Posted 1 year 1 month ago by Bea Karnes
Source: The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) The Obama administration on Wednesday offered up to a $5 million reward for information leading to the capture of the suspected drug traffickers who shot and killed a U.S. immigration agent and wounded another in Mexico last month.

The State Department said its Narcotics Rewards Program would pay the amount to anyone coming forward with information that results in the arrest of those responsible for the February 15 attack that killed Jaime Zapata and wounded Victor… Click to Read More

Tagged As: US-Mexico-Immigration Agents

Posted 1 year 1 month ago by Bea Karnes
Source: The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama is outlining a plan for America's energy security.

He'll give the speech Wednesday morning at Georgetown University in Washington.

During an address Tuesday night in New York, Obama pointed to rising gas prices to underscore the need for a comprehensive energy plan. Earlier this month, he ordered a report to find how many offshore oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico are being used. The report says more than two-thirds are sitting… Click to Read More

Tagged As: Obama Preview

Posted 1 year 1 month ago by Bea Karnes
Source: The Associated Press

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) The killer whale that drowned a trainer at Orlando's SeaWorld facility last year is slated to perform for the first time since the death.

SeaWorld officials say Tilikum will participate in the park's "Believe" show beginning Wednesday morning.

Tilikum drowned 40-year-old Dawn Brancheau on Feb. 24, 2010, and has not participated in a show since then, while park officials are spending millions making safety upgrades.

Plans to get trainers back in t… Click to Read More

Tagged As: SeaWorld Death

Posted 1 year 1 month ago by Bea Karnes
Source: The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) Democrats indicated Tuesday they may be willing to accept Republican-backed curbs on the Environmental Protection Agency and other federal regulators as part of an overall deal on spending cuts, a rare hint of compromise in private negotiations marked by public rancor.

There was no immediate reaction from the White House, although administration officials are working closely with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in the secretive three-way talks that include House … Click to Read More

Tagged As: US-Spending-Showdown

Posted 1 year 1 month ago by Bea Karnes
Source: The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) The government says applications for immigration benefits for same-sex couples will no longer be automatically denied but instead will be put on hold pending legal advice following the Obama administration's decision to stop defending the law that prohibits gay marriage.

Chris Bentley, a spokesman for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, said applications from foreign nationals married to U.S. citizens of the same gender will "be held in abeyance" while the a… Click to Read More

Tagged As: Same Sex Couples-Visas

Posted 1 year 1 month ago by Bea Karnes
Source: The Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS (AP) Lead attorneys for people suing BP over last year's oil spill can view emails exchanged between a key engineer for the oil giant and his wife, a federal magistrate judge ruled Monday.

Judge Sally Shushan said the marital privilege doctrine does not protect the emails Brian Morel exchanged with his wife, Jade.

Both were BP employees at the time of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, and they had exchanged the emails in question over the company's internal compu… Click to Read More

Tagged As: US-Gulf-Oil-Spill-Investigation