The Republican-controlled Arizona Legislature passed the law three months ago in an effort to drive nearly half-a-million illegal immigrants out of the border state and stem the flow of human and drug smugglers over the frontier.
The US Justice Department had argued that provisions of the law, which goes into effect today, encroached on federal authority over immigration policy and enforcement. – (Reuters)
$7m settlement in NY police shooting 
NEW YORK – The final chapter in one of the most divisive policing cases in New York has ended with a $7 million (€5.4 million) settlement in a civil lawsuit over the fatal shooting of Sean Bell on his wedding day.
Bell (23) died outside a strip club in Queens where he was celebrating his stag night hours before his intended marriage in November 2006. Neither he nor his two friends were armed but were hit as police fired 50 rounds into their car, killing Bell and wounding the other two.

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