Second Quake Strikes Northern Italy Claiming 15
For the second time in just over a week, a powerful earthquake has rocked northern Italy, bringing down buildings weakened by the previous quake.
California Woman Indicted for Allegedly Impersonating a Congressional Aide
WASHINGTON – An Atwater, Calif., woman was charged today in a one-count indictment filed in the Eastern District of California for impersonation of an officer or an employee of the United States, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
Justice Department to Monitor Elections in Texas
The Justice Department announced Friday that it will monitor primary elections on May 29, 2012, in Fort Bend, Harris and Jefferson Counties in Texas, to ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and other federal voting rights statutes.
US-Russia Relations in Holding Pattern, Analysts Say
Relations between the United States and Russia are in a holding pattern until after the U.S. presidential elections in November, according to experts on diplomacy between the two nations.