. Another resident, Ahmed al-Wasabi, said he and his family luckily were not home when one of the airstrikes partially destroyed their house. The explosions terrified people who went running and children and women were crying and screaming, said Khaled al-Dabeai, a grocery shop owner who added that the force of the explosions knocked products off his shelves.Israel has previously launched waves of airstrikes in response to the Houthis firing missiles and drones at Israel. The Houthis say they are supporting Hamas and the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. The Houthis have launched missiles and drones toward Israel and targeted ships in the Red Sea for over 22 months, saying they are attacking in solidarity with Palestinians amid the war in Gaza.Houthi leader Mahdi al-Mashat vowed on Wednesday to continue the attacks, warning Israelis to stay alarmed since the response is coming for sure.___Associated Press writer Fatma Khaled in Cairo contributed to this report.

The University of California, Berkeley, told around 160 people that their names were in documents related to antisemitism complaints that were demanded by the Trump administration.