DOJ requests stay to allow action on immigration

REUTERS

February 23, 2015 - 9:52 am

The Department of Justice on Monday, Feb. 23, 2015, asked for an emergency stay to put on hold a Texas judge’s decision that temporarily blocked President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration from taking effect. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque, file)

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Justice Department on Monday formally requested an emergency stay to put on hold a Texas judge’s decision that temporarily blocked President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration from taking effect.

U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen had issued a court order to halt the immigration actions, which would grant temporary relief from deportation for 4.7 million people who are in the United States illegally.

The Justice Department said Hanen lacked authority to issue that preliminary injunction. Officials also filed on Monday to appeal his decision, and they asked that the immigration actions be allowed to move forward while the appeals process plays out.

Emergency personnel and heavy equipment work at the site of a deadly explosion at a chocolate f ...

2 dead, 5 missing in chocolate factory explosion, officials say

The Associated Press

March 25, 2023 - 10:10 am

An explosion at a chocolate factory in Pennsylvania on Friday killed two people and left five people missing, authorities said.

Law-enforcement officers climb through debris on a diner looking for survivors early Saturday, ...

Theres nothing left: Deep South tornadoes kill 26

By Emily Wagster Pettus, Michael Goldberg and Rogelio Solis The Associated Press

March 25, 2023 - 2:51 pm

Rolling Fork Mayor Eldridge Walker told CNN that his town was essentially wiped out.

A drone image over a housing tract that has been part of the state water project, where outdoor ...

California governor rolls back drought restrictions after remarkably wet winter

Hayley Smith and Mackenzie Mays, Los Angeles Times Tribune Content Agency

March 24, 2023 - 3:20 pm

Gavin Newsom stopped short of declaring that the drought is over, saying some parts of his drought emergency order remain important as California adapts to volatile weather patterns and the looming possibility of another long dry spell.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, speaks during a briefing with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, ...

US launches airstrikes in Syria after drone kills US worker

By LOU KESTEN, BASSEM MROUE AND JON GAMBRELL Associated Press

March 24, 2023 - 9:26 am

The attack and the U.S. response threaten to upend recent efforts to deescalate tensions across the wider Middle East.

Rain falls on pedestrians on the University of Southern California campus on Tuesday, March 21, ...

Tired of California’s gloomy winter? You’re not the only one

By Stefanie Dazio and Gregory Bull The Associated Press

March 24, 2023 - 6:00 am

With spring now underway, Californias 39 million residents are hopeful for sunnier days ahead.

Parents wait for students to be walked out after two administrators shot and wounded after a ha ...

Denver high school shooting suspect dead, coroner confirms

By Colleen Slevin and Jesse Bedayn The Associated Press

March 23, 2023 - 8:43 am

Austin Lyle fled after the shooting, and his body was found Wednesday night near his car in a remote, mountain area about 50 miles southwest of Denver

Watch LA tornado rip up building roofs; 1 injured — VIDEO

By John Antczak The Associated Press

March 22, 2023 - 8:53 pm

A tornado touched down in a Los Angeles suburb on Wednesday, ripping pieces of roofing off a line of commercial buildings.

A student, right, hugs a man after a school shooting at East High School Wednesday, March 22, 2 ...

17-year-old shoots 2 administrators at Denver school, police say

The Associated Press

March 22, 2023 - 2:10 pm

Suspect Austin Lyle remained at large following the shooting at East High School and was wanted for attempted homicide.

Take a look at Sierra Nevada’s 2nd-snowiest season ever — PHOTOS

By Scott Sonner The Associated Press

March 22, 2023 - 7:25 pm

A relentless winter at Lake Tahoe has now etched its way into the history books as the Sierra’s second-snowiest on record.

Rain falls in Chinatown in Los Angeles as an atmospheric river brings heavy rain to Southern Ca ...

Thousands flee flooding; More heavy rain to hit Southern California

By Hayley Smith Los Angeles Times

March 20, 2023 - 2:10 pm

A weary, storm-soaked California is bracing for another bout of heavy rain, power outages and potential flooding this week as a cold weather system takes aim at the state.