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Video: ICU Nurse Alex Pretti Held Phone, Not Gun, When Federal Agents Killed Him An video still shows Alex Pretti, left, being grabbed by a federal officer in Minneapolis on 13 January, 11 days before he was shot dead. Photograph: Max Shapiro/AP

An video still shows Alex Pretti, left, being grabbed by a federal officer in Minneapolis on 13 January, 11 days before he was shot dead. Photograph: Max Shapiro/AP

Video: ICU Nurse Alex Pretti Held Phone, Not Gun, When Federal Agents Killed Him

Madison Cates January 30, 2026

Alex Jeffrey Pretti walked toward federal agents in Minneapolis holding up his phone, recording what they...

Family of ICU Nurse Pretti Calls DHS Version of Events “Sickening Lies” This undated photo provided by Michael Pretti shows Alex J. Pretti, the man who was shot by a federal officer in Minneapolis on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (Michael Pretti via AP)

This undated photo provided by Michael Pretti shows Alex J. Pretti, the man who was shot by a federal officer in Minneapolis on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (Michael Pretti via AP)

Family of ICU Nurse Pretti Calls DHS Version of Events “Sickening Lies”

Madison Cates January 30, 2026

The parents and siblings of Minneapolis ICU nurse Alex Pretti say the government did not just take...

VA Doctor Remembers Pretti as “Kind and Helpful” ICU Nurse An undated handout image of Alex Pretti, who was fatally shot by U.S. immigration agents as they tried to detain him in Minneapolis, Minnesota, January 25, 2026. Department Of Veterans Affairs via Reuters

An undated handout image of Alex Pretti, who was fatally shot by U.S. immigration agents as they tried to detain him in Minneapolis, Minnesota, January 25, 2026. Department Of Veterans Affairs via Reuters

VA Doctor Remembers Pretti as “Kind and Helpful” ICU Nurse

Madison Cates January 30, 2026

Friends, patients, and colleagues say that when they picture Alex Pretti, they do not see the chaos...

MTV’s Real World Star Puck Resurfaces Looking Unrecognizable Decades After Fame ©MTV/courtesy Everett Collection

©MTV/courtesy Everett Collection

MTV’s Real World Star Puck Resurfaces Looking Unrecognizable Decades After Fame

Madison Cates January 30, 2026

David “Puck” Rainey, the bike messenger turned reality TV agitator who crashed into pop culture on MTV’s...

Ex-Mayoral Candidate Accused of Killing Wife and Staging Death as Suicide Image credit: Contra Costa County. Used under fair use for editorial commentary.

Image credit: Contra Costa County. Used under fair use for editorial commentary.

Ex-Mayoral Candidate Accused of Killing Wife and Staging Death as Suicide

Madison Cates January 30, 2026

The killing of Brenda Joyce Leon was supposed to be closed and buried, written off as a...

15-Year-Old Gets Trapped in Drain Pipe While Sledding on Golf Course: “Mind-Boggling” Drain Pipe in Newton, Kan. golf course. Credit : Newton Fire/EMS Departmen

Drain Pipe in Newton, Kan. golf course. Credit : Newton Fire/EMS Departmen

15-Year-Old Gets Trapped in Drain Pipe While Sledding on Golf Course: “Mind-Boggling”

Madison Cates January 30, 2026

A winter sledding run on a Kansas golf course turned into a rescue story that sounds almost...

Officials: Army Helicopter Likely Saw American Airlines Jet Before Deadly Midair Collision That Killed 67 People look out towards the crash site of the American Airlines plane on the Potomac River as it approached the Reagan National Airport on January 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images

People look out towards the crash site of the American Airlines plane on the Potomac River as it approached the Reagan National Airport on January 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images

Officials: Army Helicopter Likely Saw American Airlines Jet Before Deadly Midair Collision That Killed 67

Madison Cates January 30, 2026

The midair collision that sent an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter into the Potomac River...

Investigators Point to “Terrible” Decision as Probable Cause Emerges in D.C. Midair Crash The paths of American Eagle Flight 5342 (blue) and a U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter (orange) that collided over the Potomac River near Washington Reagan National Airport on Jan. 29, 2025. (NTSB)

The paths of American Eagle Flight 5342 (blue) and a U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter (orange) that collided over the Potomac River near Washington Reagan National Airport on Jan. 29, 2025. (NTSB)

Investigators Point to “Terrible” Decision as Probable Cause Emerges in D.C. Midair Crash

Madison Cates January 30, 2026

The midair collision outside Washington that killed 67 people did not come down to a single bad...

Man Drops Off Dead Woman at Hospital and Flees; Police Still Searching Michael Lee Harrelson (Richmond County Sheriff's Office - Georgia, Google Maps)

Michael Lee Harrelson (Richmond County Sheriff's Office - Georgia, Google Maps)

Man Drops Off Dead Woman at Hospital and Flees; Police Still Searching

Madison Cates January 30, 2026

Security cameras at a Georgia hospital captured a scene that still has investigators shaking their heads:...

Family Shares Update on Missing Outer Banks Hiker — and the Fate of His Beloved Dog Family members say Chris Palmer, 39, was facing a terminal illness when he vanished off North Carolina’s Outer Banks, and his dog was also in bad health. National Park Service photo

Family members say Chris Palmer, 39, was facing a terminal illness when he vanished off North Carolina’s Outer Banks, and his dog was also in bad health. National Park Service photo

Family Shares Update on Missing Outer Banks Hiker — and the Fate of His Beloved Dog

Madison Cates January 30, 2026

The search for a hiker, and a family’s painful decision Chris Palmer, described as an...