WASHINGTON, D.C.

New military will face danger, Rumsfeld says

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told the U.S. Naval Academy graduating class Friday that once the global war on terrorism is over, they and others in the military will face new threats, possibly including a world with even more danger from nuclear weapons.

“One day the war on terror will end — not soon, but it will end,” he said. “And you will face still more challenging tasks, possibly a world with double the number of nuclear nations, and many of those new nuclear states (will be) terrorist nations.”

In a speech on the academy’s grounds in Annapolis, Md., Rumsfeld — himself a former Navy officer — urged the young men and women to “swim upstream” and challenge old ways of doing business in an uncertain future.

CHICAGO

Feds arrest immigrants working at Sears Tower

Immigrants working illegally at Sears Tower have been arrested by federal authorities who said security concerns prompted the crackdown.

Immigration officials would not confirm the number of people arrested, their countries of origin or when the arrests were made. They said Thursday the arrests were necessary to protect the 110-story building from terrorism.

Gail Montenegro, spokeswoman for the Chicago office of the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said immigrants working illegally might be law abiding but were vulnerable to being blackmailed by terrorists.

SAN FRANCISCO

Priest who wrote rules on sex abuse is charged

A Roman Catholic priest and expert on church law who co-wrote a document on dealing with sexually abusive priests has been charged with molesting a boy more than 30 years ago.

A criminal complaint was filed May 12 against the Rev. Gregory Ingels, who until recently was a priest at St. Bartholomew Church in San Mateo.

Ingels, 60, was charged with engaging in sexual conduct with a 15-year-old boy in 1972, two years before Ingels was ordained. Ingels was teaching at a Catholic high school in Marin County at the time, and the boy was his student.

Colorado

Death sentence tossed over jury use of Bible

A judge threw out a killer’s death sentence Friday, saying the jury improperly relied on the Bible to reach its decision.

Judge John Vigil ordered a new sentencing hearing for Robert Harlan, who was convicted in 1995 of kidnapping, raping and murdering Rhonda Maloney, 25. Harlan also shot a passer-by who tried to help, leaving her paralyzed.

“If any case merits the death penalty, there cannot be serious debate about this case being that case,” Vigil wrote. “The death penalty, however, must be imposed in a constitutional manner … Jury resort to biblical code has no place in a constitutional death penalty proceeding.”

Defense attorneys had argued the use of religious works during jury deliberations is improper because the works are not Colorado law. Prosecutors said the use of biblical passages could not have influenced the verdict.

Maryland

100 cars involved in foggy accidents

More than 100 cars driving in heavy fog crashed in a series of accidents on a western Maryland interstate Friday, killing at least two people and injuring more than 30.

As many as 150 cars could have been involved in the accidents, but officials were waiting for the fog to thin to evaluate the damage, Garrett County Emergency Director Brad Frantz said.