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Charged with disorderly conduct A S S OCIAT E D PRE SS
NEW YORK — Three Democratic members of Congress have been arrested on disorderly conduct charges at a protest outside Trump Tower. U.S. Reps. Raul Grijalva, of Arizona; Luis Gutierrez, of Illinois; and Adriano Espaillat, of New York, were among a small group of demonstrators who sat down in the street on New York’s Fifth Avenue on Tuesday and refused to move. The lawmakers were handcuffed and led away. Police say they were issued desk appearance tickets and released. The protesters were demanding that Congress pass legislation protecting thousands of young immigrants from deporArrested continues on A10
Proposal aimed to increase economic growth By Andrew Taylor ASSOCIATED PRE SS
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans are zeroing in on a tax outline that would add about $1.5 trillion to the government’s $20 trillion debt over 10 years, justifying the spurt of red ink with promises of surging economic growth and a burst of new revenues. Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker, a member of the chamber’s dwindling band of deficit hawks, and Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., one of the chamber’s more ardent
believers that tax cuts can pay for themselves, said they sealed an agreement on Tuesday. The $1.5 trillion figure, confirmed by congressional officials familiar with the agreement, would allow deeper cuts to tax rates than would be allowed if Republicans followed through on earlier promises that their upcoming tax overhaul wouldn’t add to the deficit. It’s likely to be announced on Wednesday. The agreement would represent an about-face for Capitol Washington continues on A10
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President Donald Trump, center, speaks during a bipartisan meeting with lawmakers regarding tax policy, at the White House in Washington on Sept. 13.
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EARTHQUAKE RATTLES MEXICO
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Gays granted equal parental rights By Bob Christie ASSOCIATED PRE SS
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People search for survivors in a collapsed building in the Roma neighborhood of Mexico City on Tuesday.
An injured man is pulled out of a building that collapsed during an earthquake in the Roma Norte neighborhood of Mexico City.
At least 119 people killed throughout the country By Mark Stevenson, Christopher Sherman and Peter Orsi A S S OCIAT E D PRE SS
MEXICO CITY — A magnitude 7.1 earthquake stunned central Mexico on Tuesday, killing at least 119 people as buildings collapsed in plumes of dust. Thousands fled into the streets in panic, and many stayed to help rescue those trapped. Dozens of buildings tumbled
into mounds of rubble or were severely damaged in densely populated parts of Mexico City and nearby states. Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera said buildings fell at 44 places in the capital alone. The quake is the deadliest in Mexico since a 1985 quake on the same date killed thousands. It came less than two weeks after another powerful quake left 90 dead in the country’s south. Mancera said at least 30 had died in Mexico City, and officials
in Morelos, just to the south, said 54 had died there. At least 26 others died in Puebla state, according to state disaster prevention chief Carlos Valdes. Gov. Alfredo del Mazo said at least nine had died in the State of Mexico, which also borders the capital. Mancera said 50 to 60 people were rescued alive by citizens and emergency workers. At one site, reporters saw onlookers cheer as a woman
was pulled from the rubble. Rescuers immediately called for silence so that they could listen for others who might be trapped. Mariana Morales, a 26-yearold nutritionist, 26, was one many who spontaneously participated in rescue efforts. She wore a paper face mask and her hands were still dusty from having joined a rescue brigade to clear rubble from a building that fell in a cloud of Mexico continues on A10
PHOENIX — The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that a lesbian woman who is divorcing her spouse is entitled to equal parental rights under the U.S. Constitution, even though a state law doesn’t recognize those rights. The ruling from the state’s highest court said U.S. Supreme Court precedent requires same-sex couples be afforded the same rights as straight couples. It goes much further, suggesting that a host of Arizona laws and rules need to be rewritten to avoid case-by-case litigation. The ruling involves a case stemming from artificial insemination. Arizona law assumes the man in a marriage is the father of any child born within 10 months of a marriage. But it doesn’t establish any rights in artificial insemination cases for the non-biological Arizona continues on A10