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Ninth Circuit eases path to citizenship for some children of naturalized U.S. citizens FacebookTwitterEmail The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals said U.S. residents who were under 18 when a 1952 law was in effect were eligible for citizenship through their parents, protecting them from deportation.Gabrielle Lurie/The Chronicle With key votes from two appointees of former President Donald Trump, a federal appeals court eased the path to citizenship Thursday for some children of naturalized U.S. citizens, protecting the youths from deportation if they are later convicted of crimes. The case befor...

Updated: 1:16 PM EDT Apr 22, 2021 Holabird Academy social studies teacher Sidney Thomas is Baltimore City Public Schools' 2021 Teacher of the Year.District CEO Sonja Santelises on Thursday surprised Thomas as she was teaching her class."Sidney Thomas is a dynamic teacher. Her commitment to racial equity and to supporting students as they learn is exceptional. Her unwavering passion for the work is precisely what the students of city schools need and deserve." Santelises said in a statement. "Sidney teaches her students lessons that they can apply to their lives beyond the classroom....

The ongoing trial of a former Minnesota police officer charged in the death of George Floyd last year has the attention of people here in Floyd's birthplace of Fayetteville.  Floyd, 46, a Black man, died May 25, 2020, while in police custody in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Prosecutors alleged in opening statements Monday that Officer Derek Chauvin killed Floyd by kneeling on his neck for nearly nine minutes; more than two minutes of which Floyd was unresponsive as a crowd filming the arrest pleaded with police to check his pulse. Three other officers have also been charged in Floyd's death. Their...

When it comes to size, there’s no debating that the 9 th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is the biggest of its kind — in geography, population and case filings. Covering nine Western states, including California, and two U.S. territories, the federal jurisdiction decides law for some 65 million residents — nearly twice as many as the next largest circuit in the nation. But how big is too big? The debate over whether to split the behemoth 9 th Circuit in half has raged among lawmakers and legal experts for decades, and it’s not over. Advertisement A recommendation for Congress to increas...