Today’s Lead News Stories

Japan reported having found sediments containing rare earth in the 6,000 metre deep-sea beds after launching the expedition to restraint the dependency on China for valuable minerals. The government claims this expedition to be the world's first ever attempt to dig for rare earth minerals at such a depth.

“The markets are pricing the risk that this time the past will not indicate the future—that we could have a sustained disruption in energy flows.”

DC arts venue, which has seen wave of canceled events after Trump’s takeover, will start renovations in July

Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez are both officers with Customs and Border Protection, ProPublica reports

About 150m faced cold weather advisories along eastern US, and two in North Carolina died in storm-related conditions

Two federal immigration agents who fatally shot Alex Pretti during a tense encounter in Minneapolis, Minnesota, have been identified as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa (43) and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez (35).

The mayor of Portland, Oregon, demanded U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement leave his city after federal agents launched tear gas at a crowd of demonstrators — including young children — outside an ICE facility during a weekend protest that he and others characterized as peaceful

Tuskegee men’s basketball coach Benjy Taylor is considering legal action after being handcuffed and escorted off court

There were a lot of factors that went into the Wednesday night time slot