Visa rules tighten as 38 nations barred from waivers
Washington says visa waiver entries are restricted for travelers from 38 countries or dual nationals with ties to Iraq Syria Iran or Sudan since 2011. full vetting will replace waiver processing. In separate items a wrongful death suit targets an off duty St. Louis officer linked to the 2014 fatal shooting of VonDerrit Myers Jr. in Missouri. Archbishop John Nienstedt resigns from a Michigan church post amid ongoing clergy abuse cases involving his former Twin Cities archdiocese.
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Shkreli Lawyer Seeks Fifth Amendment Testimony Refusal
Lawyer for Martin Shkreli asks to excuse him from testifying at a congressional hearing as he plans to invoke the Fifth Amendment. House Oversight Chair Chaffetz says he cannot invoke the Fifth for non indictment questions. Shkreli has not sought travel permission under bail to appear in Washington.
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Oklahoma City officer sentenced to 263 years for rapes
Daniel Holtzclaw, a former Oklahoma City police officer, received a 263 year prison term after being convicted on 18 counts including four first degree rapes. Prosecutors highlighted his use of authority to target low income women, with victims speaking at the hearing and the judge ordering the sentences to run consecutively.
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Alabama carries out first execution since 2013 in state
An Alabama inmate, Christopher E. Brooks, was executed by lethal injection at 6:38 p.m. after the Supreme Court denied appeals. Brooks, condemned for the December 1992 murder of Jo Deann Campbell, is the first Alabama inmate put to death since 2018, and his lawyers argued the Florida style death‑penalty ruling could affect Alabama.
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EPA moves to take over Flint lead sampling and oversight
The EPA orders Michigan to install public reporting of all water tests and inventories lead service lines as it plans to assume sampling in Flint. The order cites ongoing transparency failures and imminent danger to residents, while Region 5 chief Susan Hedman resigns effective Feb. 1 and Obama promises $80 million in funding.
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TSA finds record firearms in carry on bags last year
TSA reported 2,653 firearms found in carry on bags in the previous year, up 20 percent from 2014, with 83 percent loaded. The Dallas Fort Worth, Atlanta, Houston, Denver, and Phoenix airports had the highest counts.
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