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Prison shares rise as U.S. eyes more migrant family detention space

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2018-06-23 02:02:30Z

By Sinéad Carew and April Joyner (Reuters) - Shares in private prison operators CoreCivic Inc and Geo Group rose on Friday as investors bet on increasing demand for their services after U.S. authorities asked about available capacity for the detention of immigrant families. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issued a request for information on Friday afternoon about potential facilities from different providers to accommodate up to 15,000 beds, ideally in several locations. The move came after U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Wednesday aimed at ending his controversial policy of separating immigrant...

Mexican airline Volaris offers free flights for separated children

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2018-06-23 02:02:30Z

Mexican airline Volaris said on Friday it was offering free flights to reunite families separated by the "zero tolerance" immigration policy of U.S. President Donald Trump. "It hurts us to see these children without their parents and it is our vocation to reunite them," Volaris said in a statement. The airline said it would work with authorities in the United States, Mexico and Central America to offer free flights on its pre-existing routes to reunite children with their parents.

Parted at U.S. border by Trump policy, migrants seek their children

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2018-06-23 02:02:30Z

SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lilian Merida-Galicia and her 7-year-old daughter were apprehended after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona and separated by U.S. officials in mid-May. Since then, the 23-year-old Guatemalan has been trying to learn her daughter's whereabouts, according to her attorney, Michael Avenatti. At one point she sent a note to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

White House accuses Democrats and media of exploiting toddler photo

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2018-06-23 02:02:30Z

(Reuters) - After weeks of criticism over the separation of immigrant families, the White House seized on a photo of a Honduran toddler seen sobbing at the U.S.-Mexican border to accuse Democrats and the media on Friday of exploiting the picture to push their agenda on immigration. The photograph, taken by photographer John Moore at the scene of a border detention this month, became a powerful image in the media coverage of the separation of families at the U.S.-Mexican border. Dozens of newspapers and magazines including Time and the Washington Post published the image.

U.S. Navy drafts plans to house 25,000 immigrants at cost of $233 million

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2018-06-23 02:02:30Z

By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy is drafting plans to house up to 25,000 immigrants on its bases and other facilities, at an estimated cost of about $233 million over six months, as the Trump administration seeks to ease a mounting crisis on the Mexican border, a U.S. official said on Friday. The official, who asked not to be named, stressed that the draft memo, which looks at setting up housing on Navy airfields in Alabama, was for planning purposes only. President Donald Trump is facing a public outcry over his policy of separating children from their migrant parents, with lawmakers struggling to get immigration legislation passed.

Octogenarian New England ex-mob boss convicted of 1993 murder

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2018-06-23 01:17:17Z

A federal jury on Friday found a former boss of the New England mob and one of his associates guilty of the 1993 murder of a nightclub owner whose remains were discovered buried in Rhode Island two years ago. Jurors in Boston convicted Francis "Cadillac Frank" Salemme, 84, and Paul Weadick, 63, of killing club owner Steven DiSarro because they believed he would cooperate with federal investigators. Steven Boozang, Salemme's lawyer, said he was disappointed and plans to appeal.

U.S. judge says may rule next week on reuniting migrant children

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2018-06-22 23:14:32Z

A federal judge said on Friday he could rule as soon as the middle of next week on a request to order the U.S. government to reunite thousands of immigrant children who were separated from their parents after illegally crossing the Mexico-U.S. border. While U.S. President Donald Trump bowed to political pressure on Wednesday and issued an executive order ending the separations, the administration has been silent on plans to reunite parents split from their children. More than 2,300 migrant children have been separated since the Trump administration began a "zero tolerance" policy toward illegal border crossings in early May. At a court hearing on Friday, a lawyer for the American Civil...

Prison shares rise as U.S. eyes more migrant family detention space

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2018-06-22 23:14:11Z

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issued a request for information on Friday afternoon about potential facilities from different providers to accommodate up to 15,000 beds, ideally in several locations. The move came after U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Wednesday aimed at ending his controversial policy of separating immigrant children from their parents caught entering the country illegally.

Mexican airline Volaris offers free flights for separated children

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2018-06-22 22:44:08Z

Accused N.Y attacker says U.S. court's judgment 'not important'

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2018-06-22 21:46:33Z

The Uzbek national accused of killing eight people by driving a speeding truck along a New York City bike path last October spoke of a "war" led by Islamic State at a pre-trial hearing on Friday and dismissed the court's judgment as not important. The statement by Sayfullo Saipov, a legal permanent resident of the United States, came at the end of a hearing at which U.S. District Judge Vernon Broderick set an Oct. 7, 2019, trial date in the case. "The Islamic State, in order to impose sharia (Islamic law) on Earth, is leading a war," Saipov said.

