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Compromise among senators eyed on border security
After secretive talks, key senators expressed optimism Wednesday night that they were closing in on a bipartisan agreement to dramatically toughen the border security requirements in immigration legislation that also offers a path to citizenship to millions living in the country illegally. Lawmakers and aides alike said the goal was ...
Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials
Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad: June 19 The Khaleej Times, Dubai on a lingering disaster: It's been two years since the devastating earthquake and tsunami struck Japan, resulting in over 15,000 deaths. But perhaps the most dangerous consequences of the terrible natural disaster ...
FBI: Tip led to arrest of ex-professor in Mexico
A former University of Southern California professor who's accused of sex crimes involving two children has been deported to the United States after a Mexican citizen recognized his picture in the newspaper and informed the U.S. Embassy, federal authorities said Wednesday. Walter Lee Williams, 64, will appear in a Los ...
US Senate nearing agreement on immigration deal
Key U.S. senators expressed optimism that they were nearing a bipartisan agreement to toughen border security requirements in immigration legislation that also offers a path to citizenship to millions living in the country illegally. Under the emerging compromise, the government would grant legal status to immigrants living in the United ...
5 things to know in Florida for June 20
Your daily look at news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today. NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH Attorneys quizzed a whittled-down group of prospective jurors Wednesday in the Trayvon Martin case about whether they had fired guns, made judgments based on how people dressed or had been neighborhood watch ...
AP News in Brief at 10:58 p.m. EDT
Negotiations among senators accelerate on border security issue as part of immigration debate WASHINGTON (AP) — After secretive talks, key senators expressed optimism Wednesday night that they were closing in on a bipartisan agreement to toughen the border security requirements in immigration legislation that also offers a path to citizenship ...
Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials
Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad: June 18 The Star-Ledger, New Jersey, on unwillingness to make a debt deal keeps U.S. economic rebound stalled: The International Monetary Fund is that elite group of pinched-nosed accountants who have been running around Europe for the last ...
Italy's first back minister receives death threats
Italy's first black Cabinet minister is facing Internet death threats before a visit to a region known for its anti-immigrant political base. But Cecile Kyenge says she's not afraid and challenged Italians to respond to such intimidation themselves to prove that Italy isn't racist. Kyenge, a Congolese-born doctor who has ...
Excerpts from recent South Dakota editorials
Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, June 18, 2013 Immigration reform possible Immigration reform is a buzzword that comes packaged with some emotional punch. On one side, many people don't want reform unless the U.S. borders are controlled to keep illegal immigrants out. On the other hand, a bipartisan group of South ...
Iceland: 'informal talks' about Snowden asylum
A WikiLeaks spokesman who claims to represent Edward Snowden has reached out to government officials in Iceland about the potential of the NSA leaker applying for asylum in the Nordic country, officials there said Wednesday. Johannes Skulason, an Icelandic government official, told The Associated Press that WikiLeaks spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson ...
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