By COLLEEN SLEVIN, Associated Press

DENVER (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday ended an order blocking the deportation of the family of the man charged in the fatal firebomb attack in Boulder, Colorado, noting government lawyers say the man’s relatives are not being rushed out of the country as the White House originally stated.

Hayam El Gamal and her five children were detained by immigration agents on June 3, two days after her husband Mohamed Sabry Soliman was accused of throwing two Molotov cocktails at people demonstrating for awareness of Israeli hostages in Gaza. Prosecutors announced Monday that an 82-year-old woman who was injured in the attack had died.

U.S. District Judge Orlando L. Garica dismissed the family’s lawsuit challenging their detention by immigration authorities. The ruling noted that El Gamal and her children ages 4 to 18 are not eligible for expedited deportations because they have been in the country for over two years, which he said lawyers for the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement have acknowledged.

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Soliman is an Egyptian national who federal authorities say was living in the U.S. illegally. He is being prosecuted in both state and federal court for the attack, which prosecutors say injured a total of 13 people. Investigators say he planned the attack for a year and was driven by a desire “to kill all Zionist people.” He has pleaded not guilty to federal hate crimes charges but hasn’t been asked to enter a plea in the state case, which now includes a murder charge.

On the day El Gamal and her children were arrested, the White House said in social media posts that they “COULD BE DEPORTED AS EARLY AS TONIGHT” and that six one-way tickets had been purchased for them, with their “final boarding call coming soon.” Those statements led a federal judge in Colorado to issue an emergency order temporarily blocking the family’s deportation, Garcia said.

The case was later transferred to Texas, where the family is being held in an immigration detention center for families. Garcia is based in San Antonio.

Because the family is in regular deportation proceedings, there is no longer any reason to block their deportation, Garcia said. Regular proceedings can take months or even years if decisions are appealed. He also turned down the family’s request to be released from the detention center in the meantime, saying they can pursue release through the normal bond process in the immigration system.

Lawyers for the family had challenged their detention as unconstitutional because they said it was intended to punish them for Soliman’s actions. According to a court filing by El Gamal’s lawyers, one of the immigration agents who arrested them told her, “You have to pay for the consequences of what you did.”

Garcia said immigration authorities have discretion in deciding who to detain and he did not have authority to review their decision to detain El Gamal and her children. Lawyers for the government said they are being lawfully held because they are accused of overstaying their visas.

One of the family’s attorneys, Niels Frenzen, said they hoped to get the family released from the detention center while the deportation proceedings continue.

An email seeking comment from the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement was not immediately returned.

The iconic halftime performer Red Panda suffered a severe fracture in her left wrist after a fall from her 7-foot tall unicycle in the opening seconds of her routine on Tuesday night at Target Center.

Her agent Pat Figley told the Pioneer Press that Red Panda — the stage name for Chinese acrobat Ring Niu — spent 11 hours in a local hospital where she had a procedure on her left wrist. She was discharged and is currently on her way back home to San Francisco.

The recommendation from doctors in the Twin Cities is that Red Panda have an additional procedure on the wrist once she returns home, Figley said.

Red Panda’s routine involves balancing plates, bowls and cups on her head, hands and feet while pedaling her tall unicycle. According to a 2024 profile on scmp.com, she is 55 years old.

In an email sent to the Pioneer Press, Figley noted how much Red Panda appreciates everybody who has reacted out to her inthe wake of her fall, which occurred at halftime of the WNBA’s Commissioner’s Cup championship between the Lynx and Indiana Fever.

“It means the world to her,” Figley said. “She much appreciates from her heart the support she is receiving.”

Health care union members at HealthPartners’ Stillwater Medical Group are planning a four-day unfair labor practice strike on Tuesday.

Workers will picket in front of the facility starting at 7 a.m. Tuesday and will hold a noon rally on the picket line with supporters, according to officials with SEIU Healthcare Minnesota & Iowa.

The decision to proceed with a strike came after an unsuccessful bargaining session with HealthPartners officials on Wednesday, union officials said.

“Our members do not feel valued and respected,” said Kelly Parent, a licensed practical nurse at HealthPartners SMG and member of the Service Employees International Union bargaining team. “Management has barely moved in their proposals the last couple days we have met. They simply have not been willing to offer the raises and respect we deserve.”

HealthPartners officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The union consists of more than 80 workers including licensed practical nurses, certified medical assistants and other service-unit healthcare positions in the family medicine, OB/GYN, pediatrics and specialties departments at the clinic.

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By JONEL ALECCIA, Associated Press

Nearly 368,000 pounds of Oscar Mayer turkey bacon products are being recalled over possible contamination with listeria bacteria that can cause food poisoning, federal health officials said Wednesday.

No illnesses have been confirmed to date, U.S. agriculture department officials said.

Kraft Heinz Food Company of Newberry, South Carolina, announced the recall of the fully cooked turkey bacon that was produced from April 24 to June 11. The problem was discovered when the company’s laboratory testing indicated potential listeria contamination.

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The recall includes the following products, which were shipped to U.S. stores nationwide, as well as the British Virgin Islands and Hong Kong:

— 12-ounce packages of Oscar Mayer Turkey Bacon Original with the UPC code 071871548601 printed on the package under the bar code. They have use-by dates from July 18 to Aug. 2 and the lot code RS40.

— 36-ounce packages of Oscar Mayer Turkey Bacon Original containing three 12-ounce packages of product with the UPC code 071871548748 printed on the package under the barcode. They include use-by dates from July 23 to Sept. 4 and lot codes RS19, RS40 and RS42.

— 48-ounce packages of Oscar Mayer Turkey Bacon Original containing four 12-ounce packages of product with the UPC code 071871548793 printed on the package under the barcode. They include use-by dates from July 18 to Sept. 4 and lot codes RS19, RS40 and RS42.

Consumers shouldn’t eat the products, which may be in their refrigerators or freezers. They should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase.

Listeria infections can cause serious illness, particularly in older adults, people with weakened immune systems and those who are pregnant or their newborns. Symptoms include fever, muscle aches, headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance and convulsions.

About 1,600 people get sick each year from listeria infections and about 260 die, the CDC said.

Federal officials in December said they were revamping protocols to prevent listeria infections after several high-profile outbreaks, including one linked to Boar’s Head deli meats that led to 10 deaths and more than 60 illnesses last year.

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