Octogenarian ex-New England mob boss convicted of 1993 murder

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2018-06-22 19:51:04Z

A federal jury on Friday found a former New England mob boss and one of his associates guilty of the 1993 murder of a nightclub owner whose remains were discovered buried in Rhode Island two years ago. Jurors in Boston convicted Francis "Cadillac Frank" Salemme, 84, and Paul Weadick, 63, of killing club owner Steven DiSarro because they believed DiSarro was cooperating with federal investigators. Steven Boozang, Salemme's lawyer, said he was disappointed and plans to appeal.

No drugs, no alcohol in U.S. celebrity chef Bourdain's body when he died: prosecutor

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2018-06-22 18:26:33Z

U.S. celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain, who killed himself in a French hotel room earlier this month, had no narcotics or alcohol in his body when he died, a local prosecutor said on Friday. Bourdain, host of CNN's food-and-travel-focused "Parts Unknown" television series, was 61. "No trace of narcotics, no trace of any toxic products, no trace of medicines, no trace of alcohol," prosecutor Christian de Rocquigny told Reuters.

Showers soak much of U.S. Corn Belt; more storms next week

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2018-06-22 18:15:28Z

By Julie Ingwersen CHICAGO (Reuters) - Rains soaked portions of the U.S. Corn Belt this week, swamping fields in South Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa, and more storms are expected early next week ahead of a warm-up, meteorologists said Friday. The wet and warm outlook is generally favorable for U.S. corn and soybean crops overall, forecasters said, despite areas of flooding. The National Weather Service posted flood warnings Friday in northern Illinois, northwest Iowa and neighboring southeast South Dakota, where some areas received 5 to 6 inches (12 to 15 cm) of rain over the last seven days.

White House accuses Democrats and media of exploiting toddler photo

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2018-06-22 18:12:36Z

The photograph, taken by photographer John Moore at the scene of a border detention this month, became a powerful image in the media coverage of the separation of families at the U.S.-Mexican border. Dozens of newspapers and magazines including Time and the Washington Post published the image. The

New York ban on gravity knives upheld by U.S. appeals court

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2018-06-22 16:50:28Z

A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the constitutionality of New York state's ban on gravity knives, which can be opened to a locked position with a one-handed flick of the wrist. By a 3-0 vote, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected claims by three Manhattan plaintiffs that the ban was vague, and could trap unsuspecting people who want to buy, sell or own common folding knives. The decision is a defeat for the artist John Copeland and art dealer Pedro Perez, both arrested for violating the ban, as well as Native Leather Ltd, a retailer that agreed to test its knife inventory and submit to inspections to avoid prosecution.

Tesla recycling machine catches fire at Fremont, California campus

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2018-06-22 16:48:26Z

The fire occurred after a cardboard baling machines that is used for recycling overheated, and was contained, Fremont Fire Department Division Chief Diane Hendry said on Friday. In a tweet earlier this week, Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk touted a new tent on the campus that is being used for

Supreme Court rules warrants required for cellphone location data

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2018-06-22 14:41:10Z

By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday imposed limits on the ability of police to obtain cellphone data pinpointing the past location of criminal suspects in a victory for digital privacy advocates and a setback for law enforcement authorities. In the 5-4 ruling,

Trump urges Republican lawmakers to drop immigration effort

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2018-06-22 14:14:17Z

By Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump urged Republican lawmakers on Friday to drop their efforts to pass comprehensive immigration legislation until after the November elections, which he hopes will boost the party's majority in Congress. Trump, faced with a public outcry over his policy that separated children from their migrant parents at the U.S. border with Mexico, tried to refocus the immigration debate on Congress in a series of early morning posts on Twitter. Despite Republican control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate, the party's slim 51-49 majority in the latter chamber makes some Democratic support necessary to pass most...

Death, disputes and disgrace, but the TV show must go on

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2018-06-22 12:04:20Z

Charlie Sheen's "Two and a Half Men" character was run over by a bus and got a full-scale funeral. "Glee" actor Corey Monteith died in real life and had a tribute episode. "House of Cards" will return minus scandal-tainted Kevin Spacey, with his screen wife taking center stage.

