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Police Use Water Cannon, Tear Gas on Milan Protesters
Protesters, Police
Clash in Milan's Streets
2026 olympics
Feb 7, 2026 4:28 PM CST

Protesters, Police Clash in Milan's Streets

Marchers demonstrated against environmental, economic, and social costs of hosting Winter Games

(Newser) - An afternoon march in Milan opposing the 2026 Winter Olympics turned confrontational Saturday night, as a portion of the crowd clashed with police near the city's Olympic Village. Thousands of demonstrators from Milan, Lombardy, and other parts of northern Italy had joined the protest, organized by a group called...

Feds Barred From Using Tear Gas on ICE Protesters

Temporary order bans chemical, projectile munitions in Portland, Ore., in most cases

(Newser) - Federal officers are temporarily barred from using tear gas at protests outside a Portland immigration building, an Oregon judge ruled Tuesday, just days after agents fired gas into a crowd of demonstrators that local officials described as peaceful and which included young children. US District Judge Michael Simon ordered federal...

Court: Feds Can Detain, Tear-Gas Peaceful Protesters

Appeals court freezes ruling banning retaliation against Minnesota protesters

(Newser) - A federal appeals court on Wednesday suspended a decision that prohibited federal officers from using tear gas or pepper spray against peaceful protesters in Minnesota. The 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals was persuaded to freeze a judge's ruling that bars retaliation against the public in Minnesota, including detaining...

Noem Rejects Request to Pause ICE Raids for Halloween

Governor's request followed tear-gassing near Halloween parade in Chicago

(Newser) - Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has firmly rejected Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker's request to temporarily halt immigration enforcement in the Chicago area during Halloween festivities.
  • Pritzker's request came after a highly publicized incident in which federal agents deployed tear gas in Chicago's Old Irving Park neighborhood while
...

Wear Body Cameras, Judge Orders ICE
Wear Body Cameras,
Judge Orders ICE
Oct 16, 2025 7:00 PM CDT

Wear Body Cameras, Judge Orders ICE

News coverage suggests agents ignored prior court order in Chicago, district judge says

(Newser) - A federal judge has ordered immigration officers in Chicago to wear body cameras after reports surfaced of agents deploying tear gas, pepper balls, and smoke grenades against protesters and police. US District Judge Sara Ellis already had told agents to wear badges and prohibited the use of riot control...

Tear Gas Deployed as ICE Protest Erupts at Chicago Site

Federal agents, protesters clash amid ongoing immigration enforcement sweep

(Newser) - Federal agents in riot gear deployed tear gas on demonstrators outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in suburban Chicago on Friday, as protests over the Trump administration's intensified immigration crackdown reached a boiling point. The confrontation erupted after protesters blocked a vehicle from leaving the Broadview ICE...

US: Russia's Using Chemical Agents in Ukraine

Russia said to be using the choking agent chloropicrin and tear gases banned in war

(Newser) - Weeks after Russia launched its war in Ukraine, President Biden warned his Russian counterpart would pay a "severe price" if he approved the use of chemical weapons. Now, the US is handing out new sanctions, alleging Russia has indeed used chemical weapons. The State Department accuses Russia of using...

900 Had Period Issues After Portland Protests
900 Women Had Period Issues
After Portland Protests
NEW STUDY
Apr 29, 2021 10:35 AM CDT

900 Women Had Period Issues After Portland Protests

Survey raises concerns about the effect of tear gas on endocrine system

(Newser) - A new study is lending credence to widespread claims from protesters that tear gas messed with their periods. Dozens of protesters told media outlets about period irregularities, which they blamed on tear gas exposure, following protests across the country last summer. Now, those claims take center stage in an anonymous...

Portland Mayor Tells Police: No More Tear Gas

Use resumed after Ted Wheeler ordered force to cut back

(Newser) - Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler had already told police in the Oregon city to go easy on the tear gas during demonstrations. He got a dose of it himself in July when he stopped by one of the protests. So now he's leaving police no wiggle room, telling them Thursday...

'Feds, Go Home': Portland Protesters Stand Up to Agents

'Wall of Moms,' health care workers, and 'Teachers Against Tyrants' showed up to demonstrate

(Newser) - Thousands of protesters gathered outside the federal courthouse in Portland, Ore., into the early hours of Saturday, shooting fireworks at the building as plumes of tear gas, dispensed by US agents, lingered above. The demonstration went on for hours until federal agents entered the crowd around 2:30am and marched...

