By Annie Z. Yu — THE WASHINGTON TIMES
When Lucinda Sweazey’s family immigrated from Canada in 1999, it took seven years and an estimated $45,000 in legal, passport and visa fees for her parents and siblings to secure permanent resident status in the U.S. Ms. Sweazey and other legal immigrants are voicing concerns that providing amnesty for those who arrived illegally will only encourage more of the same. Published June 18, 2013 Comments
By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
Colorado gun owners stocking up on magazines before the state’s ammunition restrictions hit July 1 received an assist Monday from Magpul Industries. Published June 18, 2013 Comments
By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times
A family is suing Fox News after the network accidentally aired live footage of their father shooting himself in the head. Published June 18, 2013 Comments
By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times
Former domestic terrorist Bill Ayers says that while he still likes President Obama personally, he deserves “a failing grade” on the presidency and should be tried for war crimes. Published June 18, 2013 Comments
By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times
With the Supreme Court preparing to deliver two landmark decisions on same-sex marriage, the Justice Department on Tuesday celebrated gay pride with speeches by Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., Sen. Tammy Baldwin, Wisconsin Democrat, the first openly gay member of the Senate, and singer-songwriter and lesbian activist Melissa Etheridge. Published June 18, 2013 Comments
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
An undercover video from conservative activist James O’Keefe shows corporate “Obama phone” distributors handing out the devices to even those who ask if they can be sold for drug money. Published June 18, 2013 Comments
By Tom Krisher - Associated Press
Chrysler says it has resolved its differences with the government and will recall older Jeep Grand Cherokee and Liberty SUVs that could be at risk of a fuel tank fire. Published June 18, 2013 Comments
By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times
The Treasury Department has targeted under the “Kingpin Act” 18 persons and five companies tied to a Mexican drug trafficker convicted in the brutal 1985 kidnapping and murder of a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent — prohibiting U.S. residents from conducting financial or commercial transactions with them and freezing any assets they have under U.S. jurisdiction. Published June 18, 2013 Comments
By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times
A former Philadelphia police officer once hailed as a hero who sat next to the first lady during the 2009 State of the Union address was indicted yesterday after being accused of forcing two women to take heroin at gunpoint before raping them. Published June 18, 2013 Comments
By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
House Republicans powered through a bill Tuesday to ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, saying the recent conviction of a Philadelphia abortion provider for killing newborn babies has revived the contentious debate. Published June 18, 2013 Comments
By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times
Five fisherman on a commercial expedition off the Florida panhandle on Wednesday found a package containing 55 pounds of cocaine floating in the water, worth an estimated $2.5 million, before handing it over to police, FoxNews.com reported. Published June 18, 2013 Comments
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
An Oregon community fed up with rising petty neighborhood crime and dissatisfied with police response has taken matters into their own hands. They’ve organized a citizens’ watchdog group – armed with Glock handguns and ready to protect their property. Published June 18, 2013 Comments
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
Louisiana State Sen. Elbert Guillory said in a video message delivered to constituents — and particularly, his fellow black voters — that he's finally come to his senses and realized the Democratic Party disguises an all-consuming quest for control as concern and aid for minorities. Published June 18, 2013
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
Investigators swarmed around the New York house of James "Jimmy the Gent" Burke on Monday to dig for a body believed to be related to a crime case that's been dormant for almost three decades. Published June 18, 2013
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
Police say an Ohio day care worker laced pancake batter with medicine to make the children sleepy. Published June 18, 2013
By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times
A butcher shop in Seattle is turning heads with its marijuana and vodka-fed pork. Published June 18, 2013
By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times
President Obama has had difficulty finding his footing and has been late to the game in defending federal intelligence surveillance programs as a valuable weapon for thwarting terrorist plots, national security analysts say. Published June 18, 2013
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
The elected supervisor of North Carolina's public school system said teachers should be given an exemption from personal income taxes. Published June 18, 2013
By Associated Press
A Roman Catholic religious order based in the Midwest is releasing an unusually candid report admitting that it failed victims of clergy sex abuse. Published June 18, 2013
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
An early morning gas line explosion on Tuesday sent residents of one Louisiana community packing, as emergency responders rushed to extinguish the flames and contain the fire. Published June 18, 2013
By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times
A federal housing study finds that when heterosexual married couples look for a place to live, they are slightly more likely to get a favorable response than gay or lesbian couples. Published June 18, 2013
