Appeals court rules with states challenging Obama’s immigration action
WASHINGTON — The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday in favor of 26 states challenging President Obama's executive action on immigration. Two judges on the three-judge panel ruled that the executive action, which would grant an estimated 4.7 million undocumented immigrants relief from deportation, should stay on hold...Appeals court rules with states challenging Obama’s immigration action
WASHINGTON — The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday in favor of 26 states challenging President Obama's executive action on immigration.Two judges on the three-judge panel ruled that the executive action, which would grant an estimated 4.7 million undocumented immigrants relief from deportation, should stay on hold...
Texas police seek gang truce, end of bloodshed after deadly brawl
May 22nd, 20150 WACO, TEXAS — Police asked rival motorcycle gangs on Tuesday to put aside their differences after a weekend brawl at a Waco restaurant that left nine people dead and 18 injured, calling for a halt to the carnage and threats of revenge attacks. "There has been enough tragedy and there has been enough bloodshed in Waco, Texas. We...Mother of reporter missing three years in Syria urges U.S. help
WASHINGTON — The mother of American reporter Austin Tice, who has been missing in Syria for more than three years, believes her son is alive and well and urged Washington and Damascus to work together to free him. Tice went missing in Damascus in 2012 and the State Department said in March Washington had been in periodic, direct...Muslims decry double standards following bail of former congressional candidate who plotted attack
NEW YORK - Muslim organizations are voicing concerns this week after a man who plotted to attack an Islamic community in New York State was released on bail without being charged with terrorism offenses. Community leaders have pointed to a double standard, not only in the legal consequences faced by Robert Doggart, a former...Nine killed in gun battle among Texas biker gangs
WACO, Texas – Nine people were killed on Sunday when a simmering feud among rival biker gangs boiled over at a sports bar in Waco, Texas, resulting in gunfire and a full-blown battle in the parking lot, police said.The clash took place at Twin Peaks Sports Bar and Grill in a shopping mall in the central Texas city, Waco police said....Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev sentenced to death
BOSTON – A U.S. jury sentenced on Friday Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death for helping to carry out the 2013 attack that killed three people and injured 264 at the world-renowned race, taking 15 hours to reach a decision.The federal jury chose death by lethal injection for Tsarnaev, 21, over its only other option:...House approves measure to end NSA bulk collection of phone data
— The House of Representatives approved a bill on Wednesday that would end spy agencies' bulk collection of Americans' telephone data, setting up a potential showdown with the Senate over the program, which expires on June 1. The House voted 338-88 for the USA Freedom Act, which would end the bulk collection and instead give...Bill Clinton calls for ‘radical inclusion’ in a multi-ethnic America
NEW YORK — Former President Bill Clinton urged America this week to embrace its multiethnic and multicultural future. During a paid speech on Tuesday, May 12, at Univision’s upfront, an annual presentation of the media company's brands to advertisers, Clinton told moderator and Fusion host Alicia Menendez that people should take a...House votes to ban most abortions after 20 weeks
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives approved a bill on Wednesday that would ban most abortions after 20 weeks, a measure strongly opposed by the White House. The Republican-led House approved the bill by a largely party-line vote of 242-184. An earlier version was pulled by House Republican leaders in January after a revolt by...Senate panel raises privacy concerns in White House hacking incident
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee has written President Obama over concerns that a recently reported data breach on the White House computer system might have compromised the personal information of many Americans. "Just like any entity that handles personally-identifiable information, the White House has a...Baltimore asks Justice Department to investigate police practices
BALTIMORE — Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake asked the U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday to investigate the city's police department for civil rights violations after the death of a Black man from injuries sustained in police custody. The investigation will look into police practices such as frisks, street stops of...ISIS claims to have militants in 15 states
WASHINGTON — The extremist group has put an unverified warning message on the Internet and suggested that more bloodshed will come following the attack in Garland, Texas last weekend. ISIS had previously taken the credit for the shooting attack in Texas but the White House and other security experts are doubtful of the group’s...
