Handful Of Senators Ram Through DHS Funding Bill So They Can Take 2 Week Vacation

Handful Of Senators Ram Through DHS Funding Bill So They Can Take 2 Week Vacation

Five Senators passed a funding bill at 2:18 a.m. Friday morning that would end a partial government shutdown before the body went into its two-week Easter recess. Senate Democrats filibustered the Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill, demanding new restrictions on United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after the fatal shootings of Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good…

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Dash Crofts of Seals & Crofts, known for hits 'Summer Breeze' and 'Diamond Girl,' dies at 87

Dash Crofts of Seals & Crofts, known for hits ‘Summer Breeze’ and ‘Diamond Girl,’ dies at 87

NEW YORK — Singer-songwriter Darrell “Dash” Crofts, who teamed with childhood friend Jim Seals for such 1970s soft-rock hits as “Summer Breeze,” “Diamond Girl” and “Get Closer,” has died. He was 87. Crofts died Wednesday of heart failure at the Heart Hospital of Austin in Austin, Texas, said his daughter, Lua Crofts Faragher. She said…

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