PHOENIX – States that had been watching Arizona’s immigration law in hopes of copying it received a rude awakening when a judge put most of the measure on hold and agreed with the Obama administration’s core argument that immigration enforcement is the role of the federal government. The ruling marked a repudiation of the Arizona... »
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Ariz. judge raises the realities of porous border
PHOENIX – The judge who will decide whether Arizona’s new immigration law is constitutional hasn’t indicated whether she’ll put the statute on hold before it takes effect next week and had some pointed questions Thursday for challengers at two court hearings. U.S. District Judge Susan... »
DC area shaken by minor earthquake
WASHINGTON – The DC area was shaken by a minor earthquake early Friday. The quake hit at 5:04 a.m. EDT and had a magnitude of 3.6. The quake was centered in the Rockville, Md., area said Randy Baldwin, a physicist with U.S. Geological Survey’s National Earthquake... »
Barefoot Bandit’s hometown welcomes his capture
CAMANO ISLAND, Wash. – Residents of the rural island where the “Barefoot Bandit” first learned to dodge police through thick ferns and cedar trees are lashing out at the... »
Officials: 3 arrested in Norway al-Qaida bomb plot
OSLO – Three suspected al-Qaida members were arrested Thursday morning in what Norwegian and U.S. officials said was a terrorist plot linked to similar plans in New York and... »
Manson follower denied parole for 19th time
CHINO, Calif. – The aging inmate, her face wrinkled with time and her gray hair drawn in a bun, listened as her lawyer argued that the Leslie Van Houten... »