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WASHINGTON (AP) — It's law. President Barack Obama has signed a $1.1 trillion spending bill that keeps most of the government operating over the next nine months. The Department of Homeland Security will only receive its money through Feb. 27. That limit was demanded by Republican leaders to appease critics of Obama's immigration measures. Homeland Security oversees the nation's immigration enforcement.
SYDNEY (AP) — Australia's prime minister says his nation's security system should have been tracking the gunman who took 17 people hostage at a downtown cafe. The siege ended with bloodshed. Two hostages and Man Haron Monis died. Prime Minister Tony Abbott says Monis was "a madman" roaming the streets. But Abbott acknowledges it's impossible for security agencies to monitor everyone.
CINCINNATI (AP) — The family of a black man fatally shot by a white police officer as he held an air rifle inside an Ohio Wal-Mart has gone to federal court. A lawsuit filed Tuesday charges negligence and violation of John Crawford III's civil rights. The suit names the suburban Dayton officers involved, the police chief and Wal-Mart. The family says it's "incomprehensible" that the officers weren't indicted.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Police Department will become the nation's largest law enforcement agency to equip officers with on-body cameras. Mayor Eric Garcetti says next year's budget will contain funds to equip 7,000 officers with the cameras by summer. Nationally, officers in one of every six departments now patrol with tiny cameras on their chests, lapels or sunglasses, and that number is growing.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Attorney Gloria Allred says the decision of Los Angeles prosecutors not to file charges against Bill Cosby is not a reflection on the merits of her client's claim that she was molested by the comedian. Judy Huth, who is also suing Cosby, accuses Cosby of molesting her around 1974. The statute of limitations at the time was three years. A lawyer for Cosby says Huth attempted to sell her story to a tabloid a decade ago and that she also attempted to extort $250,000.
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