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Trump to Take Travel Ban to Supreme Court
Trump to Take Travel Ban to Supreme Court
Trump to Take Travel Ban to Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions says the Justice Department will ask the Supreme Court to review an appeals court ruling that blocked President Donald Trump's travel ban. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday ruled 10-3 against the travel ban...
Federal Settlement to Reduce Air Pollution at 6 Refineries
Federal Settlement to Reduce Air Pollution at 6 Refineries
Federal Settlement to Reduce Air Pollution at 6 Refineries
SEATTLE (AP) — The Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have reached a $425 million settlement with two companies that would reduce air pollution at six petroleum refineries. The settlement with Tesoro Corp. and Par Hawaii Refining resolves alleged violations of the federal Clean Air Act including five refineries that Tesoro operates in Kenai, Alaska; Anacortes, Washington;
Algerian Terrorist Sentenced to 37 Years in Prison
Algerian Terrorist Sentenced to 37 Years in Prison
Algerian Terrorist Sentenced to 37 Years in Prison
SEATTLE (AP) — Algerian terrorist Ahmed Ressam has been sentenced in Seattle to 37 years in prison for plotting to bomb Los Angeles International Airport around the turn of the new millennium. Ressam was arrested in December 1999 as he drove off a ferry from Canada into Washington state with a trunk full of explosives...