Migrant encounters at southern border hit new February record high

The number of migrant encounters at the southern border for February hit a new high for the month this year, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) figures released on Friday reveal, reversing a sharp drop in numbers in January. There were 189,922 migrant encounters along the border in February. That’s higher than the 156,000 in the […]

FBI: Boeing Passengers Might Be Crime Victims

The FBI has informed passengers onboard a Boeing plane when it suffered a midair door blowout that they each may be a “victim of a crime,” CNN reports.[#item_full_content]

Expelled George Santos announces bid for return to Congress as Independent

Expelled former U.S. Rep. George Santos of New York on Friday announced another congressional bid to reclaim a seat in the House, but this time as an Independent candidate.   Santos will run to unseat Rep. Nick LaLota, a Republican, who represents New York’s 1st Congressional District.  “The Republican Party continues to lie and swindle […]

Fatigue-Clad Gunmen Fire on Crowds at Moscow Concert Hall

Several gunmen burst into a big concert hall on the edge of Moscow on Friday and sprayed visitors with automatic gunfire, injuring an unspecified number of people and starting a massive blaze in an apparent terror attack days…[#item_full_content]

Trump Docs Judge Backs Prosecutors on Limited Sharing

U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon reportedly largely has sided with special counsel Jack Smith in a battle to shield certain information from former President Donald Trump’s lawyers as they prepare for trial in his documents case.[#item_full_content]

65 migrants found buried in mass grave in Libyan desert

The U.N.’s migration agency expressed alarm Friday over the discovery of a mass grave containing the bodies of at least 65 migrants in the deserts of western Libya. Earlier this week, Libya’s criminal investigations authority reported the grave had been found in the Shuayrif region, 220 miles south of the capital, Tripoli. On its Facebook […]

A Moroccan town protests water management plans

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Regional and local leaders in eastern Morocco met this week with residents and civil society groups after months of protests over a water management plan set to take effect later this year. Thousands in the town of Figuig stopped paying water bills and have taken to the streets since November to […]