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A man who criticized President Donald Trump’s immigration policies in the name of progressive Christianity was killed last week by an undocumented immigrant who avoided deportation by hiding in a local “sanctuary church.” Sean Buchanan, a father of five from Colorado Springs, was driving his motorcycle on Highway 83 when Miguel Ramirez Valiente swerved into his lane and killed him. The immigrant was charged with reckless driving with a revoked license. Ramirez Valiente received national media coverage in January when he sought sanctuary in All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church in Buchanan’s hometown. Speaking from the pulpit, he told assembled reporters...

Three people were killed and a child injured when a drunken driver slammed into the sleeping family’s trailer in California, authorities say. Suspect Ismael Huazo-Jardinez, 33, allegedly lost control of his truck and crashed into the family’s vehicle Saturday night in Knights Landing, which is about 25 miles northwest from Sacramento, KOVR-TV reported.

Boarder gets double life sentence for killing two children by Rudy Larini Saturday March 15, 2008, 6:25 AM John O'Boyle/The Star-Ledger Richard Toledo at his sentencing in Toms River on Friday.Richard Toledo was sentenced Friday to consecutive life prison terms for the bludgeoning murder of two brothers, plus 30 more years the kidnapping of their mother two years ago. Toledo, 23, was sentenced to life without parole for the slaying of 7-year-old Zabdiel Gonzalez and a second life sentence for the murder of his 14-year-old brother, Karlo. Both boys were bludgeoned with a claw hammer in the basement of their...

SAN DIEGO -- An illegal immigrant who ran from a crash that killed his 9-year-old son was is in jail Sunday and facing multiple felony charges, including drunken driving. Marcos Munoz-Sanchez, 33, was booked for several felonies in connection with the accident on westbound Interstate 8 near Texas Street about 1:30 a.m. yesterday, according to California Highway Patrol officers. Alex Munoz, who was a third-grader at Linda Vista Elementary School, was declared dead at the scene of the crash. The boy was asleep in the front seat when his father crashed into the back of a pickup truck parked on...

NASHVILLE, Tenn.- A Tennessee State University student died Saturday when another driver broadsided her vehicle on Old Hickory Boulevard. Metro police said 24-year-old Victor Benitez was drunk as he ran a red light at the intersection of Old Hickory Boulevard and Nolensville Road, killing 22-year-old Joycelyn Gardiner. "Just a tremendous young lady, from all accounts, who had all types of potential," said Don Aaron, Metro police spokesman. "According to the witnesses who attempted to render aid to both victims, Benitez smelled strongly of alcohol and was very combative," Aaron said. Investigators said Benitez was drunk and he didn't touch the...