Americans as well as immigrants showed up for music and fireworks in Boston on the Fourth of July. In Massachusetts, the immigrants who live here illegally are relatively safe. Not so in nearby Rhode Island. The differences between the two states point to a likely argument in the Justice Department suit against the Arizona law.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel told President Obama on Tuesday that he would take “concrete steps” to further talks with the Palestinians.
The Justice Department sued to challenge a law designed to combat illegal immigration, saying it would undermine federal pursuit of criminal immigrants.
Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain announced an investigation into what role its security services played in the rendition and torture of terrorism suspects.
AP - The East Coast cooked under an unforgiving sun Tuesday as record-toppling temperatures soared to 100 or higher from Virginia to Massachusetts, utility companies cranked out power to cool the sweating masses and the unlucky sought any oasis they could find.
AP - President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought to soothe rocky relations on Tuesday, declaring that any talk of a rift is unfounded. Obama said the U.S.-Israeli bond is "unbreakable."
President Obama and Prime Minister Banjamin Netanyahu will try to "reset" U.S. ? Israeli relations in their meeting Tuesday, repairing the damage and lifting the mood music after recent tensions.
It's something like a holy war on haircuts, Iran's Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance issuing a directive banning 'decadent' hairstyles for men, restricting barber shops to only certain kinds of cuts. The primary target: spiky, gelled hairdos associated with rebellious youths, corrupted by Western influence. It's a style that was commonly seen on the front line of last year's post-election protests.
President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Tuesday, twice shaking hands for the cameras in an effort to dispel notions of frayed relations.
A 178-foot-long U.S. Navy blimp will be used to detect oil, direct skimming ships and look for wildlife that may be threatened by the disaster in the Gulf.
The Justice Department Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging a tough new Arizona immigration law. The law is scheduled to take effect at the end of July.
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