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About 40 migrant women who were held at a Georgia detention center have filed a class-action lawsuit alleging they were subjected to medical abuse through nonconsensual or unnecessary procedures while in the facility, NBC News reports. The complaint, filed late Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, also claims women at the Irwin County Detention…

A man injured by flying ice that smashed through his car’s windshield may not regain his vision, police in Londonderry, New Hampshire, said Friday, over a week after the crash.

Police shared a warning about an incident in which a man was badly hurt by ice that flew off a moving box truck in Londonderry, New Hampshire.

Temperatures have fallen overnight and it stays rather icy. Plus, we have a few ocean-effect flurries to snow showers along southeastern Massachusetts that will last a few hours more.   Around the Boston area and most of Massachusetts, we had anywhere from 9″ to 15″ of snowfall from yesterday’s storm, depending on where you live. Boston came in with over a foot of...

Today: Morning black ice. Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 20s to low 30s. Tonight: Clear and cold. Lows in the teens. Tomorrow: Sunny. Highs around freezing. Sunday: A few snow or rain showers, partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 30s.

After allegations of forced hysterectomies and other medical practices at a Georgia immigrant detention facility, a doctor is now at the center of a criminal investigation. NBCLX talked to attorney David Dreyer, who represents five of the detainees who allegedly had unnecessary gynecological surgeries, to discuss the systemic problems that allowed this to happen and what happens next.

Attorneys say the Trump administration is deporting several women who have alleged they were abused or mistreated by a Georgia gynecologist at an immigration detention center

Department of Homeland Security agents, including those from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, have been told to be ready to protect federal property in Washington if there is unrest on or after Election Day, two DHS officials told NBC News. The agency is regularly tasked with providing additional security around the nation’s capital on inauguration days,...

The federal government has agreed not to deport three immigrant activists in Vermont who sued two years ago after they were arrested

A Lynn resident was released from custody after he turned himself in to immigration authorities over a battle with his landlord who allegedly had called ICE on him.

After allegations of forced hysterectomies and other disturbing medical practices were raised about a Georgia immigrant detention facility, the private company that runs this facility and others has come under scrutiny. Noah Bookbinder, the executive director of CREW, unpacks the allegations against LaSalle Corrections and why he hopes Congress will get involved.

A federal judge has ordered the release of some detainees at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center in California following a COVID-19 outbreak at the facility and an ACLU lawsuit saying they were not being protected from the coronavirus. But ACLU attorney Ahilan Arulanantham says the safety precautions in place now are still not strong enough to keep them safe.

Los Angeles County agreed Tuesday to pay $14 million to settle a lawsuit that said the Sheriff’s Department improperly held thousands of people in jail beyond their release dates at the request of immigration officials.

Massachusetts Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley is joining a growing chorus of voices seeking answers following an incident on Tuesday where a jogger recorded video of an encounter with federal agents in Boston. Pressley, a Democrat, sent a letter to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Thursday expressing concern over the incident, in which Bena Apreala, who is Black, said he was...

Massachusetts resident Bena Apreala was stopped by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officers whom he said didn’t identify themselves while he was jogging in West Roxbury on Tuesday. They said he resembled a fugitive.

Mayor Marty Walsh said he wants answers after a jogger recorded video of an encounter with federal agents in Boston earlier this week. “It’s unacceptable,” Walsh said during his Wednesday’s news conference, adding that he has asked the Boston Police Department to reach out to federal authorities to find out more about the incident. Bena Apreala, who is Black,...

A jogger recorded video when he was stopped by federal agents in an unusual encounter in Boston. Bena Apreala says he started recording after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents stopped him while he was jogging on VFW Parkway in West Roxbury. “The police officer started walking towards me, and he said, ‘Hey, stop,’ and without identifying himself, he...

An Associated Press review of medical records for four detained immigrant women and interviews with lawyers have revealed growing allegations that a gynecologist performed surgeries and other procedures that the women never sought or didn’t fully understand

Leading congressional Democrats are reacting furiously to lightly-substantiated claims that immigrants held at a detention center in Georgia are undergoing questionable hysterectomies

A federal appeals court on Tuesday overturned a ruling that barred immigration authorities from arresting people suspected of living in the U.S. illegally if they show up at Massachusetts courthouses. The decision by the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston came in a case brought by prosecutors in two of the state’s largest counties. District attorneys and...