Portland Mayor Tear-Gassed by Federal Agents

It's not clear if they knew he was in the crowd

(Newser) - The mayor of Portland, Oregon, was tear-gassed by the US government late Wednesday as he stood at a fence guarding a federal courthouse during another night of protests against the presence of federal agents sent by President Trump to quell unrest in the city. Mayor Ted Wheeler, a Democrat, said...

Top US General Apologizes for This Image
Top US General Apologizes
for This Image
updated
Jun 11, 2020 11:46 AM CDT

Top US General Apologizes for This Image

Mark Milley, joint chiefs chairman, says he shouldn't have walked with Trump

(Newser) - The fallout from President Trump's now-famous walk from the White House to St. John's Church continues: On Thursday, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff apologized for joining the president on that June 1 walk in military fatigues, reports CNN . "I should not have been there,...

Ohio City Says It's Looking Into Death of Protester

Limited information is available so far on May 30 incident in Columbus

(Newser) - The city of Columbus, Ohio, says it's looking into reports that a young female protester died "as the result of being sprayed during a protest" in the city May 30. NBC4i reports she has been identified on social media as 22-year-old Sarah Grossman, a recent graduate of Ohio...

So Was It Tear Gas? First, Define 'Tear Gas'
Was That Tear Gas in DC?
Jun 4, 2020 2:37 PM CDT

Was That Tear Gas in DC?

Trump insists it wasn't used on protesters in DC, though a pepper compound was

(Newser) - Before President Trump walked from the White House to nearby St. John's Church on Monday, authorities cleared protesters from his path. Now a debate is simmering over a simple question: Did they fire tear gas? President Trump and his press secretary insist the answer is no. "They didn’...

For $5 a Scoop, This Hong Kong Ice Cream Will Burn Your Throat

Tear gas-flavored treat is meant as an homage to the pro-democracy movement there

(Newser) - Tear gas is among the new flavors at a Hong Kong ice cream shop. The main ingredient is black peppercorns, a reminder of the pungent, peppery rounds fired by police on the streets of the semi-autonomous Chinese city during months of demonstrations last year, per the AP . "It tastes...

Cops Fire Tear Gas Inside Hong Kong Train Station

Officers disguised as protesters make mass arrests

(Newser) - Police fired tear gas Sunday inside a train station and in several other Hong Kong neighborhoods where protesters occupied roads in the tenth straight weekend of anti-government demonstrations. Protesters hurled bricks at officers and ignored warnings to leave before tear gas was deployed in the Sham Shui Po area, police...

They Were Warned Not to March. Out Came the Tear Gas

Hong Kong protests turn violent

(Newser) - Hong Kong police on Saturday fired tear gas and swung batons at protesters who defied authorities' warnings not to march in a neighborhood where six days earlier a mob apparently targeting demonstrators brutally attacked people in a train station. Protesters wearing black streamed through the Yuen Long district, even though...

Venezuela Opposition Leader Hails 'Great Achievement'

Juan Guaido says humanitarian aid is getting through

(Newser) - Opposition leader Juan Guaido says the first shipment of humanitarian aid has crossed into Venezuela from Brazil. Guaido announced the crossing on his Twitter account Saturday. He called it a "great achievement." The AP could not independently confirm the aid had passed through. Guaido one month ago declared...

Thousands Slammed by Tear Gas, Water Cannons

Demonstrators oppose fuel taxes in Paris

(Newser) - French police fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse demonstrators in Paris Saturday, as thousands gathered in the capital and staged road blockades across the nation to vent anger against rising fuel taxes and Emmanuel Macron's presidency, the AP reports. Thousands of police were deployed nationwide to contain...

Cops Hit Tour de France Riders With Tear Gas

Police were stopping a farmers' protest, but the spray inadvertently affected bicyclists

(Newser) - Because Tour de France bicyclists needed another physical challenge: Cops accidentally hit some of them with tear gas on Tuesday. It happened as officers were breaking up a farmers' protest that interrupted the 16th stage, reports Australia's ABC . The farmers, upset at slashed government funding, had blocked the road...

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