The Latest on the protests in Hong Kong (all times local):
1:15 p.m.
Classes will remain suspended at Hong Kong schools on Monday because of continuing unrest in the city.
The Education Bureau says all classes from kindergarten through high school would be suspended because of safety concerns.
Protestors prepare to shoot bows and arrows during a confrontation with police at Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019. Police fired tear gas at protesters holding out at Hong Kong Polytechnic University as overnight clashes resumed Sunday, and opposition lawmakers criticized the Chinese military for joining a cleanup to remove debris from streets. (AP PhotoKin Cheung)
The bureau has canceled classes since Thursday, after coming under criticism for not doing so earlier.
It says schools are required to keep their premises open for students whose parents need to send them to school during the day.
Many students have joined anti-government protests, with children as young as 12 arrested by police. The Education Bureau says students should stay at home, not wander in the streets and must not participate in unlawful activities.
Police fire tear gas at Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019. Police fired tear gas at protesters holding out at Hong Kong Polytechnic University as overnight clashes resumed Sunday, and opposition lawmakers criticized the Chinese military for joining a cleanup to remove debris from streets. (AP PhotoKin Cheung)
11 a.m.
Police have fired tear gas at protesters holding out at Hong Kong Polytechnic University as overnight clashes resumed in the morning.
A large group of people arrived Sunday to try to clean up a debris-strewn roadway. Riot police appeared after the cleaners were warned away by the protesters.
The police shot volleys of tear gas toward the protesters, who sheltered behind a wall of umbrellas across an entire street.
The skirmish came hours after intense overnight clashes in which the two sides exchanged tear gas and gasoline bombs. Many protesters retreated inside the Polytechnic campus.
Protesters have largely retreated from other major universities that were occupied for much of last week, but a contingent remains at Polytechnic.
Hong Kong’s anti-government protests have been raging for more than five months.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis school system will offer families the option of remote learning for a month amid federal immigration enforcement in the city, the district said.
Under the temporary plan, teachers will simultaneously deliver lessons from their classrooms to students in the classroom and at home. The district provided the update late Thursday in an email to teachers that was obtained by The Associated Press.
The move comes as the Trump administration sends 2,000 immigration agents to the area and the community responds to the fatal shooting of a local woman earlier this week by a federal agent.
Immigration enforcement in cities across the U.S. has led to dips in school attendance, according to parents and educators. Advocates in other cities facing federal interventions have sought remote learning options, particularly for immigrant families that might feel vulnerable, but Minneapolis appears to be one of the few districts to reintroduce the option of pandemic-style virtual learning.
“This meets a really important need for our students who are not able to come to school right now,” a Minneapolis school administrator wrote in the email to staff.
The virtual learning option will be available through Feb. 12.
Minneapolis public schools were closed Thursday and Friday because of the tumult, but the district directed teachers to report to their school building to receive more details from administrators about the online instruction option. The district has not publicly provided details of the remote option.
In a statement Thursday, the Minnesota Department of Education said districts and charter schools can provide remote options for enrolled students.
“Plans for online instruction need to consider how the needs of all students can be met, including students with disabilities and students learning English,” Commissioner Willie Jett said.
The president of the Minnesota Federal of Teachers said on social media late Thursday that the union asked the district to consider offering remote learning.
“This is an OPTION and exactly what so many families need right now. MFE members brought this to MPS and MPS listened,” Marcia Howard wrote.
The union has been hearing worries from members and families who are concerned about sending children to school at time of heightened tensions over the immigration enforcement, said Natasha Dockter, first vice president of the union's teacher chapter.
Dockter said remote learning can be a challenge but educators will rise to the occasion to make it work.
“We’re in an emergency and our educators are going to do whatever they can to meet this moment in this emergency,” Dockter said.
Vázquez Toness reported from Boston.
Protesters sit on a barrier that is being assembled outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building as demonstrators gather in Minneapolis, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Adam Bettcher)
Federal agents stand outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building as protesters gather in Minneapolis, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026.(AP Photo/Adam Bettcher)
Demonstrators protest outside the White House in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent who fatally shot Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
