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American Scene: Group files U.N. complaint on state's immigration law

MONTGOMERY — An alliance of union and civil rights groups opposed to Alabama's toughest-in-the-nation immigration law has filed a complaint with the United Nations' International Labor Organization.

The complaint Monday alleges that Alabama law violates international norms. It says the law and the U.S. government's inability to come up with ...

7 dead in Christian school shooting

OAKLAND, Calif. — A 43-year-old former student of a small Christian university in California opened fire at the school Monday, killing at least seven people and setting off an intense, chaotic manhunt that ended with his capture at a nearby shopping center, authorities said.

Police Chief Howard Jordan said One ...

Feared drug cartel leader gets 25 years

Once one of the most feared and dangerous drug traffickers in the world, Benjamin Arellano-Felix, who bribed government officials in Mexico and kidnapped and killed his enemies, was sentenced Monday in federal court in San Diego to 25 years in prison and ordered to forfeit $100 million gained through his ...

Feared drug cartel leader gets 25 years

Once one of the most feared and dangerous drug traffickers in the world, Benjamin Arellano-Felix, who bribed government officials in Mexico and kidnapped and killed his enemies, was sentenced Monday in federal court in San Diego to 25 years in prison and ordered to forfeit $100 million gained through his ...

It takes more time to deliver a baby than in the 1960s, study finds

While everything else in the modern world is go-go-go, the miracle of birth is actually taking a little longer these days.

An analysis of nearly 138,000 deliveries has found that women in the 2000s averaged 2.6 hours longer to deliver their first child than women in the 1960s, according to ...

It takes more time to deliver a baby than in the 1960s, study finds

While everything else in the modern world is go-go-go, the miracle of birth is actually taking a little longer these days.

An analysis of nearly 138,000 deliveries has found that women in the 2000s averaged 2.6 hours longer to deliver their first child than women in the 1960s, according to ...

American Scene: Group files U.N. complaint on state's immigration law

MONTGOMERY — An alliance of union and civil rights groups opposed to Alabama's toughest-in-the-nation immigration law has filed a complaint with the United Nations' International Labor Organization.

The complaint Monday alleges that Alabama law violates international norms. It says the law and the U.S. government's inability to come up with ...

Young driver at wheel in trailer crash

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A 17-year-old boy with a provisional driver's license was behind the wheel when a converted semitrailer crashed on a Kansas highway, killing five members of his Minnesota family who were on vacation to see a motocross race, authorities said Monday.

According to the Minnesota Department of ...

Young driver at wheel in trailer crash

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A 17-year-old boy with a provisional driver's license was behind the wheel when a converted semitrailer crashed on a Kansas highway, killing five members of his Minnesota family who were on vacation to see a motocross race, authorities said Monday.

According to the Minnesota Department of ...

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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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 ...

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