In an effort to discourage wasteful water practices such as hosing off driveways or allowing irrigation water to run down streets, California water officials have imposed new drought rules for cities and towns throughout the state.... Meanwhile, at least 975 households saw their wells dry up during the past year, according to state data.... “ I would want to make sure that we as a board are not compounding that equity problem with our actions.” Other board members agreed, and the regulations w

Last year, more than 1, 000 officials with the country’s immigration agency, the National Migration Institute, were referred to internal affairs or forced to resign over corruption allegations.“ The authorities are involved in human smuggling, ” said Margarita Nu？... ez, a migration expert at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City.... In the overturned trailer, rescuers found a bloody pile of bodies — some alive, some dead....