Por ANDREW DUSTIN

SAN JOSÉ, California, EE.UU. (AP) — En febrero de 2024, cuando Jay Harbaugh asumió como coordinador de equipos especiales de los Seahawks de Seattle, no se mostró muy complacido con el centro largo Chris Stoll, debido a sus vínculos universitarios.

Jay, hijo del entrenador en jefe de los Chargers de Los Ángeles Jim Harbaugh, dirigió durante nueve temporadas en Michigan mientras que Stoll pasó seis años en Penn State.

Sin embargo, no pasó mucho tiempo para que Stoll cambiara de opinión sobre el joven Harbaugh.

“Es capaz de generar compromiso entre los chicos, y eso también es parte de la cultura que tenemos aquí en Seattle”, expresó Stoll. “Sabemos que podemos marcar la diferencia y tener un impacto en los equipos especiales”.

Los equipos especiales de los Seahawks ciertamente lo han logrado bajo la dirección de Harbaugh en su camino hacia el Super Bowl 60.

Incluyendo estos playoffs, Seattle ha anotado cinco touchdowns con sus equipos especiales, cuatro de ellos en devoluciones. Rashid Shaheed, a quien los Seahawks adquirieron de los Saints de Nueva Orleáns en noviembre, devolvió la patada inicial para un touchdown en la ronda divisional contra los 49ers de San Francisco, lo que fue uno de los tres touchdowns de equipos especiales para el veloz receptor.

Antes de la victoria de los Seahawks por 31-27 contra los Rams de Los Ángeles en la final de la Conferencia Nacional, Harbaugh comentó que en una era donde las devoluciones de despeje de 20 yardas ocurren con poca frecuencia, obtener tantos touchdowns de equipos especiales como lo ha hecho Seattle no es un logro menor.

“La inversión que tienen, que ponen día tras día, el desinterés y el compromiso de hacerlo bien y respetar al oponente en el proceso, merecen tener éxito”, manifestó Harbaugh.

No es solo en las devoluciones donde Seattle ha sobresalido.

En su undécima temporada, Jason Myers estableció el récord de la NFL con la mayor cantidad de puntos por parte de un pateador en una sola campaña con 171, superando los 166 de David Akers. Y el pateador Michael Dickson fue seleccionado por la AP al segundo equipo All-Pro en su octavo año en la liga después de promediar 42,2 yardas por despeje y colocar 20 de sus 52 patadas dentro de la línea de la yarda 20.

“Son unos fenómenos”, dijo el especialista en equipos especiales y fullback Brady Russell. “Claramente son dos de los mejores del mundo y su desempeño refleja su ética de trabajo”.

Seattle también estuvo empatado con la segunda menor cantidad de devoluciones de despeje permitidas (19) y la cuarta menor cantidad de touchbacks (3) como equipo en 2025. Y jugadores poco reconocidos como Dareke Young también han estado a la altura en momentos importantes, como cuando recuperó un despeje fallido en el partido por el campeonato de la Nacional para preparar un touchdown.

“Ha habido un montón de encuentros donde realmente cambiamos el juego, recuperamos el impulso”, dijo Myers. “O, fue un partido cerrado, y realmente comenzamos la avalancha de puntos”.

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From cooking classes to a grocery store patio, the Naperville Liquor Commission signed off Thursday on new and expanded alcohol service for three businesses.

Clarify Kitchen

For the past four years, Cynthia Hyett has been building out a permanent space for her catering company BusyButternut.

The third-generation Naperville resident has operated her catering company since 2005. When she wasn’t working long hours as a software engineer, she was preparing charcuterie boards and baby burgers for customers through her home kitchen. For years, she worked without a website and had a steady stream of customers through word-of-mouth.

But that all changed when her business exploded during the COVID-19 pandemic. As restaurants shut down and people could not go out, Hyett started making “comfort kits” — family meals that included a main dish, two sides and a dessert.

“We started driving around town, and we ended up doing like 30 or 40 meals a day, and it was my sweet elderly mom and dad who were my delivery drivers,” Hyett said.

Even when the lockdown lifted and restaurants started reopening, people still wanted Hyett’s family meals.

“Nobody wanted software, but everybody wanted food. So I quit my software job … and I decided to go for this full force,” she said.

Alex Valadez makes mini beef Wellingtons at Clarify Kitchen by BusyButternut Catering on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026. (Carolyn Stein/Naperville Sun)

When she told people of her plan to build a permanent kitchen for BusyButternut, many people asked her if they could also use the space to host parties and take cooking classes.

