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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 434

Amy Taxin

Leili Ghazi, a 22-year-old US immigrant from Iran separated indefinitely from her parents, stands for a photo in Pasadena, California, June 21, 2022. (AP/Jae C. Hong)
June 27, 2022, 1:00 am
Former conscripts in Iran Guards bemoan ban on entering US due to terror listing
Iranians stateside disappointed that Trump-era terror designation of IRGC not removed under Biden, preventing family members from joining them
By Amy Taxin
This March 19, 2020 photo provided by Bob Arrington of Arrington Funeral Directors shows a viewing room with seating arranged to facilitate social distancing amid the coronavirus outbreak, at their funeral home in Jackson, Tennessee. (Cliff Walker Jr./Arrington Funeral Directors via AP)
March 23, 2020, 10:02 am
In the US, grieving and saying goodbye in the time of the coronavirus
Staying away from funerals is the new normal, while some cemeteries aren’t allowing any graveside services at all
By DON BABWIN and Amy Taxin
Visitors take photos at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., Friday, March 13, 2020. Disneyland is closing its doors for the rest of the month, shuttering one of California's best-known attractions as the state hurries to stop the spread of the coronavirus. (AP/Amy Taxin)
March 14, 2020, 10:14 am
Disneyland visitors savor final day before closure for coronavirus
Park set to shutter for the next two weeks to help stem the spread of COVID-19; last closure was after 9/11
By Amy Taxin
In this Wednesday, January 23, 2019, photo, Melorin Issarezal, 8, plays with a scarf during Persian story time at Irvine public library in Irvine, California. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
February 12, 2019, 2:52 pm
Iranian-Americans nurture new generations after revolution
As immigrants age, their children and grandchildren buck decades of tension between the countries in bid to maintain a link to their heritage
By Amy Taxin
People cry as a law enforcement motorcade escorts the body of Ventura County Sheriff's Department Sgt. Ron Helus from the Los Robles Regional Medical Center Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018, in Thousand Oaks, Calif., after a gunman opened fire Wednesday evening inside a country music bar, killing multiple people including Helus. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
November 9, 2018, 9:10 am
Navy veteran, art student, caregiver among victims of California bar attack
A look at the stories of some of those killed in Wednesday night’s shooting rampage at dance bar
By JONATHAN J. COOPER, Amy Taxin and Rebecca Boone
In this Wednesday, June 27, 2018, photo, a small group of stay-at-home mothers, with children at their sides, work to organize an immigration rally in Portland, Oregon. From left to right are Kate Sharaf, Lisa Carol Stiller, Erin Conroy and Caely Barrett. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)
June 30, 2018, 11:48 am
First-time activists behind many planned protests over Trump border policy
Immigrant advocacy groups say they’re thrilled — and surprised — to see the issue gaining traction among those not tied to immigration
By Gillian Flaccus and Amy Taxin
People take part in a rally to protest restrictive guidelines issued by the US on who qualifies as a close familial relationship under the Supreme Court order on the Muslim and refugee ban at Union Square on June 29, 2017, in New York. (AFP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
July 1, 2017, 1:10 pm
For Iranian-Americans, Trump travel ban keeps families apart
Members of the community, many of whom came to US seeking freedom after 1979 Islamic revolution, frustrated by the new limitations
By Amy Taxin
Protesters lock arms as they block a driveway at the U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services building in San Francisco, Monday, May 1, 2017. (AP/Jeff Chiu)
May 1, 2017, 11:34 pm
Thousands of people in US rally against Trump, for workers
Immigrants and their allies march on May Day in major cities across the US, including New York, Chicago and Los Angeles
By Steve Peoples and Amy Taxin
In this Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, file photo, Erik Danialian, a 21-year-old immigrant from Iran, poses with his US citizenship certificate in front of a large US flag after a naturalization ceremony at the Los Angeles Convention Center, in Los Angeles, California. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
February 22, 2017, 2:43 am
After Trump travel ban, immigrants seek to naturalize
Nearly 1 million apply for citizenship in 2016, the largest number in nine years; more scrambling to file paperwork since election
By Amy Taxin
This Dec. 21, 2015 courtroom file sketch shows Enrique Marquez Jr. in federal court in Riverside, Calif. Marquez, a longtime friend of Syed Rizwan Farook, the male shooter in the San Bernardino terrorist attack, has agreed to plead guilty to conspiring with Farook in 2011 and 2012 to provide material support to terrorists. (Bill Robles via AP, File)
February 17, 2017, 5:03 am
US man pleads guilty to buying rifles in San Bernardino attack
Father of one of the victims angrily decries ‘slap on the wrist’ for accomplice in deadly California shooting
By Amy Taxin
Alicia Ramirez, 67, hands out fliers to passersby on a busy street in a largely Latino area lined with money transfer businesses and shops selling elegant gowns for quinceanera celebrations in Santa Ana, California on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Amy Taxin)
November 11, 2016, 7:25 pm
Deportation fears grip immigrants after Trump’s election
Activists race to help undocumented residents protect themselves before new anti-migrant president is sworn in
By Amy Taxin and Astrid Galvan
Image posted on a militant website on January 14, 2014, shows Islamic State fighters marching in Raqqa, Syria. (AP/Militant Website)
July 25, 2016, 5:28 pm
Californian who tried to join Islamic State to be sentenced
Man faces maximum of 25 years; defense claims psychological issues and PTSD due to abusive childhood
By Amy Taxin
The University of California, Santa Barbara. (Photo credit: CC-BY-SA Coolcaesar/Wikimedia Commons)
September 18, 2015, 11:56 pm
U of California’s new tolerance rules fail to condemn anti-Semitism
Jewish groups outraged by overhauled guidelines that make no mention of anti-Semitism or anti-Israel sentiment
By Amy Taxin and JULIE WATSON
October 12, 2013, 8:33 am
California man pleads not guilty in terrorism case
Sinh Vinh Ngo Nguyen, 24, denies he attempted to join al-Qaeda after reportedly traveling to Syria last year
By Amy Taxin and Gillian Flaccus
This image provided by the Irvine Police Department shows Meshael Alayban, who was arrested July 9 (photo credit: AP/Irvine Police Department)
July 11, 2013, 6:14 am
Saudi princess arrested in US for human trafficking
Defense lawyer dismisses allegations that suspect held Kenyan employee against her will, calls case a contract dispute; judge sets bail at $5 million
By Amy Taxin
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