Illegal Immigration

ICE arrests 3,100 convicted criminal aliens in sweep

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) agents, as part of what the agency says is its commitment to prioritizing the removal of criminal aliens and egregious immigration law violators, has arrested more than 3,100 convicted criminal aliens, immigration fugitives and immigration violators in a six-day national "Cross Check" enforcement operation.

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Appeals court upholds Calif. affirmative action ban

A federal appeals court on Monday rejected a bid by minority students to overturn California's ban on affirmative action in admissions to state colleges and universities, saying the 1996 initiative approved by California voters already had passed the court's legal muster.

Ralph Kasarda, an attorney for the Pacific Legal Foundation, ...

Appeals court upholds Calif. affirmative action ban

A federal appeals court on Monday rejected a bid by minority students to overturn California's ban on affirmative action in admissions to state colleges and universities, saying the 1996 initiative approved by California voters already had passed the court's legal muster.

Ralph Kasarda, an attorney for the Pacific Legal Foundation, ...

Court upholds Calif. affirmative action ban

LOS ANGELES — Affirmative action proponents took a hit Monday as California's ban on using race, ethnicity and gender in admitting students to public colleges and universities was upheld by a federal appeals court panel.

The ruling marked the second time the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals turned back ...

Court upholds Calif. affirmative action ban

LOS ANGELES — Affirmative action proponents took a hit Monday as California's ban on using race, ethnicity and gender in admitting students to public colleges and universities was upheld by a federal appeals court panel.

The ruling marked the second time the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals turned back ...

Seven dead in Oakland university shooting

OAKLAND, Calif. — A gunman opened fire at a Christian university in California on Monday, killing at least seven people and wounding three more, before being captured hours later at a shopping center in a nearby city, authorities said.

The gunfire erupted around midmorning at Oikos University in Oakland, police ...

Seven dead in Oakland university shooting

OAKLAND, Calif. — A gunman opened fire at a Christian university in California on Monday, killing at least seven people and wounding three more, before being captured hours later at a shopping center in a nearby city, authorities said.

The gunfire erupted around midmorning at Oikos University in Oakland, police ...

NOAA: 'Meteorological March madness' mostly random

WASHINGTON (AP) — Freak chance was mostly to blame for the record warm March weather that gripped two-thirds of the country, with man-made global warming getting only a tiny assist, a quick federal analysis shows.

For much of March, record temperatures hit as much as 35 degrees above normal and ...

NOAA: 'Meteorological March madness' mostly random

WASHINGTON (AP) — Freak chance was mostly to blame for the record warm March weather that gripped two-thirds of the country, with man-made global warming getting only a tiny assist, a quick federal analysis shows.

For much of March, record temperatures hit as much as 35 degrees above normal and ...

Ex-nurse convicted in bleach killings awaits fate

LUFKIN, Texas (AP) — The punishment phase began Monday in the capital murder trial of an East Texas nurse who could go to death row for killing five kidney dialysis patients by injecting them with bleach.

Jurors who convicted Kimberly Saenz began hearing evidence to decide whether she receives life ...

Ex-nurse convicted in bleach killings awaits fate

LUFKIN, Texas (AP) — The punishment phase began Monday in the capital murder trial of an East Texas nurse who could go to death row for killing five kidney dialysis patients by injecting them with bleach.

Jurors who convicted Kimberly Saenz began hearing evidence to decide whether she receives life ...

Prosecutors want JetBlue captain held without bond

AMARILLO, Texas (AP) — A JetBlue Airways captain charged with disrupting a Las Vegas-bound flight after he left the cockpit screaming about religion and terrorists should remain in federal custody without bond, prosecutors told a judge Monday.

Capt. Clayton Osbon smiled at his wife and JetBlue employees who watched his ...

Prosecutors want JetBlue captain held without bond

AMARILLO, Texas (AP) — A JetBlue Airways captain charged with disrupting a Las Vegas-bound flight after he left the cockpit screaming about religion and terrorists should remain in federal custody without bond, prosecutors told a judge Monday.

Capt. Clayton Osbon smiled at his wife and JetBlue employees who watched his ...

Minn. family in fatal crash was on motocross trip

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Minnesota family and some friends were taking a spring break vacation to see a motocross race when the motor home in which they were traveling crashed in northeast Kansas, killing five family members, a family friend said Monday.

The crash, which also injured 13 people, ...

Minn. family in fatal crash was on motocross trip

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Minnesota family and some friends were taking a spring break vacation to see a motocross race when the motor home in which they were traveling crashed in northeast Kansas, killing five family members, a family friend said Monday.

The crash, which also injured 13 people, ...

Supreme Court OKs routine jailhouse strip searches

WASHINGTON — Jailers may perform invasive strip searches on people arrested even for minor offenses, an ideologically divided Supreme Court ruled Monday, the conservative majority declaring that security trumps privacy in an often dangerous environment.

In a 5-4 decision, the court ruled against a New Jersey man who was strip ...

Supreme Court OKs routine jailhouse strip searches

WASHINGTON — Jailers may perform invasive strip searches on people arrested even for minor offenses, an ideologically divided Supreme Court ruled Monday, the conservative majority declaring that security trumps privacy in an often dangerous environment.

In a 5-4 decision, the court ruled against a New Jersey man who was strip ...

1940 census records include 21 million still alive

NEW YORK — When the 1940 census records are released Monday, Verla Morris can consider herself a part of living history.

Morris, who is in her 100th year, will get to experience the novelty of seeing her own name and details about her life in the records being released by ...

1940 census records include 21 million still alive

NEW YORK — When the 1940 census records are released Monday, Verla Morris can consider herself a part of living history.

Morris, who is in her 100th year, will get to experience the novelty of seeing her own name and details about her life in the records being released by ...

Lawyers find flaws in Michigan militia case

A day after seven members of a Michigan-based Christian militia were acquitted after some spent two years in jail on charges of trying to overthrow the government, people who watched their trial said the federal case against them was flawed.

Jack Kay, a professor of communication at Eastern Michigan University ...

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