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Dutch police said they took away more than 300 pro-Palestinian protesters who ignored a ban on demonstrations in Amsterdam on Sunday and detained 50 more following clashes involving Israeli soccer fans last week. Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in the capital’s Dam Square, chanting “Free Palestine” and “Amsterdam says no to genocide,” in reference to the Gaza war. Israel denies allegations of genocide in its more than year-long offensive against Palestinian militant group Hamas . After a local court ratified the city council’s ban, police moved in, instructing protesters to leave and rounding up more than 100 of them. Police said they removed 340 people from the protest area by putting them on buses and dropping them off on the outskirts of the city. Anoth...

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump announced late Sunday night that Tom Homan , the former acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement who backed Trump's controversial "zero tolerance" polic y , will be his administration's "border czar." "I am pleased to announce that the Former ICE Director, and stalwart on Border Control, Tom Homan, will be joining the Trump Administration, in charge of our Nation’s Borders ('The Border Czar'), including, but not limited to, the Southern Border, the Northern Border, all Maritime, and Aviation Security," Trump said in a post to Truth Social. "I’ve known Tom for a long time, and there is nobody better at policing and controlling our Borders," the post continued. "Likewise, Tom Homan will be in charge of ...

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump announced late Sunday night that Tom Homan , the former acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, will be his administration's "border czar." "I am pleased to announce that the Former ICE Director, and stalwart on Border Control, Tom Homan, will be joining the Trump Administration, in charge of our Nation’s Borders ('The Border Czar'), including, but not limited to, the Southern Border, the Northern Border, all Maritime, and Aviation Security," Trump said in a post to Truth Social. "I’ve known Tom for a long time, and there is nobody better at policing and controlling our Borders," the post continued. "Likewise, Tom Homan will be in charge of all Deportation of Illegal Aliens back to their Country of Origin. Congratu...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The only remotely close part of this matchup was the final score. Minnesota’s stingy defense held Jacksonville to 143 yards — the fewest in coach Doug Pederson’s three seasons — and the Vikings overcame Sam Darnold’s three interceptions to beat the Jaguars 12-7 on Sunday in a mostly purple-clad stadium. “Those are the types of games that good teams find a way to win, regardless of what it looks like all day,” Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell said. “And I’m proud of that, but absolutely a lot of things we need to correct and fix.” It was an ugly win for the Vikings (7-2) that felt about as lopsided as any blowout in the league this season. Minnesota ran 82 plays to Jacksonville’s 43. The Vikings held the ball for 42 minutes, 19 seconds to Jacksonville’s 17:41. ...

Something wicked this way comes on the packaging of Mattel ‘s “Wicked” dolls. There’s a website listed on the toy box, but instead of linking to the webpage for the movie adaptation of the Tony-winning musical, starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, Mattel has mistakenly listed the URL to a pornographic website. The film’s official website is WickedMovie.com, but the address listed on the plastic packaging for the special edition dolls, created in partnership with Universal Pictures, directs to a page that requires users to be 18 years or older to enter. In a statement shared with Variety on Sunday regarding the erroneous web address, Mattel said: “Mattel was made aware of a misprint on the packaging of the Mattel ‘Wicked’ collection dolls, primarily sold in the U...

An additional 24 monkeys believed to be among 43 that escaped a South Carolina research facility last week have been recovered, and eyes are on a "sizable group" nearby, police said Sunday. Sunday's capture comes a day after the recovery of one of the Rhesus macaques that escaped the Alpha Genesis Primate Research Center in the town of Yemassee, South Carolina. Veterinarians have examined the 25 and concluded they were unharmed, the Yemassee Police Department said in its latest statement. "Initial reports from the veterinary team indicate that all recovered animals are in good health," the department said. At least some of the rest of the 18 escapees were believed to be along a fence line around the facility, police said. The primates in that group have "bedded do...

It was an eventful day for New Orleans Saints interim head coach Darren Rizzi on Sunday. A special teams coach in the NFL since 2009, Rizzi won in his debut as an NFL head coach. He was promoted to lead the Saints after the team fired Dennis Allen last Monday. And in his first game, Rizzi led New Orleans to a 20-17 win, snapping a seven-game losing streak. His day, however, got off to an inauspicious start. Here’s how Rizzi himself described it: Whether or not Rizzi unclogged the toilet himself, he was able to change the flow of the Saints’ season. New Orleans started the year 2-0, scoring a combined 91 points in its first two games of the season. But then the team dropped its next seven games, including a 23-22 loss to the Carolina Panthers in Week 9. That was enough for Allen...

President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday involved himself publicly in the Senate leadership race for the first time, writing on Truth Social that anyone running to be the next Senate majority leader should agree to let him make recess appointments to his cabinet. "Any Republican Senator seeking the coveted LEADERSHIP position in the United States Senate must agree to Recess Appointments (in the Senate!), without which we will not be able to get people confirmed in a timely manner," Trump wrote, adding, "Sometimes the votes can take two years, or more. This is what they did four years ago, and we cannot let it happen again. We need positions filled IMMEDIATELY!" One of the demands he outlined is the ability to make recess appointments, which would allow the president to appoint people t...

One person has been arrested in connection with a shooting at Tuskegee University that left one person dead and at least 16 injured on the Alabama school's homecoming weekend. Jaquez Myrick, 25, was arrested and charged with possession of a machine gun, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, or ALEA, said in a statement. Officials said Myrick had a handgun with a machine gun conversion device and was found leaving the scene of the shooting on the Tuskegee campus. In a statement, ALEA said special agents were notified about multiple people shot on the university’s campus around 1:40 a.m., and that they’re still in the process of gathering information on the events that led to the shooting. An 18-year-old was pronounced dead on the scene, the agency said. Tuskegee University said ...

President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday involved himself publicly in the Senate leadership race for the first time, writing in a post on TruthSocial that anyone running to be the next Senate Majority Leader should agree to let Trump make recess appointments to his cabinet. "Any Republican Senator seeking the coveted LEADERSHIP position in the United States Senate must agree to Recess Appointments (in the Senate!), without which we will not be able to get people confirmed in a timely manner," Trump wrote, adding, "Sometimes the votes can take two years, or more. This is what they did four years ago, and we cannot let it happen again. We need positions filled IMMEDIATELY!" One of the demands he outlined in the post is the ability to make recess appointments, which is not currently in pr...