Rather than building a small ghost kitchen for BusyButternut, Hyett decided to go bigger. The result was Clarify Kitchen, a 5,000-square-foot venue at 1701 Quincy Ave. that now serves as the catering company’s home base while also hosting cooking classes and private events.

On Thursday, the Liquor Commissoin recommended the Naperville City Council approve a Class M liquor license for the business so alcohol can be sold during adult cooking classes.

“I’ve had the pleasure of enjoying your products a number of times and you did an excellent job,” Commissioner Steve Chirico told Hyett and Clarify Kitchen’s bar manager Ruben Valadez.

For Hyett, the process has been a long time in the making. Quitting her comfortable, high-paying engineering job was daunting and seeing restaurants like Miskatonic Brewing close down didn’t help, she said. But getting to pursue what she loves combined with the support she has received from the community has made her feel like it’s been worth it.

“Now I can confidently say it’s been a four-year journey to get here, but it’s been amazing,” Hyett said. “And it’s extremely rewarding. It’s a lot of time and a lot of money, and I just get to build it.”

Taste Buds Kitchen

A Taste Buds Kitchen proposed for Naperville is one step closer to setting up shop.

The franchise that provides cooking classes to adults and children received approval for a Class M liquor license at Thursday’s meeting.

Jackie Burton, franchisee of the Naperville location, approached the commission last month with her proposal. Serving alcohol at her location for the adult classes would help make the business more appealing to customers, Burton previously told the Naperville Sun.

Because other Taste Buds locations either sell alcohol or have a bring your own beverage model, which is not allowed in Naperville, Burton had to seek a liquor license to sell drinks at her establishment.

Due to the business’ close proximity to a day care facility coming to Naperville, commissioners at the January meeting were unsure if Taste Buds could sell alcohol at its proposed 620 N. River Road location.

Under city ordinances, the sale of alcohol within 100 feet of a school is prohibited, although exceptions can be made by the Liquor Commission. State law also has restrictions on the sale of alcohol within 100 feet, but there are exceptions for businesses where the sale of alcohol is not the primary purpose.

Senior Assistant City Attorney Jennifer Bonner said Thursday that she determined Taste Buds would not be violating state law by selling alcohol.

The request will head to the council for final approval.

Heinen’s outdoor patio

Patrons of Heinen’s grocery store will soon be able to enjoy a beer or glass of wine on the market’s outdoor patio.

The Liquor Commission voted to amend Heinen’s Class G2 liquor license to allow customers to consume alcoholic beverages on its patio space, which is connected to the market’s cafe area through sliding doors. Currently, the consumption of craft beer and wine is allowed in the cafe area, but not on the patio.

While the commission approved amending the license, the change is contingent on the installation of a camera and a potential fence requirement, pending review from the city’s Transportation, Engineering and Development department.

Heinen’s amended liquor license approval needs city council approval.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/06/clarify-kitchen-taste-buds-liquor-naperville/ 

The three leading Democrats in the March 17 U.S. Senate primary clashed Friday over how they finance their campaigns and proposed reforms to federal immigration enforcement operations as Congress debates a new funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security.

U.S. Reps. Robin Kelly and Raja Krishnamoorthi each called Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton a hypocrite, arguing that while her campaign says it does not take money from corporate political action committees, independent PACs supporting her campaign do.

Stratton, the only candidate to call for abolishing the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency over aggressive and controversial enforcement tactics, denied saying its duties could be handled by Customs and Border Protection — despite having told that to reporters after a Jan. 26 debate at the University of Chicago.

In all, the 70-minute debate, broadcast on WCPT-AM 820 and held at the Chicago Journeymen Plumbers Local Union 130 UA headquarters in the West Loop, featured some fiery exchanges between Krishnamoorthi and Stratton while Kelly also criticized the lieutenant governor and, without naming him, Stratton’s chief political benefactor, Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker.

Stratton, of Chicago, once again declared she was “the only candidate on this stage that refused to take one single dime of corporate PAC money in this campaign.”

That prompted Kelly, who is in her 13th year in Congress from Lynwood, to say to Stratton, “I find it very hypocritical to keep hearing this when you take $5 million from a corporate bigwig, you take $1 million from the corporate bigwig’s family.”

U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, speaks during a public forum at the Plumbers Local 130 Union Hall in Chicago on Feb. 6, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)

Kelly was referring to $5 million that Pritzker, a billionaire businessman and heir to the Hyatt Hotels fortune, and a $1 million donation from his cousin. Both contributions were pumped into the Illinois Future PAC, a political action committee run by Pritzker allies that supports Stratton. Kelly has feuded with Pritzker after he used his political leverage to depose her as state Democratic Party chair in exchange for a loyal ally in 2022.

