After a three-year sentence on his fourth drug conviction, then being deported back to Mexico, the Mexican National was back in court for sentencing on more drug crimes after illegally re-entering the United States.
Debate on the five-year farm bill has ended after a vote in the Senate that cleared the way for the Senate's version. The vote on that bill can be expected as soon as next week.
Pro-government Syrian forces continue to make headway in that country as fierce fighting ends in the strategic border town of Qusair with Assad's troops and Hezbollah re-taking the city.
U.S. Army Staff Sgt Robert Bales appeared in court on Wednesday and pled guilty to 16 counts of murder, six counts of attempted murder and seven counts of assault for the crimes he committed in March of 2012.