Federal authorities are moving to rein in the man dubbed “America’s Toughest Sheriff” after complaints that immigration raids by his deputies amounted to unconstitutional roundups of Latinos. Sheriff Joe Arpaio and the Maricopa County, Arizona, sheriff’s department have had an agreement with the Department of Homeland Security since 2007 that allows his department to enforce federal immigration laws
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Why Do Italy’s Disasters Have Such High Death Tolls?
Disasters in Italy have a predictable chronology: after the calamity strikes, rescues are attempted, destiny is lamented and pledges are made to rebuild destroyed towns. And without fail, as the first victims are still being buried, a criminal investigation is opened.
Texas governor shakes up panel probing 2004 execution
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Weighing the Risks of Mass Vaccinations
Like most 14-year-old girls, Natalie Morton probably didn’t spend too much time worrying about cervical cancer. But along with all of her female classmates at the Blue Coat Church of England school in Coventry, she received a vaccine on Sept
Hofstra student recants gang rape allegations
Charges have been dropped against four men accused of raping an 18-year-old student at Hofstra University after the woman recanted her allegations, prosecutors said. A judge dismissed all charges Wednesday night and ordered the release of the four men — Jesus Ortiz, 19; Stalin Felipe, 19; Kevin Taveras, 20; and Rondell Bedward, 21; all of the New York metropolitan area, according to Nassau County, New York, District Attorney Kathleen Rice
Mexico officers arrested, accused of ties to drug cartel
Mexican federal authorities have arrested 124 law enforcement officials in Hidalgo state on suspicion of being linked to the Zetas drug cartel, considered the nation’s most ruthless and dangerous crime syndicate.
Police: Body found could be missing Yale student
Investigators found the remains of a woman they assume is missing Yale graduate student Annie Le, a senior police official said Sunday. The remains were found inside a wall at 10 Amistad Street, said Peter Reichard, New Haven, Connecticut, assistant police chief
Dying Blagojevich fundraiser said he overdosed, mayor says
Police are looking into the death of the former chief fundraiser for ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich as a “death-suicide investigation,” an Illinois mayor said Sunday.
‘No reason’ to believe missing bride-to-be ran away, official says
There is no reason to believe that a missing Yale graduate student and bride-to-be ran away, the school’s vice president said Saturday.
Rights groups calls on Iran to probe detainee abuse allegations
Iran is spending more time investigating the victims of torture and rape behind bars than investigating those who committed such abuses, a human rights group claimed Thursday. Amnesty International has been monitoring reports about the treatment of detainees arrested in the bloody fallout over the Islamic republic’s disputed June 12 presidential election.