US readies second attempt at speedy asylum screenings at Mexico border

The Biden administration is making its own attempt at speedy asylum screenings at the border, insisting it will be different than under President Donald Trump.

Tunisia coast sees 210 migrant bodies wash ashore in 2 weeks

Preliminary examinations of the bodies indicated that the migrants were from sub-Saharan Africa, according to the National Guard’s Houssemeddine Jebabli.

Houston-bound oil tanker seized by Iran navy in Gulf of Oman

The U.S. Navy called Iran’s actions “contrary to international law and disruptive to regional security and stability."

$61 million in cocaine seized by Coast Guard

The US Coast Guard says this weekend millions of dollars’ worth of cocaine was intercepted at sea.

Border Patrol seizes $900K in meth disguised as candy, food

More than 100 pounds of methamphetamines were seized at the U.S.-Mexico border after authorities found the drugs disguised as candy and hidden in canned food.

9 men trying to enter US from Canada treated for exposure

Nine men who entered the United States illegally from Canada were rescued from a sub-freezing bog and given medical treatment for exposure to the cold, authorities said Wednesday.

Several dead, missing after boat carrying African natives capsizes in Caribbean

At least 14 people from the African nation of Cameroon were rescued from waters in the eastern Caribbean early Tuesday after their boat capsized, but three people were dead and 13 others missing.

Mexican man pleads guilty in deadly smuggling crash that killed 13 near U.S.-Mexico border

Jose Cruz Noguez pleaded guilty Tuesday to coordinating a smuggling effort that left 13 people dead when a Ford Expedition carrying 25 people was broadsided by a tractor-trailer in Imperial County in 2021.

'Beagle Brigade' could stay in Newnan permanently

A bill being discussed on Capitol Hill authorities the National Detector Dog Training Center in Newnan to continue its work.

Object shot down over Lake Huron not from China, Biden says

President Joe Biden said on Thursday that the object shot down over Lake Huron was likely not part of the Chinese spy balloon project. Instead, he said it was likely a private research balloon.

China threatens US entities over downing of suspected spy balloon

China says it will enact measures against U.S. entities related to the downing of a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the American East Coast.