IMMIGRATION
Immigration bill faces major tests Thursday
The reform legislation faces major hurdles as it goes through the Senate process Thursday.
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The reform legislation faces major hurdles as it goes through the Senate process Thursday.
A man suspected of keeping three women captive inside his decrepit house for a decade was charged Wednesday with kidnapping and rape, accused of holding them under conditions so oppressive they were allowed outside for only a few moments in disguise and never saw a chance to escape until this week.
Jodi Arias spent 18 days on the stand sharing intimate, emotional and oftentimes X-rated details of her life before a rapt television and online audience. She had hoped it all might convince a jury that she killed her one-time boyfriend in self-defense.
A former top diplomat in Libya on Wednesday delivered a riveting minute-by-minute account of the chaotic events during the deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi last September, with a 2 a.m. call from Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and confusion about the fate of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens.
In a story of political redemption, Mark Sanford is headed back to Congress after his career was derailed by scandal four years ago.
The man accused in the deadly Colorado theater shootings wants to change his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity, his lawyers said Tuesday, despite their fears that the plea could severely hamper his ability to mount a defense against the death penalty.
A group of Florida activists are leading the fight to give access to emergency contraception to girls and women of all ages. A judge will hear arguments Tuesday in New York to determine the next steps in making Plan B One Step, a morning-after pill, available.
One neighbor says a naked woman was seen crawling on her hands and knees in the backyard of the house a few years ago. Another heard pounding on the home's doors and noticed plastic bags over the windows.
A bill that would authorize states to collect sales taxes for online purchases easily passed the Senate on Monday with bipartisan support, but it faces a tougher hurdle in the House of Representatives.
René González, who had been convicted of espionage and released from prison on parole, can remain in Cuba, a federal judge has ruled.
The agency has ordered retailers to make emergency contraception available to women 15 and older without a prescription. A federal judges ruling may expand that to females of any age.
U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell’s first big trip is to South Florida, a visit she acknowledged was intended to underline the Obama administration’s commitment to Everglades restoration efforts
A series of international events will be held in South Florida in May
Previously the State Department had said she would not be able to travel beyond the New York metro area. Now it says she can go to Philadelphia for the forum.
President Barack Obama said Tuesday that hed redouble efforts on a failed first-term campaign promise to close the prison for terrorism suspects at the U.S. Navy base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
A growing number of people who had been deported are sneaking back into the U.S.
Claims that the Senates massive immigration reform bill included cell phones for undocumented immigrants were false, says PolitiFact.
While many of us were focused on the Boston bombings, Venezuela’s dubious elections and North Korea’s war noises in recent weeks, the world’s biggest nations took a potentially historic step — they launched a system to detect secret offshore bank accounts.
Congress moved fast Friday to ease delays at airports around the nation triggered by furloughs of air traffic controllers, as the House of Representatives approved by 361-41 a budget fix designed to avert more trouble.
Federal officials said Florida violated the civil rights of the unemployed when in 2011 required them to apply online for benefits and take an "assessment" before receiving any check.