Families of 67 killed in US aircraft crash remember loved ones and call for reforms
Families of the 67 people who died in an aircraft collision last January gathered on Wednesday evening to mark the first anniversary, just one day after investigators testified about years of ignored warnings and near-misses. Family members
US judge blocks Trump policy targeting Minnesota’s refugees
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked a recently announced Trump administration policy targeting the roughly 5,600 lawful refugees in Minnesota who are awaiting green cards. In a written
Man sentenced to 15 years for assassination plot against Iranian American journalist
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge gave a man would-be assassin the maximum 15 years in prison Wednesday for plotting to kill an Iranian American writer on behalf of Tehran after hearing the woman who was
Patrial shutdown seems increasingly likely as Democrats demand ICE changes
WASHINGTON (AP) — With a partial government shutdown looming, Senate Democrats laid out a list of demands Wednesday for the Department of Homeland Security, including an enforceable code of conduct for federal agents conducting immigration arrests and
Trump names Colin McDonald as assistant attorney general for fraud enforcement
Jan 28 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Wednesday named Colin McDonald to serve in a newly-created role of assistant attorney general for national fraud enforcement. McDonald is currently serving as associate deputy attorney general at the
US says Brooklyn man sentenced to 15 years in Iran-backed plot to kill dissident
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (Reuters) – A Brooklyn man was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Wednesday for taking part in what prosecutors called a failed Iran-backed murder-for-hire plot against Masih Alinejad, a prominent
EPA plan would begin rolling back ‘good neighbor’ rule on downwind pollution from smokestacks
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Wednesday took a step toward rolling back a rule that limits smokestack emissions that burden downwind areas in neighboring states. The so-called “good neighbor” rule is one of dozens of
Police deploy chemical irritants at protesters gathered outside Texas detention center, in photos
DILLEY, Texas (AP) — Texas state police deployed pepper balls to disperse protesters outside the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, where 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias, are
Mayors warn that Trump’s hardline immigration tactics could dent trust in law enforcement
WASHINGTON (AP) — Elizabeth Kautz says she now carries her passport around the Minneapolis suburb where she’s been the mayor since 1995. “Those ICE agents don’t know that I’m the mayor of the city of Burnsville,” Kautz,
Husband testifies he did not plot wife’s killing in double murder trial connected to au pair affair
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A man testified on Wednesday that he loved his wife and did not want to end his marriage, despite having an affair with his family’s au pair in what would become a sprawling