National Briefs
Authorities say student who had been radicalized fired revolver at Colorado school, wounding 2
DENVER (AP) — Authorities say a 16-year-old boy who had been radicalized by an extremist network fired multiple shots with a revolver at a suburban Denver school, wounding two classmates. Some students ran and others locked down during Wednesday’s shooting at Evergreen High School in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. A spokesperson for the Jefferson County sheriff’s office identified the suspect at a news conference Thursday as Desmond Holly. Holly died Wednesday after the shooting. Spokesperson Jacki Kelley said details of how Holly allegedly had been radicalized will be released at a later date. She said investigators were searching the suspect’s room, his backpack and his locker as they try to unravel events.
Judge temporarily blocks US effort to remove immigrant Guatemalan and Honduran children
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona judge has extended a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration’s effort to remove Guatemalan and Honduran children living in shelters or foster care after coming to the U.S. alone. The judge issued the decision from the bench on Thursday. The administration was temporarily stopped from removing Guatemalan children over the Labor Day weekend. Lawyers for the children say their clients fear going home, and that the government is not following laws designed to protect migrant children. The Trump administration says it was trying to reunite the children with their families back home at the behest of the Guatemalan government.
South Korean workers detained in immigration raid leave Atlanta and head home
ATLANTA (AP) — A plane carrying more than 300 workers from South Korea who were detained during an immigration raid on a battery factory in Georgia last week has left Atlanta bound for South Korea. The workers had been held at an immigration detention center in southeast Georgia and were bused to Atlanta on Thursday for their flight, which is expected to land in South Korea on Friday afternoon. South Korea’s Foreign Ministry said the detainees released by U.S. authorities included 316 Koreans, 10 Chinese nationals, three Japanese nationals and one Indonesian. They were among about 475 workers detained during the raid last week.
Judge issues nationwide block on Trump policy that cuts off Head Start for people in US illegally
SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge has issued a nationwide block on a Trump administration directive that prevented children in the U.S. illegally from enrolling in Head Start, a federally funded preschool program. Head Start associations in several states filed suit against the policy change by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The ruling by a federal judge in Washington state on Thursday comes after a coalition of 21 Democratic attorney generals succeeded in temporarily halting the policy’s implementation within their own states. With the new ruling, the policy is now on hold across the country.