1+ week, 1+ day ago   (509+ words) MIAMI -- Two Alligator Alcatraz guards have pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor battery charges in the first known criminal case alleging detainee mistreatment at the now-shuttered Everglades detention center. Collier County prosecutors say guards Andre Seenaraine and Stephen Trejos went after…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (673+ words) SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- In a show of defiance to the Trump administration's crackdown on immigrants, California lawmakers on Monday voted to ban federal immigration agents from being hired for many local and state government jobs and to outlaw electric-shock gloves similar…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (386+ words) Federal officials in Detroit announced a broad crackdown on fraud within the trucking industry on Monday that includes immediately shutting down more than 100 truck-driving schools in an attempt to boost safety on America's roads and prevent injuries and deaths. The…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (122+ words) The New York Yankees added bullpen depth and claimed reliever John Schreiber off waivers Monday from the Kansas City Royals. The 32-year-old right-hander was 1-3 with one save and a 3.65 ERA in 55 relief appearances this season before being placed on waivers…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (737+ words) Missouri lawmakers considered more than 3,000 laws during the latest legislative session, passing more than 100, and most are set to take effect today. The state will have 81 new laws on the books. They include every nonbudget piece of legislation that wasn't…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (687+ words) WASHINGTON -- A federal court struck down the Trump administration's attempt to put a $100,000 fee on visas for some highly skilled foreign workers in June. Now the administration is trying again -- this time through a regulatory process that proposes a broader…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (442+ words) PHILADELPHIA -- Alec Bohm ripped a two-run triple in the 10th inning, fueling the host Philadelphia Phillies to a 7-6 victory Friday night against the St. Louis Cardinals in the opener of a three-game series. After Jose Fermin’s RBI single staked St. Louis…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (821+ words) A U.S. congressman from California is urging the Trump administration to reinstate Temporary Protected Status for Haitians, arguing that a recent visit to a violence-torn Haiti convinced him that conditions remain far too dangerous for hundreds of thousands of its nationals…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (962+ words) The U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions Thursday on an Ecuador-based cocaine trafficking network accused of using commercial fishing vessels to move thousands of kilograms each month toward Mexico, where major cartels allegedly helped smuggle the drugs onward to the United States....

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (935+ words) Seven months after President Donald Trump first predicted that Cuba would "fall" in comments shortly after the capture of Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro in a U.S. military raid, the prospects that regime change is coming to Cuba soon are receding. The…...