## Chicagoans buy out street vendors amid a federal immigration crackdown

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This includes a grassroots effort to organize so-called “buy out” events meant to allow vendors who fear being detained by immigration agents to go home early.

In Little Village, Rick Rosales, community organizer with Cycling x Solidarity, helps organize two of these “buy out” rides per week that typically support five street vendors each.

Street vendors targeted in immigration crackdown.

It’s hard to say how many street vendors have been targeted by federal immigration agents, said Maria Orozco, outreach organizer for the Street Vendors Association of Chicago, adding she knows of at least 10 who have been detained.

(AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) People ride their bicycle during Street Vendor Bike Tour Series, in Chicago, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025.

Street vendors who are afraid to work or are seeing drops in sales can apply to get financial support through the Street Vendors Association of Chicago.

Orozco said local businesses have also hosted pop-up events where a certain percentage of proceeds go to street vendors. »

### Man who took Hamilton bus on joy ride 'did a great job' driving, left no dings, say police

Authored by cbc.ca

A man took a Hamilton city bus on a joy ride Tuesday — with passengers still on board, say police.

A 36-year-old man of no fixed address boarded the bus, sat down in the driver's seat and drove away, up to the Mountain.

The man made several stops along the way, allowing passengers to get on and off at bus stops. »

### How on Earth Are We Just Now Hearing About Trump’s ‘Hours’ With an Epstein Victim?

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On Wednesday, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released another batch of documents related to notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

Epstein also wrote to the author Michael Wolff in 2019: “[victim] mara lago … trump said he asked me to resign, never a member ever.

It was a regular Gmail account, for crying out loud, and Epstein, being dead, could not fight them in court. »

### Iran's Water Crisis Nears Point Of No Return

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President Masud Pezeshkian has warned the water crisis could lead to the evacuation of parts of Tehran and went as far as floating the possibility of moving the capital.

Gallery Compare: Iran's Devastating Drought Crisis Seen From Space Satellite images of key lakes and reservoirs across Iran reveal the extent of the country's crippling drought crisis.

But experts have been warning for years that Iran, which is largely arid, does not have the water resources to sustain it. »

### European Union and Indian navies take over ship used by pirates off Somalia to seize tanker

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The European Union and Indian navies have taken over a ship used by pirates off the coast of Somalia to seize a Malta-flagged tanker, the EU force said Wednesday.

The pirates used the Issamohamadi, a type of traditional ship known across the Persian Gulf as a dhow, as a “mother ship” for a series of assaults capped by their taking of the tanker.

The Hellas Aphrodite represents the first commercial ship seized by pirates off Somalia since May 2024. »

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