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Appeals court says Trump's immigration detention policies are constitutional

A federal appeals court ruled Friday that illegal immigrants who snuck across the border without detection can be detained pending the outcome of their deportation cases, effectively blessing President Trump's approach.

Judge says man shot by ICE is getting sufficient care, rejects demand for his immediate release

Oscar Belgal, the illegal immigrant shot by ICE in New York while his 5-year-old was in the back of his vehicle, is receiving sufficient medical care and does not need immediate release from detention, a federal judge has ruled.

Jury convicts man of rape, murder 14 years after UNC student's death

A man accused of killing a North Carolina college student 14 years ago was convicted Friday of first-degree murder, rape and other charges after prosecutors told jurors that forensic evidence was "screaming his name."

Kenya announces 2nd Ebola death, a close relative of the first patient

Kenya's Health Ministry announced the country's second Ebola death Friday, saying a 65-year-old woman who was a close relative of the first patient died after developing symptoms while in quarantine.

NASA adopting Apollo's urgency to build a moon base and land astronauts within two years

NASA is moving fast on its plans to build a moon base and return astronauts to the lunar surface in as little as two years.

Trump exempts some Canadian products from tariffs, boosting border-state GOP Sen. Susan Collins

President Trump is exempting some Canadian products from U.S. tariffs, a move viewed as a late attempt to bolster Republican Sen. Susan Collins as she faces a tough reelection fight in border-state Maine.

A Bosnian man rescued an abandoned bear cub. Now they're inseparable

Masa the bear lumbers across a grassy enclosure on Bosnia's Mount Ozren before rising onto her hind legs and wrapping her front paws around her friend, Petar Tubic.

Rescuers search for survivors after deadly earthquake in China's Tibet region

Rescuers combed through a remote area in the Chinese region of Tibet on Friday after a magnitude 7 earthquake killed at least 16 people, injured 76 and collapsed hundreds of homes, according to Chinese state media.

24-year-old Coast Guard swimmer says he fought waves and darkness to rescue 16 people from ocean

Strapped into a harness, Josh Law was lowered from a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter into the rough Pacific Ocean in the pitch black night, far off the Mexican coast.

Attorneys quit Indiana ACLU, citing new director's activist views

Most of the principal attorneys at the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana have submitted resignation letters, citing a new leader's pro-Palestinian comments and activist approach to legal cases.

Four frat pledges at Texas State University arrested for hazing after teen was forced into truck

Four pledges at Texas State University were arrested for hazing after an 18-year-old was found screaming for help in a pickup truck with his mouth taped shut.

Vance intensifies rapidly and could become a major Category 3 hurricane off Mexico's Pacific Coast

Hurricane Vance rapidly strengthened into a Category 2 storm Friday as it neared Mexico's Pacific Coast, the National Hurricane Center said.