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The House Judiciary Committee ranking Democrat, Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 18, 2013, during the committee's hearing to discuss the Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act. 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 Press28 minutes ago
An Erickson Air-Crane and a Chinook pass each other  while fighting the Doce Fire near Prescott, Ariz., Wednesday, June 19, 2013. The wildfire that has burned nearly 8 square miles just west of Prescott had moved into people's backyards and has forced the evacuation of 460 homes. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Pat Shannahan)  MARICOPA COUNTY OUT; MAGS OUT; NO SALES
New Colo. wildfire prompts evacuations of homesResidents ordered to evacuate because of new wildfire burning in foothills southwest of Denver
The Associated Press13 minutes ago
In this June 16, 2013 file photo provided by Great Lakes Exploration Group, diver Jim Nowka of Great Lakes Exploration Group inspects a wooden beam extending from the floor of Lake Michigan that experts believe may be part of the Griffin, a ship that sank in 1679. A wooden beam that has long been the focus of the search for a 17th century shipwreck in northern Lake Michigan was not attached to a buried vessel as searchers had suspected, but still may have come from the elusive Griffin or some other ship, archaeologists said Wednesday, June 19, 2013 (AP Photo/Great Lakes Exploration Group, David J. Ruck, File)
Wooden beam could be detached part of shipwreckCrews: Wooden beam not attached to other structure but still may be part of 17th century ship
The Associated Press46 minutes ago
FBI Director Robert Mueller testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 19, 2013, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on national security matters. As Mueller nears the end of his 12 years as head of the law enforcement agency, lawmakers questioned him about the IRS, surveillance activities, and the Boston Marathon bombing.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Mueller: FBI uses drones for surveillanceFBI Director Mueller says the bureau uses drones for surveillance of stationary subjects
The Associated Press52 minutes 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.