Georgia

Georgia Legislature Passes Arizona-Style Immigration Bill

Melissa Jeltsen | April 15, 2011, 10:27AM

Georgia's tough anti-illegal immigration legislation -- based on the controversial bill passed in Arizona past last year, currently tangled up in federal court -- now needs only a signature from Republican Gov. Nathan Deal to become law.

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Topics: Arizona, Georgia, Immigration

High-Capacity Magazines

Fiancée, Father of Giffords Staffer Support Ban On High Capacity Clips

Melissa Jeltsen | April 12, 2011, 11:52AM

Efforts to ban high-capacity gun magazines, like the one allegedly used by accused Tuscon shooter Jared Loughner, are gaining some momentum. On Tuesday morning, Kelly O'Brien - the fiancée of congressional staffer Gabe Zimmerman, who was killed in the Tuscon rampage - joined legislators for a press conference to endorse House and Senate bills banning high-capacity magazines, or assault clips.

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Topics: Carolyn McCarthy, Frank Lautenberg, Gun Control, High-Capacity Magazines, Jared Lee Loughner, NRA

Bomb-Making

Drifter Arrested In Connection With Synagogue Explosion

Melissa Jeltsen | April 12, 2011, 10:00AM

A 60 year old man, described by the FBI as an "extremely dangerous" transient, was arrested on Monday evening in Ohio, in connection with a powerful explosion that rocked a synagogue on Thursday morning in Santa Monica, California.

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Topics: Bomb-Making, Domestic Terrorism, Religion

Bradley Manning

Obama Faces Criticism From Mentor Over Bradley Manning Treatment

Melissa Jeltsen | April 11, 2011, 4:50PM

The man who taught President Obama constitutional law is now accusing him of violating it in his own administration. Laurence Tribe, who was one of Obama's professors at Harvard and served as a Justice Department legal adviser until last December, has signed onto a letter with over 250 other legal scholars assailing the Obama administration for its treatment of Bradley Manning, the soldier accused of divulging classified documents to Wikileaks.

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Topics: Barack Obama, Bradley Manning, Torture, Wikileaks