RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Midfielder Jorge Carrascal scored late to give Flamengo a 1-0 win over Argentina’s Racing Club at home in the first leg of the Copa Libertadores semifinal series.
Carrascal, a Colombian international, scored the game-winner in the 88th minute for the three-time Libertadores champions.
Flamengo is aiming for its first Copa Libertadores title since 2022 and also trying to give Brazil an eighth title in the past nine editions.
The second leg will be played next Wednesday in Buenos Aires.
The tournament final is scheduled for Nov. 29 in estadio Monumental in Lima, Peru.
Racing Club, playing in its first semifinals series since 1997, is trying to win its first Copa Libertadores since 1967.
In the other semifinal series, Ecuador's LDU will be aiming to knock out a Brazilian club for the third time in the knockout stages when it takes on Palmeiras on Thursday.
LDU beat Sao Paulo in the quarterfinals to reach the final four for the fourth time, and first since 2008.
The team based in Ecuador's capital downed defending champion Botafogo in the round of 16.
Palmeiras, a three-time Copa Libertadores winner, advanced to the semifinals over Argentina's River Plate.
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De Arrascaeta of Brazil's Flamengo, right, and Santiago Sosa of Argentina's Racing Club battle for the ball during a Copa Libertadores semifinal first leg soccer match in Rio de Janeiro, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
Jorge Carrascal of Brazil's Flamengo, center, celebrates with teammates after scoring his side's opening goal against Argentina's Racing Club during a Copa Libertadores semifinal first leg soccer match in Rio de Janeiro, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
Guillermo Varela of Brazil's Flamengo, left, and Gabriel Rojas of Argentina's Racing Club battle for the ball during a Copa Libertadores semifinal first leg soccer match in Rio de Janeiro, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal officers in the Minneapolis-area participating in its largest recent U.S. immigration enforcement operation can’t detain or tear gas peaceful protesters who aren't obstructing authorities, including when these people are observing the agents, a judge in Minnesota ruled Friday.
U.S. District Judge Kate Menendez's ruling addresses a case filed in December on behalf of six Minnesota activists. The six are among the thousands who have been observing the activities of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol officers enforcing the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area since last month.
Federal agents and demonstrators have repeatedly clashed since the crackdown began. The confrontations escalated after an immigration agent fatally shot Renee Good in the head on Jan. 7 as she drove away from a scene in Minneapolis, an incident that was captured on video from several angles. Agents have arrested or briefly detained many people in the Twin Cities.
The activists in the case are represented by the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota, which says government officers are violating the constitutional rights of Twin Cities residents.
Government attorneys argued that the officers have been acting within their legal authority to enforce immigration laws and protect themselves. They said Homeland Security officers have been subject to violence across the country and in Minnesota, and that they have responded lawfully and appropriately.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the ACLU didn't immediately respond to requests for comment Friday night.
The ruling prohibits the officers from detaining drivers and passengers in vehicles when there is no reasonable suspicion they are obstructing or interfering with the officers.
Safely following agents “at an appropriate distance does not, by itself, create reasonable suspicion to justify a vehicle stop,” the ruling said.
Menendez said the agents would not be allowed to arrest people without probable cause or reasonable suspicion the person has committed a crime or was obstructing or interfering with the activities of officers.
Menendez is also presiding over a lawsuit filed Monday by the state of Minnesota and the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul seeking to suspend the enforcement crackdown, and some of the legal issues are similar. She declined at a hearing Wednesday to grant the state’s request for an immediate temporary restraining order in that case.
“What we need most of all right now is a pause. The temperature needs to be lowered,” state Assistant Attorney General Brian Carter told her.
Menendez said the issues raised by the state and cities in that case are “enormously important.” But she said it raises high-level constitutional and other legal issues, and for some of those issues there are few on-point precedents. So she ordered both sides to file more briefs next week.
McAvoy reported from Honolulu. Associated Press writer Hallie Golden in Seattle contributed to this report.
A woman covers her face from tear gas as federal immigration officers confront protesters outside Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)
Tear gas surrounds federal law enforcement officers as they leave a scene after a shooting on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)
People cover tear gas deployed by federal immigration officers outside Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)
Federal immigration officers stand outside Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building as tear gas is deployed Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)
An FBI officer works the scene during operations on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)
