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SAN FRANCISCO – A controversial measure that dictates how San Francisco police deal with underage illegal immigrants goes into effect Thursday. The law, approved by the city’s Board of Supervisors in October, prohibits law enforcement from turning over minors to federal authorities unless they are felons. Mayor Gavin Newsom vetoed …

JERUSALEM – An Israeli court has ordered the Belgian consulate in Jerusalem to pay millions of dollars in back rent. The Jerusalem court ruling says the consulate owes $3.5 million after renting a landmark building near the official residences of Israel’s prime minister and president for 26 years. The court’s …

BOSTON – President Barack Obama is to deliver the eulogy for Sen. Edward M. Kennedy Saturday, taking on the role to which the senator himself was so often called as the longtime patriarch of his famous political family. The funeral was expected to draw mourners from across the political spectrum …