Trump administration calls U.S. judge’s asylum ruling ‘absurd’
The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday said it would continue to defend President Donald Trump’s decision to make immigrants who enter the country illegally from Mexico ineligible for asylum, after a federal judge temporarily blocked the policy.
U.S. court allows generic version of Indivior opioid abuse drug
A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday allowed generic drug company Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories to sell a copycat version of the Indivior Plc opioid treatment Suboxone Film, sending Indivior’s stock price down more than 40 percent.
Chicago police investigate hospital shooting that left four dead
Chicago police on Tuesday were seeking a motive for a shooting rampage outside and inside a hospital late Monday that left four people dead, including the gunman, a physician who was his former girlfriend and a police officer, officials said.
Incoming rain could hinder search for California wildfire victims
Heavy rains expected to hit Northern California late on Tuesday could help firefighters but will raise the risk of mudslides and hinder the search for more victims of the deadliest wildfire in the state’s history as nearly 1,000 people remain missing.
EPA plans biofuel ‘reset’ as program misses Congress’ targets
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will propose new targets for the final three years of the nation’s renewable fuel program in January, replacing ambitious decade-old goals set by Congress with volumes closer to the industry’s current output, tw…
In Mississippi Senate race, a ‘hanging’ remark spurs Democrats
A white Republican senator’s casual reference to a “public hanging” has invigorated a special election runoff in Mississippi, fueling Democratic hopes of an upset in a conservative state with an ugly history of racist violence.
Expected rains could hinder search for California wildfire victims
Heavy rains are expected in northern California on Tuesday, raising the risk of mudslides and hindering the search for more victims of the deadliest wildfire in the state’s history as nearly 1,000 people remain listed as missing.
U.S. judge blocks Trump asylum restrictions
SAN FRANCISCO – A U.S. judge on Monday temporarily blocked an order by President Donald Trump that barred asylum for immigrants who enter the country illegally from Mexico, the latest courtroom defeat for Trump on immigration policy.
U.S. judge temporarily blocks Trump asylum restrictions
A U.S. judge on Monday temporarily blocked an order by President Donald Trump that barred asylum for immigrants who enter the country illegally from Mexico.
Five people shot, one fatally, in downtown Denver
A shooting on a downtown Denver street corner on Monday left one person dead and four hospitalized with bullet wounds, as investigators sought at least one suspect still at large, a police spokesman said.
