U.S. government says it could take two years to identify families separated at border
It could take the U.S. government up to two years to identify potentially thousands of additional children separated from their parents by the authorities at the southern border, the government said in a court filing.
New York man charged with threatening to kill Muslim U.S. lawmaker Ilhan Omar
A 55-year-old New York man has been arrested and charged with threatening to assault and murder Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar, a Muslim U.S. Congress member from Minnesota, federal prosecutors said.
Former South Carolina Senator Ernest ‘Fritz’ Hollings dies at 97
Ernest “Fritz” Hollings, a sharp-tongued moderate Democrat with a booming voice and deep Southern drawl who advocated fiscal discipline in Washington during 38 years representing South Carolina in the U.S. Senate, died on Saturday at age 97.
Suspicious blazes destroy three predominantly black Louisiana churches
Federal and state officials in Louisiana are investigating suspicious fires that destroyed three predominantly black churches in 10 days in one mostly rural parish, authorities said on Saturday.
Man charged with threat to murder Muslim U.S. Representative
A 55-year-old New York man has been arrested and charged with threatening to murder Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar, a freshman U.S. Congress member from Minnesota who is a Muslim, federal prosecutors said.
19-year-old ex-convict charged in Los Angeles slashing attacks
A 19-year-old ex-convict who prosecutors say slashed the faces of nine people as he rode through the streets of Los Angeles and surrounding communities on a bicycle was charged on Friday with aggravated mayhem and attempted robbery, prosecutors said.
U.S. ratchets up pressure on Venezuela, Cuban backers
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Friday stepped up efforts to force Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from office by imposing new sanctions on its oil shipments, and promising “stronger action” against Cuba for helping to keep the regime afloat.
Rwandan convicted of lying while seeking U.S. asylum after genocide
A Rwandan man who U.S. prosecutors said participated in the African nation’s 1994 genocide was convicted on Friday of lying about belonging to the political party that led the killings in hopes of gaining asylum in the United States.
California sues U.S. agencies over data on vehicle emissions freeze
The state of California filed a lawsuit on Friday seeking to force two federal agencies to provide data they used to justify rolling back landmark Obama-era vehicle emission standards, accusing the Trump administration of “willfully withholding” inform…
Nebraska woman says carrying her gay son’s baby was her gift
When Cecile Eledge offered to carry a baby for her adult son and his husband, they thought she was kidding – and that her doctors in the family’s Nebraska hometown would balk at a 61-year-old woman serving as a surrogate for a gay couple.