“It’s the millionaires and billionaires that have really rigged this system and made it tough for the rest of us,” Kelly said. “So, if you’re saying you won’t take corporate PAC money, will you commit to not taking super PAC money that is fueled by corporate millionaires and billionaires?”

Krishnamoorthi told Stratton, “I think this hypocrisy has got to end. You have said that you don’t take corporate PAC money through the front door of your campaign. But it seems to be coming in through the side door, the rear door, the window and the garage.”

“Lt. Gov. Stratton says she has a people-powered campaign. It’s powered by like two people and that’s wrong,” the five-term congressman from Schaumburg said.

“The congressman is not telling the truth, and everyone can see that for themselves,” Stratton responded.

While Stratton’s main campaign fund returned the only corporate PAC contribution it received to date, federal campaign finance records show a separate committee she set up a few months before launching her Senate bid, Level Up PAC, accepted contributions from corporate PACs and directly from corporations. In addition, Level Up PAC received $5,000 in contributions from PACs representing the banking and hotel industries, as previously reported by the Tribune.

Level Up also received $51,500 in contributions from corporate entities that are prohibited from giving directly to candidates for federal office. Among the corporate donors are two Springfield lobbying firms, Point of Difference LLC and Dan Shomon Inc., which gave $2,500 and $1,000, respectively.

U.S. Senate candidate Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton speaks during a public forum at the Plumbers Local 130 Union Hall in Chicago on Feb. 6, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)

The largest corporate contributor was PNS Management LLC, which gave $20,000. The Bensenville-based business services firm is run by Niranjan Shah, a onetime major contributor to disgraced former Gov. Rod Blagojevich who in 2009 resigned as University of Illinois board chair following an admissions scandal. Shah’s daughter, Smita Shah, is a finance committee vice chair for Stratton’s main campaign fund, Juliana for Illinois.

Stratton’s campaign and Level Up have previously said the lieutenant governor recused herself from the PAC after embarking on her Senate run and that the two don’t coordinate.

Federal campaign finance disclosures filed late last month show Level Up contributed $3,500 to Juliana for Illinois in September. The previous month, Level Up transferred $150,000 to Illinois Future PAC, which is currently funding pro-Stratton TV ads.

Stratton, trying to position herself as a Washington outsider to her rival U.S. House members, once again attacked Krishnamoorthi, a prolific fundraiser who has been airing TV ads since July, for accepting corporate PAC money.

She contended that Krishnamoorthi was the “largest recipient of health care industry money” in the U.S. House and that the donations have affected efforts to advance Medicare-for-all health care coverage.

Krishnamoorthi said after the debate that the high level of support he’s received from the health care industry was, at least in part, due to his relationships with medical professionals, including his wife and brother, who are doctors. But he said he is “an independent Democrat” who has stood up to pharmacy benefit managers, “who get in the way of providing greater access (to care) at lower prices to more Americans.”

At the debate, he defended his decision to accept PAC contributions.

“At the end of the day, I think the most important thing is that we stand up for our constituents and nobody can question either Robin or my integrity on this score,” Krishnamoorthi said.

U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, speaks during a public forum at the Plumbers Local 130 Union Hall in Chicago on Feb. 6, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)

Kelly also said she believed that the endorsements Stratton has received were in part due to Pritzker’s financial backing. In recent days, Stratton has received the backing of U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and the Illinois Federation of Teachers.

“That’s why she’s endorsed. I clearly have more experience and have done the work,” Kelly said.

But Stratton defended Pritzker’s support.

“I am very proud of the support I have received, endorsement and support of Gov. JB Pritzker. And I can say that he has supported me in this race because we have worked side by side for the last seven years. He knows my work,” Stratton said.

The Illinois Future PAC ads promoting Stratton have focused on her call to “abolish ICE,” while Krishnamoorthi has called for abolishing “Trump’s ICE,” a position in line with Pritzker, and Kelly has called for dismantling the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE and CBP.

Krishnamoorthi cited comments made by Stratton after their Jan. 26 debate in which the lieutenant governor pointed to Border Patrol in response to a reporter’s question about who would take on immigration enforcement responsibilities if ICE were eliminated.