ERCOT expects Texas power demand to break June record in heat wave

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2018-06-22 11:58:47Z

(Reuters) - Homes and businesses in Texas are expected to set a daily electricity consumption record for June on Friday as consumers crank up their air conditioners to escape a brutal heat wave, according to the operator of most of the state's power grid. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT, forecast demand will peak at 68,374 MW on Friday, topping the record for the month, 67,887 MW, set on June 1. Summer came early to Texas this year.

Where are the beds? Questions surround Trump's plan to hold families in detention

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2018-06-22 10:37:17Z

One child stopped eating and fell into a depression. A third child started biting other children. The Dilley site is one of only three in the United States designed to hold parents and children together in immigration detention.

Hundreds block Pittsburgh interstate in police shooting protest

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2018-06-22 10:25:55Z

Antwon Rose, 17, was shot and killed on Tuesday by an East Pittsburgh police officer as he ran from a vehicle after it was stopped by police who were searching for suspect in an earlier drive-by shooting, police said earlier this week. The death of Rose was the latest in a string of killings of black men by police that have triggered street protests and fueled a renewed national debate about bias in the U.S. criminal justice system. The incident has sparked largely peaceful protests in the Pittsburgh area with demonstrators calling for justice.

Thirty-three children fall ill at Florida summer camp

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2018-06-22 09:04:09Z

Some of those affected complained of headaches and vomited and one person passed out, CBS News reported, citing Highlands County Public Safety Director Marc Bashoor. The cause of the illness was unknown and the local health department was investigating the incident, the Highlands County Fire and Rescue said on Twitter. "None appear to be serious," the fire department tweeted.

Uber driver was streaming Hulu show just before self-driving car crash: police report

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2018-06-22 06:52:47Z

A 318-page report from the Tempe Police Department, released late on Thursday in response to a public records request, said the driver, Rafaela Vasquez, repeatedly looked down and not at the road, glancing up just a half second before the car hit 49-year-old Elaine Herzberg, who was crossing the street

Reality Winner to change her plea on leaking Russian interference report

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2018-06-22 04:49:49Z

Reality Leigh Winner pleaded not guilty in June, 2017 after she was charged with passing the top secret National Security Agency report to The Intercept last year while working with Pluribus International Corp, which provides analytical services for U.S. defense and intelligence. Attorneys for Winner, a 26-year-old from Augusta, Georgia, filed on Thursday a request in the Southern District of Georgia to change her not guilty plea, a court document showed. A plea agreement, detailing her new plea, was also filed with the court, but was not made public.

U.S. accuses Chinese man of smuggling anti-submarine warfare devices

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2018-06-22 04:28:53Z

The head of a company that distributes marine-related products was arrested on Thursday on U.S. charges that he conspired with an entity affiliated with China's armed forces to export devices to that country that could be used in anti-submarine warfare. Shuren Qin, a Chinese national living in Wellesley, Massachusetts, was charged in a criminal complaint filed in federal court in Boston with visa fraud and conspiring to commit violations of U.S. export regulations. A lawyer for Qin did not respond to a request for comment.

Father says little Honduran girl on Time cover was not taken from mother

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2018-06-22 02:43:29Z

The Honduran toddler pictured sobbing in a pink jacket before U.S. President Donald Trump on an upcoming cover of Time magazine was not separated from her mother at the U.S. border, according to a man who says he is the girl's father. The powerful original photograph, taken at the scene of a border

U.S. military may house immigrant children as Trump policy beset by confusion

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2018-06-22 02:03:22Z

By Idrees Ali, Richard Cowan and Steve Holland WASHINGTON/MCALLEN, Texas (Reuters) - The U.S. military has been asked to get ready to house up to 20,000 immigrant children, officials said on Thursday, as President Donald Trump's efforts to roll back a widely condemned policy of separating children from their parents were beset by confusion. While no decision has been made, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has already assessed three military bases in Texas and would review another in Arkansas, Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White said.

Melania Trump's jacket mixes message during visit to detained immigrant children

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2018-06-22 01:59:49Z

By Steve Holland and Jonathan Allen MCALLEN, Texas (Reuters) - First Lady Melania Trump's visit on Thursday to a Texas shelter housing migrant children separated from their parents was overshadowed by a jacket she wore with the words: "I really don't care, do u?" scrawled in white brush strokes on the back. Melania Trump was shown in photos wearing the hooded green khaki jacket designed by fashion chain Zara as she boarded a flight from Andrews Air Force Base to the border facility in McAllen, Texas. "It's a jacket," Stephanie Grisham, Melania Trump's spokeswoman, told reporters.

