By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO, Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is ending a program that allows members of its Prime membership subscription program to share their free shipping benefits with people who don’t have the same primary address.

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In an update to the customer service section of its website, the online behemoth says it will eliminate the sharing on Oct. 1 and is encouraging users outside the household of the account holder to sign up for their own Prime subscription.

Amazon is replacing the so-called Prime Invitee program with Amazon Family, which lets account holders share the free two-day shipping perk as well as a broad range of other perks like exclusive deals and movies with only one other adult in their household, up to four teens (who were added before April 7) and up to four profiles for children, according to Amazon’s website. Amazon said that the adult could be a spouse, family member or roommate.

Prime members pay $14.99 monthly or $139 annually.

The news comes as the Seattle-based company is making big investments in expanding its network to bring faster delivery to customers in less densely populated areas across the U.S. The service is available in 1,000 of the more than 4,000 smaller cities, towns and rural communities targeted by year-end, the company said in late July.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he will direct federal law enforcement intervention to combat crime in Chicago and Baltimore, despite staunch opposition from state and local officials in both cities.

Asked by reporters in the Oval Office about sending National Guard troops to Chicago, Trump said, “We’re going in,” but added, “I didn’t say when.”

“I have an obligation,” the president said. ”This isn’t a political thing.”

Trump has already sent National Guard troops into Washington, D.C., and federalized the police force in the nation’s capital. More recently, he has said he plans similar moves in other cities, particularly those run by Democratic officials.

The president praised Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser for working with federal forces, but criticized Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, who has said crime in Chicago doesn’t require federal intervention.

Trump said he’d love to have Pritzker call and say, “Send in the troops” — even though the governor has repeatedly said he won’t be doing that.

“If the governor of Illinois would call up, call me up, I would love to do it,” Trump said. “Now, we’re going to do it anyway. We have the right to do it.”

Pritzker deemed Trump’s comments to call him for help as “unhinged.”

“No, I will not call the president asking him to send troops to Chicago,” he said at his downtown Chicago office. “I’ve made that clear already.”

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Trump also said he has an “obligation to protect this country, and that includes Baltimore.” Local officials there have joined Democratic Maryland Gov. Wes Moore in similarly opposing federal law enforcement intervention.

Trump said his efforts in Washington have ensured it “is now a safe zone. We have no crime.”

The White House announced separately Tuesday that more than 1,650 people have been arrested since the Trump administration first mobilized federal officials on Aug. 7.

“And this city was really bad,” Trump said. He said, “we’re really proud of” federal efforts to curb crime in Washington.

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal grand jury has refused to indict an Indiana woman accused of threatening to kill President Donald Trump, another sign of a growing backlash against Trump’s law enforcement crackdown in the nation’s capital.

Nathalie Rose Jones was arrested on Aug. 16 in Washington, D.C., on charges that she made death threats against Trump on social media and during an interview with Secret Service agents.

But a grand jury composed of Washington residents refused to indict her based on evidence presented by Justice Department prosecutors, according to her attorney, assistant federal public defender Mary Manning Petras.

“Given that finding, the weight of the evidence is weak,” Petras wrote in a court filing. “The government may intend to try again to obtain an indictment, but the evidence has not changed and no indictment is likely.”

It is extraordinarily rare for a grand jury to refuse to return an indictment, but that has happened in other cases prosecuted by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office since Trump ordered a surge in patrols by federal agents and troops in the District of Columbia.

A grand jury refused to indict a government attorney who was facing a felony assault charge for throwing a “sub-style” sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection agent — a confrontation captured on a viral video.

Three grand juries voted separately against indicting a woman accused of assaulting an FBI agent outside the city’s jail in July, where she was recording video of the transfer of inmates into the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

A grand jury also rejected an indictment against a man who was arrested on an assault charge by a U.S. Park Police officer with the assistance of National Guard members.

