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Official: Arrested student entered US without visa

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 1st

By ALICIA A. CALDWELLAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - One of three college students arrested Wednesday in the Boston Marathon bombings case was allowed to return to the United States from Kazakhstan in January despite not having a valid student visa, a federal law enforcement official told The

IG: unclear standards for compassionate release

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 1st

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Bureau of Prisons lacks clear standards on when to grant compassionate release to inmates with terminal illnesses and limited life expectancies, the Justice Department's inspector general said Wednesday. In a study of 206 such requests from 2006 through 2011, the

Syria's Assad in rare visit as rockets hit capital

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 1st

By JAMAL HALABYAssociated Press AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - Syrian President Bashar Assad made a rare public appearance at a Damascus power station on Wednesday, while two bombs exploded near the city center, killing one and wounding over two dozen people, Syria's state news agency reported. Footage

Just how crucial were experts for Arias defense?

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 1st

By BRIAN SKOLOFFAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) - As Jodi Arias' trial wraps up this week after four months of testimony, her fate rests in part on the testimony of expert witnesses who have offered up one clinical diagnosis after another for the small-town waitress and aspiring photographer from

Obama eyes higher profile role on immigration

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 1st

By JULIE PACEAP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's prospects for a sweeping legislative victory this year now rest almost solely on the immigration overhaul working its way through Congress. But immigration's tricky politics have created a dilemma for a

Bloomsday Security 'Stepped Up’ In Light Of Boston Attacks

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 1st

SPOKANE, Wash – Bloomsday is the largest race of the year in Spokane, with some 60,000 people expected to finish – and it comes just weeks after the deadly terror attacks at the Boston Marathon, forcing security measures to take center stage. Spokane Police Chief Frank Straub led a

Bloomsday Security 'Stepped Up’ In Light Of Boston Attacks

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 1st

Obama offers praise, complaints for Republicans

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 30th

By JIM KUHNHENNAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama needled a GOP senator Tuesday, then praised Republicans working to solve the immigration riddle. He pledged to re-engage with Congress to close the U.S. detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, then decried the intractability of

Obama offers praise, complaints for Republicans

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 30th

Advocates criticize Senate immigration bill

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 30th

By ERICA WERNERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A sweeping immigration bill in the Senate ran into criticism Tuesday from advocates who complained it puts up undue barriers to citizenship for millions here illegally. Officials from several immigrant rights' groups and the Catholic church held