'Are you the mother?' A woman's search for baby taken by U.S. immigration

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2018-06-22 01:51:45Z

It took 85 days for Olivia Caceres to retrieve her baby boy, pulled from his father's arms at the U.S. border, a traumatic experience many more parents face to reunite with children separated under President Donald Trump's immigration policies. Now nearly 20 months old, Mateo was returned to his family on Feb. 8 after a battle across borders, officialdom and languages. Months later, the boy still screeches even as Caceres rocks him on her chest, sometimes until dawn.

U.S. House Republicans delay immigration vote until next week

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2018-06-22 01:30:19Z

Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday delayed at least until next week votes on an immigration bill that was painstakingly negotiated over the last several weeks but has failed to attract enough support for passage. While Republicans called the measure a compromise, it has been crafted without any Democratic input and was supposed to be a compromise between warring conservatives and moderates in the party. Meanwhile, it remained unclear how and when more than 2,300 children who have been separated from their parents under President Donald Trump's immigration policy would be reunited.

U.S. State Department imposes visa ban on several DRCongo officials

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2018-06-22 00:45:32Z

The United States said on Thursday it had imposed visa bans on several senior officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo for corruption tied to the country's electoral process to send a "strong signal" about the need for a peaceful transfer of power. "Today's actions send a strong signal that the U.S. government is committed to fighting corruption, to supporting credible elections that lead to DRC's first peaceful and democratic transfer of power," the State Department said.

Conservative U.S. commentator Charles Krauthammer dies

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2018-06-21 23:49:03Z

By Bill Trott WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pulitzer Prize winner Charles Krauthammer, who gave up a psychiatric career to become one of the leading conservative political commentators in the U.S. media, died on Thursday at the age of 68, the Washington Post and Fox News said. Krauthammer was a fixture on

Same court, different outcomes in Texas after Trump order on families

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2018-06-21 23:11:41Z

What a difference a day seemed to make for immigrants suspected of illegal border crossing. Some 19 people, many of whom had been separated from their children, had charges of illegally entering the United States dismissed on Thursday at a federal court hearing in the Texas border city of El Paso, said

'Are you the mother?' A woman's search for baby taken by U.S. immigration

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2018-06-21 23:04:47Z

Now nearly 20 months old, Mateo was returned to his family on Feb. 8 after a battle across borders, officialdom and languages. Months later, the boy still screeches even as Caceres rocks him on her chest, sometimes until dawn. The Salvadoran family's story of struggle in U.S. immigration detention

El Salvador demands U.S. return child taken from deported father

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2018-06-21 23:01:40Z

El Salvador on Thursday demanded the United States return a child who had been taken from his father before the man was deported this week without any prior notification to embassy officials. El Salvador's foreign ministry said it registered its first deportation of a father who had been separated

Three men indicted for Minnesota mosque bombing

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2018-06-21 22:41:46Z

Michael McWhorter, 29, Joe Morris, 23, and Michael B. Hari, 47, were accused of carrying out a pipe bomb attack on the Dar al-Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington, Minnesota, on Aug. 5, 2017. The bomb damaged the building, but caused no injuries, according to a statement from the Minnesota U.S. Attorney

Illinois, Iowa, Rhode Island urge rejection of Sinclair-Tribune tie-up

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2018-06-21 21:44:42Z

In April, Sinclair said it would sell 23 television stations to obtain the necessary regulatory approvals of the Tribune transaction. Sinclair, based in Hunt Valley, Maryland, said that if the deal was approved it would reach nearly 59 percent of the nation's television households.

Minnesota firms sue over Trump administration mine leases near wilderness

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2018-06-21 21:27:59Z

(Reuters) - Minnesota outdoor recreation firms have sued the federal government over its decision to reinstate leases for a mine next to a state wilderness as part of the Trump administration's drive to allow mining in some of the country's wildest areas. The Interior Department's May 2 decision was unlawful and posed an immediate threat to the environment and the areas' outdoor-recreation economy, according to the lawsuit filed in federal court in the District of Columbia on Thursday. Plaintiffs included outdoor equipment stores, a resort and Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness, a group created to protect the area known as the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA).

Majority of Americans say Trump should agree to interview with Mueller: poll

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2018-06-21 21:07:00Z

Most Americans think President Donald Trump should agree to an interview with Special Counsel Robert Mueller, if asked, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll shows. A majority of Democrats wants Trump to consent to an interview while Republicans appear divided after months of negotiations between Trump and Mueller

Immigration detainees influx squeezes healthcare at California prison: workers

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2018-06-21 21:04:55Z

By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An influx of hundreds of immigration detainees at a U.S. prison in California is straining its medical staff and raising concerns about the adequacy of healthcare for detainees and inmates, several employees at the prison have told Reuters. The Victorville Federal Correctional Institution, a prison for convicted criminals about 85 miles northeast of Los Angeles, is temporarily housing up to 1,000 men detained by federal immigration officials as a result of the U.S. administration's crackdown on illegal border crossings.

