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By SARA CLINE and KATE BRUMBACK, Associated Press JENA, La. (AP) — Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil can be kicked out of the U.S. as a national security risk, an immigration judge in Louisiana found Friday during a hearing over the legality of deporting the activist who participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations. The government’s contention that Khalil’s presence in the U.S. posed “potentially serious foreign policy consequences” was enough to satisfy requirements for his deportation, Immigration Judge Jamee E. Comans said at the conclusion of a hearing in Jena. Comans said the government had “established by clear and convincing evidence that he…

LONDON (AP) — Ireland’s data privacy watchdog said Friday it’s investigating Elon Musk’s social media platform X over its use of personal data to train his artificial intelligence chatbot Grok. The Data Protection Commission said it has opened an inquiry into “the processing of personal data comprised in publicly-accessible posts” that European users posted on X. “The purpose of this inquiry is to determine whether this personal data was lawfully processed in order to train the Grok LLMs” under the bloc’s data privacy law, the commission said in a statement posted online. An LLM, or a large language model, is…

An El Paso County woman accused of faking her credentials to serve as a parental evaluator and investigator in child custody cases pleaded guilty to two felonies and a misdemeanor Friday, according to the Colorado Attorney General’s Office. Shannon McShane, 57, pleaded guilty to one count of retaliation against a victim or witness, one count of attempting to influence a public servant and one count of perjury, according to a news release. Seven counts of attempting to influence a public servant and five counts of forgery were dismissed in the plea deal. “We take fraud, and efforts to undermine the…

My parents and grandparents raised me to have the highest hopes for our country. My dad was a public servant in Washington D.C. and a college president, and my mom was a school librarian and an immigrant to this country. She and her parents miraculously survived the Holocaust and settled in America to rebuild their shattered lives. My parents’ childhoods could not have been more different, but their families taught them we have a responsibility to build opportunity for one another and for our country’s future. My wife Susan and I share those values, and they have informed her work…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday said the Trump administration must facilitate the return of a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, rejecting the administration’s emergency appeal. The court acted in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran citizen who had an immigration court order preventing his deportation to his native country over fears he would face persecution from local gangs. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis had ordered Abrego Garcia, now being held in a notorious Salvadoran prison, returned to the United States by midnight Monday. “The order properly requires the Government to ‘facilitate’ Abrego Garcia’s…

Today is Friday, April 11, the 101st day of 2025. There are 264 days left in the year. Today in history: On April 11, 1945, during World War II, U.S. Army troops liberated the Buchenwald Nazi concentration camp near Weimar, Germany. Also on this date: In 1814, Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated as emperor of the French and was banished to the island of Elba. (Napoleon later escaped from Elba and returned to power in March 1815, until his downfall in the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815.) In 1865, President Abraham Lincoln spoke to a crowd outside the White House, saying,…

Moon Alert: There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The Moon is in LIBRA. Happy Birthday for Friday, April 11, 2025: You are persuasive and diplomatic. You love to champion causes and you are forever optimistic. Service will be your theme this year, probably service to family. Therefore, take care of yourself first so you can be a resource to others. This year might be time for a makeover. ARIES (March 21-April 19) ★★★Today the Moon is opposite your sign, which turns your attention to personal relationships. Loved ones and partners will be more important to you…

Sloths show more urgency than the Rockies. On a sun-splashed Thursday at Coors Field, with fans’ growing apathy reflected in the 18,593 paid attendance, they toppled the Brewers 7-2. It was a victory that masked the ugliness of the first month. Losing the first two home series of the season should qualify as shameful. For the Rockies, this is normal, the 3-9 start fitting in with a 3-9 mark last year and a 20-loss April in 2023. That alone is reason to remain disgusted with this team. But worse, the Rockies possess a quality that most professional organizations avoid like…

Instant reaction from the University of Denver’s 3-2 loss to Western Michigan in the 2025 Frozen Four semifinals at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis: 1. DU flips the script — almost too well DU was due. And as a 3-2 loss to Western Michigan ended in heartbreak at the start of a second OT, the Pios deserved better. DU had taken a 3-0 lead into the third period of the Frozen Faceoff vs. Western Michigan last month. And lost in OT, 4-3. The Broncos took a 2-0 cushion into the third period of the Frozen Four semifinal Thursday and…

A cyclist died Thursday after a collision with a vehicle on Colorado Boulevard in central Denver, according to a social media post from  Denver police. The crash at East 10th Avenue and Colorado Boulevard occurred Thursday afternoon, according to police. The crash closed southbound lanes of Colorado Boulevard. The cyclist died at the scene, according to police, who did not identify the deceased. Related Articles 1 dead, 3 injured in Commerce City crash on eastbound I-270 1 dead after car drives off highway overpass, landing on RTD light rail along I-25 Seven RTD light rail trains derailed last year. The…