TROIA, Portugal (AP) — NATO's secretary-general sounded the alarm recently over the build-up of Russian military forces from the Baltic Sea to the Mediterranean and called on the U.S.-led alliance to come up with a response.
Jens Stoltenberg said the Russians have concentrated military forces in Kaliningrad, the Black Sea and the eastern Mediterranean, where they are assisting beleaguered Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
WASHINGTON – The Democrats who make up the Massachusetts delegation in the U.S. House of Representatives walk in lockstep on many issues, but when it comes to immigration, one toes a different line.
Rep. Bill Keating, a former Norfolk County prosecutor whose ninth district encompasses much of the South Shore and all of Cape Cod and the islands, was the only one of the nine House members from the Bay State to back a measure blocking certain federal grants and law-enforcement funding for "sanctuary cities." That designation is used for municipalities that refuse to dedicate local resources to enforcing federal immigration law.