Hedge fund drops Kentucky pension fund over ethics requirement

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2018-06-21 20:50:48Z

David Eager said the decision by Davidson Kempner Capital Management was a first for the $17 billion public pension system, which has been holding discussions with investment managers about adhering to CFA Institute code of ethics and standards of professional conduct as required by a 2017 Kentucky law

Head of new U.S. corporate health plan cites surgery as biggest cost

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2018-06-21 20:48:47Z

Dr. Atul Gawande, a surgeon who was named this week to head the company being formed by Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase to trim employee healthcare costs, on Thursday cited surgery as the single biggest U.S. healthcare cost and said there are ways to both cut costs and improve patient care

U.S. energy industry's methane gas emissions underestimated by EPA: study

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2018-06-21 20:45:36Z

U.S. oil and gas drilling and related operations give off much more of the powerful greenhouse gas methane than the federal government estimates, wasting about $2 billion of fuel a year, scientists said on Thursday. Methane, the main component of natural gas, is colorless and odorless. It is a major force in short-term global warming because it has more than 80 times the warming potential of carbon dioxide in the first 20 years after it escapes to the atmosphere.

U.S. prosecutors accuse Texas oil man Frack Master' of fraud

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2018-06-21 20:33:46Z

(Reuters) - A Texas oil and gas businessman who called himself the "Frack Master" has been charged with securities fraud and money laundering in connection with a scheme that defrauded investors out of $62.6 million, U.S. prosecutors said on Thursday.

Parents in California torture case ordered to stand trial: prosecutors

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2018-06-21 20:32:06Z

A judge on Thursday ordered a married couple to stand trial on charges of torture, false imprisonment and abuse for their treatment of 13 siblings who were found imprisoned and starving in their suburban California home, prosecutors said. David and Louise Turpin were bound over for trial after a two-day hearing in Riverside County Superior Court in which the court heard the tape of a 911 call by a 17-year-old girl who climbed out a window and dialed police on a borrowed cell phone, said John Hall of the Riverside County District Attorney's Office. Officers who went to the Turpins' home in Perris, about 70 miles east of Los Angeles found 12 siblings ranging in age from two to 29 inside,...

Trump seeks to ease limits on child immigrant detentions

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2018-06-21 20:15:52Z

The Trump administration asked a federal court on Thursday to ease curbs on the detention of immigrant children who enter the country illegally with their parents, a key part of President Donald Trump's executive order aimed at ending the separation of immigrant families. In a filing in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, the Justice Department asked a judge to modify a 1997 settlement that has been interpreted as setting a 20-day limit on detaining children who entered the country illegally, regardless of whether they entered with a parent. It also sought an exemption from state licensing requirements for federal facilities that house the children.

U.S. states set to gain billions in sales taxes after court ruling

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2018-06-21 20:15:31Z

U.S. states could reap billions in online sales tax revenue and buttress their budgets after the nation's top court ruled on Thursday that e-commerce companies could be forced to collect the money, even if they have no physical presence in a state. The Supreme Court's ruling in favor of South Dakota and against Wayfair Inc and two other online retailers was a victory for state governments, and a boost for brick-and-mortar stores. The effect is expected to be positive and widespread because 45 states impose sales taxes and until now were barred from requiring those companies to collect remote sales taxes.

U.S. House postpones vote on 'compromise' Republican immigration bill

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2018-06-21 19:10:49Z

By Amanda Becker and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives have decided to delay until Friday a vote on one of the immigration bills they had planned to take up on Thursday. The vote on the so-called compromise Republican plan was pushed back to Friday to allow members additional time to review it, with a meeting scheduled for 4:30 p.m. EDT, according to a senior House Republican aide. The House defeated by a 193-to-231 vote on Thursday another, more conservative immigration bill designed to significantly reduce visas for legal immigration into the United States and to temporarily protect illegal "Dreamer" youths from deportation.

U.S. to continue referring adult illegal border crossers for prosecution

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2018-06-21 19:10:21Z

The U.S. Border Patrol will continue to refer for prosecution adults who are caught crossing the border illegally, a spokesman for the Customs and Border Protection said on Thursday. "Family unity will be maintained for families apprehended crossing the border illegally, and they will be transferred together to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement," the spokesman said in a statement.

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