Sickening Central American migrants in dire conditions dig in at U.S. border
Thousands of Central American migrants are digging in for a long haul at a filthy, overcrowded sports complex in sight of the United States, while a small number have opted to return home after clashes with border forces dimmed hopes of crossing.
U.S. Congress shouldn’t preempt California privacy law: state official
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra warned on Wednesday that the U.S. Congress should not pass a relatively weak online privacy bill to protect consumer data and use it to take precedence over a new California law.
U.S. rights groups seek secret documents in Facebook encryption case
Two civil rights groups asked a judge on Wednesday to release documents describing a secret U.S. government effort to force Facebook Inc to decrypt voice conversations between users on its Messenger app.
Group close to pope urges California’s Brown to commute all death sentences
A Catholic group close to Pope Francis and representatives of 25 countries on Wednesday appealed to outgoing California Governor Jerry Brown to commute all the state’s 742 death sentences before laving office.
At U.S.-Mexico border, Central American migrants sicken in dire conditions
Several thousand Central American migrants languished in a filthy, overcrowded sports complex within tantalizing sight of the United States, facing sickness and indefinite waits amid shifting U.S. border policies that barred them from crossing.
Man sues Hawaii, blaming false missile alert for heart attack
A Hawaii man who had a heart attack after a false alert about an incoming ballistic missile flashed on cellphones in January has sued the state, accusing it of negligence in the incident that panicked thousands of people.
Offices of Texas Catholic archdiocese searched in sex-abuse case
Texas authorities searched the offices of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston on Wednesday looking for documents related to a priest who was charged in September with sex crimes.
U.S. civil rights groups seek secret documents in Facebook encryption fight
Two civil rights groups asked a federal judge on Wednesday to release documents describing a secret U.S. Department of Justice effort to force Facebook Inc to decrypt conversations between users.
California assessing legal action against use of force on Mexico border
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Texas police raid Catholic archdiocese in sex abuse probe of priest
Texas authorities on Wednesday said they raided the offices of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston looking for documents related to a priest who was charged in September with sex crimes.
