JUDGE RULES TO PROTECT DREAMERS

WASHINGTON» A federal judge ruled Tuesday against the Trump administration’s decision to end a program protecting some young immigrants from deportation, calling the Department of Homeland Security’s rationale against the program “arbitrary and capricious.”

U.S. District Judge John D. Bates in Washington wrote that the decision to rescind Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, “was unlawful and must be set aside.”

2 Dallas police officers critically wounded in shooting.

Two Dallas police officers were critically wounded in a shooting Tuesday outside a home improvement store, authorities said.

Police Chief U. Renee Hall said a loss-prevention officer for the store also was shot in the afternoon incident outside a Home Depot in northern Dallas.

Court: Firms can’t be sued under old law.

WASHINGTON» The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that foreign corporations cannot be sued under a centuries-old law for their alleged complicity in human rights atrocities that occur overseas.

The 5-to-4 ruling split the court along ideological grounds, and it was the second time the court had cut back the reach of the 1789 Alien Tort Statute.

Republican wins special election.

Republican Debbie Lesko won the special election in Arizona’s 8th Congressional District, keeping the U.S. House seat in GOP control.

The former state senator on Tuesday defeated Hiral Tipirneni, a former emergency room physician. Lesko replaces former Rep. Trent Franks, a Republican who resigned in December amid sexual misconduct allegations.

EPA chief signs proposal limiting science used in decisions.

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt signed a proposed rule Tuesday that seeks to restrict the types of scientific studies that regulators can use to determine the impact of pesticide and pollution exposure on human health.

Pruitt said the change, long sought by chemical manufacturers and fossil fuel companies, would increase transparency in the agency’s decision-making by requiring all underlying data used in scientific studies to be made publicly available.

“The era of secret science at EPA is coming to an end,” Pruitt said.

Coroner: Inmates in South Carolina prison riot bled to death.

S.C.» A coroner BISHOPVILLE, said the seven inmates killed during a South Carolina prison riot earlier this month all bled to death from stab wounds.

Lee County Coroner Larry Logan said Tuesday all the inmates had several stab or cutting wounds inflicted inside Lee Correctional Institution on April 15 and 16.

Authorities say inmates in three wings of the maximum-security prison fought uninterrupted for several hours in a battle over territory and contraband. Inmates reported seeing fellow prisoners slowly die as prison officials tried to gather enough people to restore order.