MIAMI– The Trump administration is reviving a rule that could deny green cards to immigrants who use public benefits that could include food stamps, Medicaid, housing vouchers and others. The policy, known as “public charge,” appeared Thursday in the Federal Register and will be formally published on July 20. The policy was first implemented in
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The state of Florida is set to execute two death row inmates on the same day for the first time in more than 60 years, now that the suspension of a former police officer scheduled to die earlier this year for killing an 11-year-old girl in 1987 has been lifted. James
REDDING, California.- A father and son are expected to face federal kidnapping charges after they tied up two U.S. Forest Service employees and held them at gunpoint inside a trailer in Northern California near Mount Shasta. Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz said the two workers were conducting routine field operations in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest
The remains of several geese were found in the wreckage of a tourist helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River last year in New York City, killing six people, investigators said Thursday. The National Transportation Safety Board described evidence and witness reports suggesting the helicopter struck several birds before falling into the river on April
A federal appeals court ruled Friday that New Jersey’s bans on assault firearms and magazines that can hold more than 10 bullets are unconstitutional. This is the first time a federal appeals court has struck down a state ban on such weapons, and it comes as the U.S. Supreme Court is set to consider whether
After deadly flooding killed more than 100 people in Texas’ Hill Country last July, officials promised major changes in hopes of preventing the failures that contributed to the high death toll. They promised better flood warning systems, stricter safety standards for children’s camps and improvements to the state’s water infrastructure. That work was far from