The son of a Mexican drug cartel leader was convicted Friday of charges that he used violence, including the deadly downing of a military helicopter, to help his father operate one of the country’s largest and most dangerous narcotics trafficking organizations.
Federal prosecutors have subpoenaed the director of New York City’s Office of Asylum Seeker Operations, the latest sign of escalating federal scrutiny into Mayor Eric Adams’ administration.
For decades, migrants intercepted at sea as they try to reach the United States have been sent to a facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, a place better known for the U.S. prison camp for terror suspects.
The recommendations made aren’t binding and represent a “first phase” in a plan to merge homeless and migrant shelter systems.
Springfield is now home to thousands of Haitians. Last week’s presidential debate thrust the small city into the national spotlight.
The House is scheduled to vote Wednesday on Speaker Mike Johnson’s proposal that links the funding of the federal government for the new budget year with a mandate that states require proof of citizenship when people register to vote.
Arrests for illegal border crossings from Mexico rose slightly in August, authorities said.
Wadee Al Fayoumi was brutally stabbed to death in Plainfield and his mother was hospitalized in the attack. Their landlord was charged with hate crimes.
The former president’s lie raises a larger question: What if we tuned into each other’s hunger and humanity?
The city will announce initial plans to combine Chicago’s legacy homeless shelter system with the system for migrants next week.