US judge restricts ICE response to Minneapolis protesters

A US federal judge has issued an order limiting the crowd control tactics that can be used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents (ICE) towards “peaceful and unobstructive” protesters in Minneapolis. Judge Katherine Menendez ruled on Friday night that federal agents can’t arrest or pepper spray peaceful demonstrators, including those monitoring and observing ICE agents….

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5 things to know before the market opens Thursday

This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Good morning. We’re minutes away from the release of February’s personal consumption expenditures price index. Watch CNBC live for the numbers and analysis. Stock futures are lower this morning. All three major averages posted major gains yesterday. Here are five key things…

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When disasters strike, preparation saves lives — is India ready when crisis hits? |

Disasters don’t just cause infrastructure losses, cripple economies, or claim lives. They shake something far deeper, that is, the very fabric of human existence.Each disaster leaves scars that statistics cannot fully capture silent grief, disrupted childhoods, fractured communities and lives permanently divided into “before” and “after”. Homes swallowed by raging floods erase decades of memory….

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