Midwest
Chicago anti-Israel DNC protest groups handed loss by federal judge just days before start
A federal judge in Chicago handed anti-Israel protest groups a loss this week, rejecting their request for more space to protest the Gaza counteroffensive outside the Democratic National Convention next week.
Four groups seeking to organize protests – the Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, the Anti-War Committee, Students for a Democratic Society at UIC, and the U.S. Palestinian Community Network – asked for parade permits giving them authorization to march over an expanded area.
The judge shut them down this week, rejecting their claim that the city’s preferred protest route violates their First Amendment rights.
CHICAGO GETTING ‘WINDOW DRESSING’ TREATMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION: FORMER CHIEF
Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks during a Secret Service Democratic National Convention security briefing on July 25, 2024, in Chicago. (Vincent Alban/Getty Images)
They want to take their protest nearer to the United Center, one of two locations for the DNC next week, and through a street that the Secret Service and local law enforcement planners have chosen to block off during the convention as part of the secured perimeter.
The judge denied all four permits and told the groups to use a different route, proposed by the city of Chicago, according to court filings.
The United Center in Chicago on Aug. 1, 2024. The city will host the Democratic National Convention at the United Center and at the McCormick Place Convention Center from Aug. 19 to 22. (Tannen Maury/AFP via Getty Images)
The groups sued the city and its transportation commissioner, alleging First Amendment violations, and asked for a preliminary injunction and for permission to march closer to the United Center.
Pro-Palestinian protesters have already held demonstrations outside the United Center. This group is pictured during a media walk-through of the facility in Chicago, May 22, 2024. (Reuters/Jim Vondruska)
The judge ruled against them Monday.
Chicago lawyers told the judge that the city had already granted concessions to the organizers, including allowing them to get closer to the United Center, one of two places where the convention will be held, FOX 32 Chicago reported.
Signage is displayed during a walk-through of the Democratic National Convention on May 22, 2024, at the United Center. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
Law enforcement sources previously told Fox News Digital that the original plan would have kept protesters out of sight and sound.
“We are going to basically never see a protester or rioters, period,” one source said before the court fight. “The convention sites are completely cordoned off. There will be nobody that is not authorized.”
Protest organizers reportedly expect tens of thousands of people to show up.
Signs to help prepare residents for the Democratic National Convention are posted near the United Center on Aug. 12, 2024 in Chicago. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Separately, pro-Israel organizers are looking to conduct counter demonstrations.
ANTI-ISRAEL AGITATORS PLAN DEMONSTRATIONS FOR DNC: ‘EQUIVALENT’ TO 1968
Chicago has hosted more major party political conventions than any other city – 14 Republican conventions and 11 Democratic ones between 1860 and 1996, according to the Chicago History Museum.
Police officers run in formation as the Chicago Police Department conducts officer training at McCormick Place on June 6, 2024, in preparation for the Democratic National Convention. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
Nominees coming out of Chicago conventions have included Abraham Lincoln, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Bill Clinton.
The infamous 1968 Democratic Convention nominated Hubert Humphrey, who went on to lose to Richard Nixon – who was himself nominated in Chicago in 1960.
The city has also hosted third-party conventions, including Libertarian and Green Party events.
A police officer escorts a protester to a squad car surrounded by dozens of anti-Vietnam War demonstrators outside the Democratic National Convention, Chicago, August 1968. (Hulton Archive/Getty)
But the specter of violent 1968 clashes between anti-Vietnam War protesters and police is haunting this year’s event as the anti-Israel groups hope to push the Democratic Party to drop its support for Israel’s ongoing operation in Gaza, which came in response to a deadly terror attack that killed 1,200 on Oct. 7, 2023.
The DNC runs from Aug. 19 to 22.
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North Dakota
Hoeven, Armstrong, Traynor speak on OBBB Rural Health Transformation Fund updates in ND
BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) – On Friday, North Dakota U.S. Senator John Hoeven, Governor Kelly Armstrong and Health and Human Services Commissioner Pat Traynor explained how the state plans to use millions of dollars from the Big Beautiful Bill’s Rural Health Transformation Fund to transform healthcare across the state.