“There is Border Patrol and … we, of course, need secure borders,” Stratton said at the time. Later that week, at a debate hosted by ABC-7, she sought to clarify her remarks, saying, “There should be security at the border,” and said other federal agencies, such as the Drug Enforcement Administration, could handle ICE’s duties related to drug smuggling investigations.

In Friday’s forum, Krishnamoorthi said transferring ICE’s duties to CBP would be “a horrible mistake” and noted the agency’s involvement in the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Jan. 24.

“The congressman is lying about that,” Stratton replied. “I’ve never said transfer the duties. I have made it 100% clear we need to abolish ICE, period.”

With Congress facing a deadline on Friday, Feb. 13, to provide funding for Homeland Security, Krishnamoorthi said he would not support any additional money “unless significant changes are made,” including a ban on agents using face masks while displaying IDs and body cameras and prohibiting “roving gangs” of enforcement officers.

Kelly has sponsored legislation calling for the impeachment of Kristy Noem, the Homeland Security secretary, and appeared to make her removal a precondition for supporting any DHS funding and reform package.

But she told Stratton, “There’s no member of Congress that I know of … that thinks we don’t need border patrol and we don’t need enforcement. We do need that, but not like we have it now.”

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/06/illinois-senate-radio-debate-0206/ 

MINNEAPOLIS — Attorneys for the federal government have until next Thursday to reach an agreement with human rights lawyers who are seeking to ensure the right to counsel for people detained at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Minnesota, a judge said Friday.

Advocates said people held at the facility on the edge of Minneapolis who face possible deportation are denied adequate access to lawyers, including in-person meetings. Attorney Jeffrey Dubner said detainees are allowed to make phone calls, but ICE personnel are typically nearby.

U.S. District Judge Nancy Brasel told Justice Department attorney Christina Parascandola that there seemed to be a “very wide factual disconnect” between what the human rights lawyers allege and the government’s claims of adequate access at what ICE depicts as only a temporary holding facility.

Parascandola said people detained at the facility have access to counsel and unmonitored phone calls at any time and for as long as they need. She conceded she had never been there.

Brasel called her argument “a tough sell,” noting there was far more evidence in the case record to back up the plaintiffs’ claims than the government’s assurances.

“The gap here is so enormous I don’t know how you’re going to close it,” the judge said.

Rather than ruling on the spot, Brasel told both sides to keep meeting with a retired judge who’s mediating and who has helped narrow some of the gaps already. She noted at the start of the hearing that both sides agreed that “some degree of reasonable access” to legal counsel is constitutionally necessary but that they differed on the details of what that should look like.

If the sides don’t reach at least a partial agreement by 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12, the judge said she’ll issue her order then. She didn’t specify which way she’d rule.

A member of Congress decries conditions at detention center

The facility is part of the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, which is a center of ICE operations and has been the scene of frequent protests.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Kelly Morrison, of Minnesota, said in a statement Friday that conditions at the detention center continue to be poor. The physician said she learned in her visit Thursday night that the facility has no protocols in place to prevent the spread of measles to Minnesota from Texas. At least two cases were reported at a major ICE detention center in Texas this week.

Some Minnesota detainees including families with children have been sent to the Texas facility, and some have returned to Minnesota after courts intervened, including 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father.

“It’s abundantly clear that Whipple is not at all equipped to handle what the Trump Administration is doing with their cruel and chaotic ‘Operation Metro Surge,’” Morrison said in a statement. “I am stunned by the inability or unwillingness of the federal agents to answer some of the most basic questions about their operations and protocols.”

Even though a federal judge ruled Monday that members of Congress have the right to make unannounced visits to ICE facilities, Morrison said in a statement that agents attempted to deny her entry for nearly a half-hour and demanded that she leave before eventually letting her in.

On her first attempt last month, Morrison and fellow Minnesota Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar and Angie Craig were turned away.

After she was able to enter the facility last weekend, Morrison said no real medical care was being offered to people held there.

Craig and Democratic Rep. Betty McCollum said they were turned away despite the court order when they tried to visit the facility overnight.

“We have heard countless reports that detainees are being held in unlivable conditions at Whipple,” the two representatives said in a statement. “We have every reason to believe that this administration is once again lying through their teeth and trying to hide what we all know to be true — that they are ignoring due process and treating immigrants as political pawns, not people.”

Man charged with felony for wrecking anti-ICE sculpture

A supporter of the immigration crackdown who posted a video on social media of himself kicking down an anti-ICE sculpture outside the Minnesota state Capitol in St. Paul was released from jail Friday after being charged with a felony count of damage to property.

