CALEXICO, Cali. — Border patrol agents found a rare insect in a shipment of lettuce at the U.S.-Mexico border last month. According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, on Jan. 8, a shipment containing red and green leaf lettuce arrived at the Calexico, California, cargo facility. During their cargo inspection, inspectors discovered an unusual insect…
PLANO, Texas — A former Guatemalan congressman was sentenced in the U.S. to 18 years in federal prison last week after pleading guilty to being involved in an international drug trafficking conspiracy, the U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday. Jose Armando Ubico Aguilar, 45, was sentenced Feb. 11 by U.S. District Judge Michael Truncale in…
EL PASO, Texas — Three immigrants who won a restraining order against the federal government to avoid transfer to the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba were deported this week on direct flights to Venezuela, according to court documents published Friday. The three men were deported Monday, the day after a federal judge approved a…
HONG KONG (AP) — TikTok has returned to the app stores of Apple and Google in the U.S., after President Donald Trump delayed the enforcement of a TikTok ban. What You Need To Know TikTok was removed from Apple and Google’s app stores on Jan. 18 to comply with a law that requires ByteDance to…
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Two Venezuelan planes returned home Monday with about 190 Venezuelans deported from the United States, signaling a possible thaw in relations between two longtime diplomatic adversaries and a victory for President Donald Trump in his efforts to get more countries to take their people back. What You Need To Know Migrants…
By Chris Kirkham and Abhirup Roy (Reuters) – Elon Musk told investors in late January that Tesla (TSLA) would roll out “autonomous ride-hailing for money” by June in Austin, Texas — a state where the company faces almost no regulation, raising questions about how much safety and legal risk Tesla is willing to take on…
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — Two people have been charged in the death of a Fort Campbell soldier who was stabbed nearly 70 times last year, police said Saturday. Sofia Rodas, 35, has been charged with first-degree murder and tampering with evidence in the death of U.S. Army Private First Class Katia Dueñas Aguilar, 23, the Clarksville Police Department…
CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico — A line of Mexican National Guard and Army trucks rumbled along the border separating Ciudad Juárez and El Paso, Texas Wednesday, among the first of 10,000 officers Mexico has sent to its northern frontier following tariff threats by President Donald Trump. What You Need To Know Mexican National Guard and Army…
HONG KONG — The U.S. Postal Service is reversing course a day after placing a ban on all inbound mail and packages from China and Hong Kong. What You Need To Know The U.S. Postal Service is reversing course a day after placing a ban on all inbound mail and packages from China and Hong…
A movement to oppose the early actions of President Donald Trump’s administration is taking off online, with plans to protest across the U.S. on Wednesday. The movement has organized under the hashtags #buildtheresistance and #50501, which stands for 50 protests, 50 states, one day. Many of the protests are planned at state capitols, with some…