NSA’s phone spying program ruled illegal by appeals court
May 8th, 20150 NEW YORK — A U.S. spying program that systematically collects millions of Americans' phone records is illegal, a federal appeals court ruled on Thursday, putting pressure on Congress to quickly decide whether to replace or end the controversial anti-terrorism surveillance. Ruling on a program revealed by former government...
Texas police shoot dead 2 gunmen at exhibit of Prophet Mohammad cartoons
May 4th, 20150 DALLAS - Texas police killed two gunmen who opened fire at an exhibit of caricatures of Prophet Mohammad organized by an anti-Islamic group, authorities said on Sunday.Sunday's attack took place shortly before 7 p.m. in a parking lot of the Curtis Culwell Center, an indoor arena in the suburb of Garland, northeast of Dallas.......
Boston bomber’s lawyers focus on brother’s obsession with Islam
BOSTON — The older brother of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev changed from a roisterous boxer known for flashy outfits into someone with a bushy beard and drab clothes and obsessed with militant Islam, following a trip to Russia in 2012, witnesses said on Tuesday. The testimony before a federal jury in Boston comes as...
Marchers protest police violence in Baltimore, New York
May 1st, 20150 BALTIMORE — Protesters marched against police violence in cities from New York to Boston on Wednesday, as troops stood by in Baltimore to enforce a curfew imposed after civil unrest over the death of a 25-year-old Black man. The marches were the latest in a string of demonstrations against racial profiling and police use of lethal......
Government offers accommodations to Yemeni immigrants
UNITED STATES—The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is offering accommodations to Yemeni immigrants because of the violence in the war in the Arab country. The agency said it is closely monitoring conditions in Yemen. "Due to the current unstable security situation, USCIS seeks to highlight several available...
Judge orders NY transit agency to run ‘Muslims Kill Jews’ ad
April 24th, 20150 NEW YORK — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority to display on its buses a controversial ad that refers to Muslims killing Jews, rejecting the argument that the ad could incite terrorism or imminent violence. U.S. District Judge John Koeltl in Manhattan said the ad from the American...U.S. top court makes it easier for people to sue the government
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday made it easier for people to sue the federal government by ruling in favor of plaintiffs in two separate cases, including one involving a Hong Kong woman who was strip-searched while in immigration detention in Oregon. On a 5-4 vote deciding both cases, the justices ruled that court...South Carolina teen ‘seduced’ by ISIS sentenced on gun charge
SOUTH CAROLINA — A South Carolina teen, who a prosecutor said was "seduced" by the "Islamic State" group and planned to shoot U.S. soldiers, was sentenced on Tuesday, April 21 to five years in juvenile prison on a gun possession charge, the local Herald newspaper reported. The 16-year-old, who was not named due to his age, had......
San Francisco man stuck in Yemen sues State Department for seizing U.S. passport
San Francisco — A San Francisco man filed a lawsuit against Secretary of State John Kerry and the U.S. Department of State in federal court this week after the U.S. Embassy in Sana'a, Yemen revoked his passport. He was left stranded in Yemen, seperated from his home and family for 14 months at a time when the State Department...Ex-Blackwater guards sentenced to prison in Baghdad killings
WASHINGTON — A former Blackwater security guard was sentenced to life in prison and three others got 30-year terms on Monday, April 13, in the massacre of 14 unarmed Iraqi civilians at a Baghdad traffic circle in 2007, closing a case that had outraged Iraqis and inflamed anti-U.S. sentiment around the world. The Sept. 16 incident......
Hillary Clinton run for presidency, begins campaign trail
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK/ — Hillary Clinton, under pressure from the left wing of her Democratic Party to aggressively campaign against income inequality, voiced concern about the hefty paychecks of some corporate executives in an email to supporters. Striking a populist note, Clinton, who announced on Sunday she was running for...Muslims expected to surpass Jews as second-largest U.S. religious group
Two trends that are already well underway – the decline of Christians and the growth of religiously unaffiliated people as a share of the U.S. population – are expected to continue in the decades ahead, according to the Pew Research Center’s projections of major religious groups around the world. But, if current demographic trends......