Lt. Mike Lee, a spokesperson for the Minnesota State Patrol, said Capitol Security observed Jake Lang, 30, of Lake Worth, Florida, damaging the display Thursday afternoon. He was arrested a short distance away. The ice sculpture spelled out “Prosecute ICE.”

At his first court appearance, Lang was released pending trial but ordered to stay at least three blocks away from the Capitol. Court records don’t list an attorney who could comment on his behalf.

Lang was drowned out by a large crowd last month when he attempted to hold a small rally in Minneapolis in support of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. Lang was previously charged with assaulting an officer and other crimes before receiving clemency as part of President Donald Trump’s sweeping intervention on behalf of Jan. 6 defendants last year.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/06/government-agreement-right-to-counsel-minnesota-ice-facility/ 

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Pam Bondi said Friday she is not worried that the involvement of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard in an FBI search of a Georgia election office could taint the FBI’s investigation.

Her comments came a day after President Donald Trump offered a new explanation for why Gabbard was at the main elections hub in Georgia’s most populous county last week, saying Bondi had requested her presence.

Gabbard told lawmakers in a letter this week that Trump had asked her to join the search, where agents seized hundreds of boxes containing ballots and other documents related to the 2020 election in Fulton County, Georgia. But speaking Thursday at the National Prayer Breakfast, Trump asserted that Gabbard “went in at Pam’s insistence.”

At an unrelated press conference Friday, Bondi said Gabbard’s presence in Georgia reflects government collaboration.

“DNI Gabbard and I are inseparable. We are constantly together, as are the people behind us,” Bondi said, with FBI Director Kash Patel standing nearby. “We constantly talk, we collaborate as a Cabinet. We’re all extremely close. Know what each other, what we’re doing at all times, pretty much to keep not only our country safe, but our world safe.”

Gabbard’s involvement in the case, which is tied to Trump’s disproven conspiracy theories about his 2020 loss, has raised concerns from Democratic lawmakers about the blurring of lines between intelligence work, which typically focuses on foreign threats, and domestic law enforcement operations, like the FBI search.

Democrats also fear her involvement may be laying the groundwork for the federal government to assert that the 2020 race that Trump lost was somehow tainted by foreign meddling or to cast doubt on the integrity of future elections.

In the event that criminal charges are brought, her presence — and her assertion that her attendance was requested by Trump as well as her acknowledged role in facilitating a call between FBI agents and the president — could open the door to defense arguments that the investigation was inherently politically motivated.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a television interview days after the FBI search that he did not know why Gabbard was there and said she was “not part of the grand jury investigation.” But he also has defended her as an important player in the administration’s efforts to uphold election integrity.

Gabbard said in her letter to lawmakers that she accompanied senior FBI officials “under my broad statutory authority to coordinate, integrate, and analyze intelligence related to election security.”

Gabbard’s office declined to answer questions about the changing explanations for her involvement and pointed to Bondi’s comments. Gabbard, a former congresswoman from Hawaii, ran for president as a Democrat and then endorsed Joe Biden, the ultimate winner in 2020, before switching to the Republicans and joining Trump’s second administration.

Her office also declined to respond when asked who Gabbard believes won in 2020, or if she now believes Trump’s lies about the election.

Democrats on congressional intelligence committees have questioned Gabbard’s role in the investigation and said that if she has a legitimate reason for joining the FBI, she is obligated to inform Congress.

“The intelligence community operates outside the borders of the US for good reason, and the Director of National Intelligence has no business at a law enforcement operation unless there is a legitimate foreign nexus, of which we’ve seen no indication,” Rep. Jim Himes of Connecticut, the senior Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said in a statement.

Himes and his Senate counterpart, Democratic Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, said they will continue to push for answers about Gabbard’s involvement in the investigation and what it might mean for upcoming elections.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/06/bondi-gabbard-fbi-search-georgia-election-hub/ 

About 200 Naperville North students walked out school midday Friday to protest actions being taken by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE.

During a mile-long march from the high school into downtown Naperville, students waved Mexican flags and held homemade signs with such messages as, “Abolish ICE” and “Nobody is Illegal on Stolen Land.”

They spoke of community and unity and said they believed ICE’s actions around the country were tearing families apart. Some students said they personally knew of friends and relatives who had been detained by ICE agents.

An estimated 200 Naperville North High School students decided to leave campus Friday for an anti-ICE protest march into downtown Naperville. (Michelle Mullins/Naperville Sun)

Some teens said they recognized they may be in trouble for missing classes, but believed a peaceful protest was one thing they could do to bring awareness and push for meaningful change.

