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Texas governor signs bill that lets police arrest migrants who enter the US illegally 12/19/2023 12:00am • BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday approved sweeping new powers that allow police to arrest migrants who illegally cross the U.S. border and give local judges authority to order them to leave the country, testing the limits of how far a state can go to enforce im Today in History: December 19, Bill Clinton is impeached 12/19/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Tuesday, Dec. 19, the 353rd day of 2023. There are 12 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 19, 1998, President Bill Clinton was impeached by the Republican-controlled House for perjury and obstruction of justice. (Clinton was subsequently acquitted Suspects used fire extinguisher during Chanel store robbery in DC, police say 12/18/2023 09:50pm • Investigators in D.C. have released a photo of one suspect in a group of six people wanted for using a fire extinguisher to carry out a robbery in downtown's CityCenterDC, according to police. The robbery of a Chanel store, which is being described as flash-mob style, happened just after 5:30 p.m Millions of dollars at stake if Wizards, Capitals move, DC think-tank says 12/18/2023 09:24pm • There are thousands of jobs and millions of dollars in revenue at stake if Capital One Arena hosts fewer events as a result of the Washington Capitals and Wizards moving to Northern Virginia, according to a new analysis from the D.C. Policy Center. When the Capital One Arena opened in 1997, it re Sen. Ben Cardin says police investigating alleged sex tape linked to ex-staffer 12/18/2023 09:18pm • Washington — Sen. Ben Cardin said Capitol Police are investigating after news reports linked one of his former aides to a sex tape that was allegedly filmed in a Capitol Hill hearing room. The Maryland Democrat told reporters Monday that he was "angry" and "disappointed" by the incident.& Leaders seek to expand crime-fighting net of cameras and sensors beyond New Mexico's largest city 12/18/2023 08:52pm • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico's largest city is blanketed with 10,000 cameras, license plate readers along some of the busiest roadways and special listening devices that hone in on the sound of gunfire — all part of a technological net of sorts that Albuquerque authorities say has been an Deadly storm batters Northeastern US, knocking out power, grounding flights and flooding roads 12/18/2023 08:52pm • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A storm barreled into the Northeastern U.S. on Monday, flooding roads and downing trees, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands, forcing flight cancellations and school closures, and killing at least four people. More than 5 inches (13 centimeters) of rain fell in part US Park Police release body camera footage of deadly DC shooting 12/18/2023 08:28pm • Nearly a month after a deadly exchange of gunfire injured one U.S. Park Police officer and killed a D.C. resident, body camera footage from the department's Office of the Inspector General is shedding some light on the moments leading up to the shooting. Park Police said the footage, released Mon Marvel, Disney drop actor Jonathan Majors after he's convicted of assaulting his former girlfriend 12/18/2023 07:58pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Jonathan Majors was convicted Monday of assaulting his former girlfriend after a trial that he hoped would vindicate him and restore his status as an emerging Hollywood star. It did just the opposite: Marvel Studios and the Walt Disney Co. dropped him hours after the verdict. A Ma New training for DC police aimed at helping those with mental health issues 12/18/2023 06:19pm • All D.C. police officers and recruits will receive what the department is calling "new and innovative" training aimed at lowering the temperature in situations involving people dealing with a mental health crisis. The Integrating Communications, Assessment, and Tactics (ICAT) training program wil The late Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court, honored as trailblazer 12/18/2023 05:40pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, was remembered Monday as a trailblazer who never lost sight of how the high court's decisions affected all Americans. O’Connor, an Arizona native who was an unwavering voice of moderate conservatis Mother gets life sentence for fatal shooting of 6-year-old son at Ohio hotel 12/18/2023 05:36pm • BROOKLYN, Ohio (AP) — A mother who shot and killed her 6-year-old son in an Ohio hotel after taking him there for a special day of fun was sentenced Monday to life in prison. Daneicha Bringht, 31, of Parma, had pleaded guilty to aggravated murder and other charges as part of a plea deal with Cuyah YouTube mom who gave parenting advice, Ruby Franke, pleads guilty in child abuse case 12/18/2023 05:29pm • A Utah mother of six who gave parenting advice on YouTube pleaded guilty Monday to child abuse charges and will go to prison for trying to convince her two youngest children they were evil, possessed and needed to be punished to repent. Ruby Franke stood shackled in gray and white jail clothing as Senator's son appears in court on new homicide charge from crash that killed North Dakota deputy 12/18/2023 05:22pm • BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The 42-year-old son of U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer appeared in court Monday on a new homicide charge in connection with the crash that killed a North Dakota sheriff’s deputy. State District Court Judge Bobbi Weiler did not change the $500,000 cash bond she set for him earlier th Louisiana State Police reinstate trooper accused of withholding video in Black man's deadly arrest 12/18/2023 05:17pm • The Louisiana State Police have reinstated a veteran trooper who had been accused of withholding graphic body-camera video showing another officer dragging Black motorist Ronald Greene by his ankle shackles during his deadly 2019 arrest. Lt. John Clary, the ranking trooper at the scene of Greene's a