56 immigration arrests at McDonald’s in Nevada
RENO, Nev. – Federal agents arrested several dozen employees in raids at 11 McDonald’s restaurants in northern Nevada Thursday as part of an ongoing investigation into illegal immigration.
Agents for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement made at least 56 arrests in Reno, Sparks and Fernley after serving 12 court-ordered search warrants at the 11 restaurants plus the headquarters for a franchise corporate office in Reno, agency spokesman Richard Rocha said.
“They are people suspected of being in the country illegally. As far as I know, they were all McDonald’s employees,” Rocha told The Associated Press. . .
Spector retrial may be in spring
Despite the judge’s insistence on a quick hearing to plan a retrial, Phil Spector probably will not face a jury again for the alleged murder of actress Lana Clarkson until next spring, attorneys for the record producer said Thursday.
Spector, 67, had been tried for murder in the slaying of Clarkson, who was found shot to death in his Alhambra home Feb. 3, 2003, but a mistrial was declared Wednesday when the jury announced that it was hung. Ten jurors believed that Spector was guilty, two did not, jurors said in post-trial interviews. Dist. Atty. Steve Cooley’s office immediately announced that it would retry Spector.
Roger J. Rosen, who had been Spector’s lead counsel for much of the trial, pushed Wednesday for a 60-day delay before a retrial is discussed. But Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Larry Paul Fidler ordered the parties back to court Oct. 3. . .
New citizenship test more star-spangled than ever
Think you know American history? Well, what did dollar-coin lady Susan B. Anthony do?
If you answered that she sewed the American flag, like one college student did on Thursday in Houston, you’d fail at least one question in the new citizenship test just announced by the government.
The new exam, several years and $6.5 million in the making, is designed to give would-be Americans a better sense of U.S. history, civics and foundational principles, placing less emphasis on memorization. . .
