Iranian woman suffers severe panic attack as ICE agents arrest her husband

LOS ANGELES — Iranian asylum-seekers who fled the Islamic Republic in hopes of resettling in Los Angeles have been arrested recently by immigration officials despite having what lawyers and advocates consider credible-fear cases pending in court. The detentions follow a pattern developing throughout the country of targeting Iranians as tensions continue between the Trump administration…

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Vietnam to remove death penalty for embezzlement, sparing tycoon’s life

HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnam will remove the death penalty for eight offenses starting next month, including embezzlement and activities aimed at overthrowing the government, parliament said Wednesday, sparing the life of a tycoon in a $12 billion fraud case. The National Assembly, the country’s lawmaking body, unanimously ratified the amendment to the Criminal Code earlier…

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D.C. delegate in Congress insists for second time she’s running for re-election. Her office again says no decision yet.

WASHINGTON — Eleanor Holmes Norton, Washington, D.C.’s nonvoting delegate in the House, told NBC News on Wednesday she was going to seek another term in Congress. A short while later, her office walked back the remarks. It was the second time that’s happened this month. Speaking to NBC News on Wednesday, Norton said, “Yeah, I’m…

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