Mia, a junior, held a sign that said, “History Repeats if We Stay Silent.”

“It’s really important for people right now to understand what is going on in government is not just about politics,” she said. “It’s more about what is morally right and what’s wrong. It’s about human decency. People are being stripped from their families.

“I think a lot of people need to open their eyes and realize that what is going on is real,” she said. “It’s important for us to skip our lessons to teach other people lessons.”

As the students marched, cars on the street honked to show support. People stepped outside of businesses to take cell phone photos and videos and passerby cheered. The majority of people the students encountered were supportive.

Many of the student protesters who left Naperville North High School Friday for an anti-ICE protest march carried homemade signs with a variety of messages showing their disapproval of the federal government’s handling of undocumented immigrant detention. (Michelle Mullins/Naperville Sun)

Some students blew whistles, which has become a community tactic used to alert neighbors that ICE agents are in the area, and others chanted, “Abolish ICE.” A few chants contained expletives directed at the immigration agency.

Ana, a junior, said it is “so heartbreaking” to see families torn apart.

“If we don’t use our voices, then what else are we going to do,” she said.

Lucas, a freshman, pointed to the shootings and killings of people by ICE this year.

“I’ve decided this is important because our neighbors are being kidnapped and killed by ICE,” he said. “I heard about (the protest) yesterday, and I want to join this mission: Abolish ICE.”

Peaceful protest might change minds, he said.

“I’m absolutely so very happy this many people showed,” he said. “Bringing this awareness to the community … is more important than school.”

A student will a bullhorn speaks to fellow Naperville North High School students who opted to leave class Friday to take part in an anti-ICE protest march into downtown Naperville. (Michelle Mullins/Naperville Sun)

Junior Skylar held a sign that read, “ICE Arrests Color, Not Crime,” in response to a Supreme Court decision that cleared the way for racial profiling during immigration raids.

“(Racial profiling) needs to stop,” she said.

Keira, a junior, said current events have been disturbing.

The last words of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse shot and killed by ICE agents in Minneapolis, were “Are you OK,” she noted, while the last words of Renee Good, a 37-year-old mom also killed by ICE agents, were “I’m not mad at you.”

Events in Minneapolis and around the country inspired her homemade sign, “What Happened to Liberty and Justice For All?”

“It’s so meaningful that everyone is out here, looking out for immigrants,” Keira said. “What’s going on with this administration is not right. This is not what America was built on.

A large cluster of Naperville North High School gathered at an intersection Friday during a student walkout to protest of actions being taken by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (Michelle Mullins/Naperville Sun)

“We should be a community,” she said. “It does mean a lot we are all gathering here together.”

Alex, a senior, said he is proud of his fellow classmates who attended the protest.

“We want to use our voices for those who can’t, and we just want the world to be a better place,” he said.

Several students said they hoped their elected officials are watching. They noted they are the next generation of leaders and they are also entering voting age.

“We might be young, but we know what’s right from wrong,” Britney, a senior, said. “We know what’s going on is unjust. … This is not just a phase. We are trying to accomplish something. (We want) respect, justice. We are humans.

“People are being violently killed on the streets,” she said. “It’s crazy this is happening and our government is letting it happen.”

Naperville North High School students chanted and spoke through bullhorns Friday during a protest march conducted in opposition to the federal government’s detention of undocumented immigrants. (Michelle Mullins/Naperville Sun)

Naperville North’s walkout coincided with similar protest events being conducted by students nationwide.

Naperville School District 203’s officials said the consequences of the students leaving school comes down to their individual situations. Attendance and any follow-up actions are addressed on a case-by-case basis according to guidelines in the student handbook.

“While we support our students’ right to peaceful expression, our primary priority remains maintaining a safe and orderly learning environment for all,” a district statement said. “Students are expected to adhere to the policies and attendance guidelines outlined in the NNHS Student Handbook.”

Michelle Mullins is a freelance reporter for the Naperville Sun.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/06/naperville-north-walkout-protest-ice-students/ 

Why DeSantis Believes AI Needs Tight Regulation Now

Tyler Durden
Fri, 02/06/2026 – 19:15

https://www.zerohedge.com/ai/why-desantis-believes-ai-needs-tight-regulation-now 

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Rashida Tlaib’s Terror Ties Under Scrutiny In New Watchdog Report

Tyler Durden
Fri, 02/06/2026 – 18:50

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/rashida-tlaibs-terror-ties-under-scrutiny-new-watchdog-report