A Border Patrol agent from the agency's swat team was shot and killed Tuesday night in a gunbattle with suspected bandits south of Tucson.
Agent Brian A. Terry, 40, was killed when he and fellow agents exchanged fire with a group of five people about 11 p.m. in a remote area west of Rio Rico, said FBI spokeswoman Brenda Nath.
Four of the five...
Senate Democrats have filed a $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill that would fund the government through fiscal year 2011, according to Senate GOP sources.
The 1,924-page bill includes funding to implement the sweeping healthcare reform bill Congress passed earlier this year as well as additional funds for Internal Revenue Service agents,...
For the second time in five weeks, a man was pushed onto the tracks at the Marion Street Green Line L stop over the weekend.
About 12:55 a.m. Sunday, a man from Chicago’s North Side was standing on the platform when another man approached him and asked for money. The man said he refused and turned away, only to be pushed from behind onto the...
FCC's 'net neutrality' puts new Congress to the test
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) apparently is headed for a 3-2 party-line vote to regulate the Internet on Dec. 21, which Commissioner Robert M. McDowell (a stalwart free-market champion who opposes the regulations) points out is the darkest day of the year. In doing so, the...