They spoke extensively about the special session to allocate the funds, and confirmed that it is still tentatively set for Jan. 21.
The Big Beautiful Bill allocated $25 billion for rural healthcare nationwide. North Dakota received $500 million for five years and $200 million for the first year. There is still another $25 billion left to be spent, and North Dakota is hoping to receive an extra $500 million.
“I truly believe that with the plan we’re putting in place and the things we built that line up with that, we’ll get a billion dollars over five years,” said Hoeven.
Federal rules require the state to lock in contracts for the money by October first— a deadline officials say is driving the need for a special session.
In the first year, North Dakota will focus on retention grants to keep existing staff, technical assistance and consultants for rural hospitals, as well as telehealth equipment and home patient monitoring.
Governor Armstrong says the special session will include policy bills tied to how much federal rural health funding the state can earn.
“We’re going to have a physical fitness test for physical education courses, nutrition education, continuing education requirement for physicians, physician assistant licensure compact—which North Dakota has been doing, dealing with that since the heart of the oil boom and moving forward—and then an expanded scope of practice for pharmacists,” said Armstrong.
Hundreds of millions of dollars could reshape healthcare in rural North Dakota, and state leaders say the next few weeks are key to receiving and spending that money wisely.
The governor says he only wants to focus on bills related to the Rural Health Transformation Program during the special session and doesn’t intend to deal with other state issues during that time.
Copyright 2026 KFYR. All rights reserved.
CLEVELAND, Ohio — OHSAA girls basketball scores from Friday in Ohio, as provided by The Associated Press.
Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard, Mich. 43, Notre Dame Academy 35
Baltimore Liberty Union 47, Cols. Hamilton Twp. 34
Berlin Center Western Reserve 68, N. Jackson Jackson-Milton 46
Blanchester 40, Bethel-Tate 37
Chagrin Falls 37, Burton Berkshire 32
Circleville 62, Amanda-Clearcreek 40
Cle. Hay 88, Cle. Glenville 2
Cols. Centennial 78, Columbus International 50
Cols. Linden-McKinley 54, Cols. Whetstone 28
Cols. Walnut Ridge 73, Cols. Marion-Franklin 12
Delaware Buckeye Valley 50, CSG 43
Delta 48, Bryan 44
Dublin Coffman 47, Cols. Upper Arlington 39
Hilliard Darby 43, Thomas Worthington 32
Johnstown 47, Johnstown Northridge 41
Mason 54, Cin. Colerain 32
Newark 56, Ashville Teays Valley 42
Oak Harbor 52, Millbury Lake 31
Ohio Deaf 50, Ky. School for the Deaf, Ky. 9
Pemberville Eastwood 65, Rossford 35
Pickerington North 41, New Albany 33
Springboro 66, Centerville 33
Stryker 54, Montpelier 20
W. Chester Lakota W. 76, Fairfield 24
Wauseon 55, Swanton 13
Western Reserve Academy 65, Lawrenceville School, N.J. 33
Westerville Cent. 57, Grove City Cent. Crossing 20
Worthington Christian 57, Tree of Life 16
Zanesville 58, Newark Licking Valley 40
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – The South Dakota Highway Patrol is continuing to look for the suspect in a deadly hit-and-run near Humboldt, SD.
In a Facebook post, the SD Highway Patrol has released new details regarding the semi suspected of committing the hit and run.
According to police, the semi is a red Freightliner Cascadia semi, missing its passenger-side headlight.
The semi was traveling eastbound from the Humboldt area on I-90 in the early morning hours of Jan. 3, 2026.
Police are seeking information, video, or pictures from 2:13 a.m. – 3:00 a.m. along I-90 and I-29 from the public.
If you have any tips or footage, contact the South Dakota Highway Patrol District 2 Office at (605) 367-5700.
Copyright 2026 Dakota News Now. All rights reserved.
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