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People shout out against the Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act in the hall outside the House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. The committee in the Republican-led House is preparing to cast its first votes on immigration this year, on a tough enforcement-focused measure that Democrats and immigrant groups are protesting loudly. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Compromise among senators eyed on border securityNegotiations among senators accelerate on border security issue as part of immigration debate
The Associated Press25 minutes ago
American Red Cross volunteers Dylan Scott, left, from Bowling Green, Ky., Peter Booth, of Colorado Springs, and Mike Cooper, of Fort Collins, stack supplies for returning residents at the re-entry station Tuesday, June 18, 2013, at the School in the Woods in Colorado Springs, Colo., as some residents were allowed to return to their homes Tuesday, June 18, 2013. The Black Forest fire has destroyed 502 homes and charred more than 22 square miles. It was 85 percent contained Tuesday. (AP Photo/The Colorado Springs Gazette, Christian Murdock) MAGS OUT
New Colo. wildfire prompts evacuations of homesResidents ordered to evacuate because of new wildfire burning in foothills southwest of Denver
The Associated Press39 minutes ago
FILE - In this Thursday, May 6, 1999 file photo, George Zimmer, second from left, gestures to Andy Dolich prior to a meeting, in Oakland, Calif. Men's Wearhouse Inc. says it has dismissed Zimmer, its founder and executive chairman. In a terse release issued Wednesday, June 19, 2013, the company didn't give a reason for the abrupt firing of Zimmer, who built Men's Wearhouse from one small Texas store using a cigar box as a cash register to one of the nation's largest specialty retailers in men's clothing, with 1,143 locations. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)
Men's Wearhouse ousts founder, pitchman ZimmerMen's Wearhouse fires chairman who told millions 'You're going to like the way you look'
The Associated Press53 minutes ago
Academy: 3 midshipmen charged with sexual assaultNaval Academy charges 3 midshipmen with sexual assault; all played on football team
The Associated Press15 minutes ago
Ashland City police Lt. Joel Icenhour answers questions during a news-conference Tuesday, June 18, 2013, in Cleveland. Authorities in Ohio have arrested three people on charges of enslaving a mentally disabled young mother and her daughter over a two-year period. Federal agents and Ashland police said Tuesday the trio forced the woman to do housework, threatened her and the girl with violence and fed their pets better than the victims. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
Ohio woman, allegedly enslaved, spent time in jailOhio woman who reported enslavement was jailed for hurting girl; attorney says she was forced
The Associated Press1 hour ago

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Today in History

On June 19, 1953,

Julius Rosenberg, 35, and his wife, Ethel, 37, convicted of conspiring to pass U.S. atomic secrets to the Soviet Union, were executed at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, N.Y.

In 1862,

Congress passed, and President Abraham Lincoln signed, a measure abolishing slavery in U.S. territories.

In 1865,

Union troops commanded by Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, with news that the Civil War was over, and that all remaining slaves in Texas were free.