Congress passed the Second Confiscation and Militia Act, which, among other things, legalized the enlistment of African American soldiers in the Union army (Black volunteers were already serving in the United States Navy and had served with distinction in the American Revolution and the War of 1812...
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The leader of a Mexican-based heroin trafficking ring that distributed the drug to cells operating in and around Portland and in southwestern Washington was sentenced Monday to just over eight years in federal prison.