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A New Jersey police sergeant, Darryl Brown, was charged with stealing a photojournalist's camera bag valued at $10,000 after it was tracked to his home. The journalist, Angelina Katsanis, left the bag during a protest at an immigration jail where she was injured, and geo-tracking revealed the bag's location at Brown's residence.

A federal appeals court ruled that a Trump-era policy banning transgender military members from service violates constitutional equal protection rights, allowing plaintiffs in the case to continue serving. The 2-1 decision found the policy 'arbitrary and based upon animus' toward transgender individuals, though the injunction does not apply universally to all transgender service members or those seeking enlistment.

During a Beijing visit, Chinese leader Xi Jinping referenced 'The Thucydides Trap,' a book by Harvard professor Graham Allison examining historical power dynamics between incumbent and rising powers. The article uses the book's framework to discuss potential tensions between the US and China during Trump's presidency.