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Texas grand jury rejects indictments in fatal shooting of US citizen by federal immigration agent
A grand jury on Wednesday rejected indictments over the fatal shooting last year of a U.S. citizen by a federal immigration agent during a traffic encounter in Texas, prosecutors said.
Maduro’s lawyer says US is blocking Venezuela government from paying deposed leader’s drug defense
The Trump administration is blocking Venezuela's government from paying for the cost of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro's defense against drug trafficking charges in New York, a move that potentially interferes with his constitutional right to counsel, his lawyer says.
DHS official promises that federal immigration agents won’t be at polling places during the midterms
A Department of Homeland Security official on Wednesday told state election administrators that immigration agents will not be stationed at the polls during November's midterm elections, trying to swat down one of Democrats' greatest fears about possible election interference from the Trump administration.
Proposed ‘Dalilah’s Law’ would bar undocumented truck drivers
Marcus Coleman held up his daughter Dalilah to cheers during President Trump's State of the Union address Tuesday night inside the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington.
Asylum pause forces advocates to change tactics
Thousands were stranded at the border when President Trump paused asylum claims his first day in office. Many waited, but many others stayed.
Mexicans abroad to elect their own members of Congress
An estimated 11 million Mexican citizens live in the United States and live in a sort of limbo – working and paying taxes without the benefits of government health care or future Social Security benefits.
Iran accuses Trump of ‘big lies’ ahead of Geneva talks in face of major US military deployment
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran pushed back Wednesday against U.S. President Donald Trump's pressure tactics ahead of critical talks in Geneva over Tehran's nuclear program, alternating between calling his remarks “big lies” and saying negotiations may yield an agreement through “honorable diplomacy.” The remarks by two Iranian officials came a day before the
Harvey Weinstein hires Luigi Mangione’s and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ lawyers as his 3rd NY trial looms
NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein has hired Luigi Mangione’s and Sean “Diddy” Combs’ lawyers to represent him at his third New York rape trial, reshaping his legal team after declining to end the case with a guilty plea. The lawyers, Jacob Kaplan, Marc Agnifilo and Teny Geragos, confirmed the move in court papers Tuesday.
Singer D4vd is ‘target’ in investigation of killing of girl whose body was found in car in Hollywood
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Singer D4vd is the target of a Los Angeles County grand jury investigation of the killing of a 14-year-old girl whose decomposed body was found last year in an apparently abandoned Tesla registered to him that was towed from the Hollywood Hills, court documents showed. Prosecutors describe the 20-year-old Houston-born alt-pop
Sondra Lee, a veteran Broadway dancer with roles in ‘Peter Pan’ and ‘Hello Dolly!’ dies at 97
Sondra Lee, a dancer and actor discovered by the legendary choreographer-director Jerome Robbins and who originated the role of Tiger Lily on Broadway in “Peter Pan” and played Minnie Fay in the original production of “Hello, Dolly!,” has died. She was 97.