Grand jury proceedings are secret, so the reasons for their decisions don’t become public. But the string of rebukes has fueled speculation that residents serving on grand juries are using their votes to protest against the White House’s surge.

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“Grand juries, judges, we will not simply go along with the flow,” U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui said during a hearing last week for a surge-related criminal case.

A spokesperson for Pirro’s office didn’t immediately respond to an email seeking comment. Pirro posted a comment on Jones’ case two days after her arrest.

“Threatening the life of the President is one of the most serious crimes and one that will be met with swift and unwavering prosecution. Make no mistake — justice will be served,” Pirro wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.

Prosecutors said Jones, 50, of Lafayette, Indiana, posted a Aug. 6 message on Facebook that she was “willing to sacrificially kill this POTUS by disemboweling him and cutting out his trachea.” When Secret Service agents questioned her on Aug. 15, Jones said she hoped to peacefully remove Trump from office but “will kill him out at the compound if I have to,” according to prosecutors. Jones was arrested a day later in Washington, where she joined a protest near the White House.

Petras said Jones repeatedly told Secret Service agents that she had no intent to harm anyone, didn’t own any weapons and went to Washington to peacefully protest.

All of the work paid off for rookie quarterback Max Brosmer last week when he learned he had earned himself a spot on the active roster following a successful training camp with the Vikings.

He gave himself permission to take a step back and enjoy the moment. He hopped on a group FaceTime with his mom, dad, brother, girlfriend and his dogs to celebrate. After a few minutes, he hung up and got back to the grind.

“It was pretty surreal when I found out, and then it was like, ‘Snap out of it,’ ” Brosmer said. “You’ve got to earn it every single day.”

As excited as he was to make the team as an undrafted free agent, Brosmer had to remind himself this is not the ultimate goal. He wants to have staying power. The only way to accomplish that is to continue to work.

“Our team does such a good (of) job holding each other accountable,” he said. “There’s not a ton of time to be like, ‘I made it.’”

That shouldn’t be an issue for Brosmer; it’s not in his nature to be content. He has had to scratch and claw to get to where he is, committing to New Hampshire as a lightly recruited prospect, then transferring to Minnesota as a long shot to make to the next level.

As he’s navigated every step of his journey, Brosmer’s superpower has long been his ability think the game better than his peers. “That’s kind of always how I’ve been,’” he said. “It’s because, honestly, I haven’t been as physically gifted as some people in this profession.”

His mind helped Brosmer stand out after signing with the Vikings as an undrafted free agent. He quickly picked up the playbook in the spring and confidently applied it to his game in the summer.

Though he didn’t get a ton of reps in training camp, Brosmer made the most of his opportunity in the exhibition games, proving he belonged with impressive showings against the Houston Texans, New England Patriots and Tennessee Titans.

“It wasn’t always real clean around him,” head coach Kevin O’Connell said. “He found a way to move the team.”

Not once did Brosmer doubt he’d be able to do that.

“Whether I was going to come from New Hampshire or come from Minnesota to make it to the NFL, I’m confident in my ability to be able to play,” Brosmer said. “I’m grateful to have people that believe in me as much as I believe in myself.”

That includes everybody he came in contact with during his time with the Gophers, including head coach P.J. Fleck, who heaped praise last week when asked about everything Brosmer brought to the program.

“That kid leaves his imprint and his legacy everywhere he goes,” Fleck said. “It’s going to keep happening in his life.”

As he reflected on the process to get to this point, Brosmer tried to envision what it will be like next week when the Vikings take on the Chicago Bears on Monday Night Football. Much like he did when he learned he made the team, Brosmer plans to give himself permission to take a step back and enjoy the moment.

“It’s such a cool feeling,” he said. “It’s a dream I’ve been dreaming since I was a kid.”

But there’s no doubt that after taking a few seconds to appreciate everything he’s accomplished so far, Brosmer will lock back in and move forward with the full understanding that there’s more work to be done.

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