WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said Monday that 62 current and eight former Border Patrol employees are under internal investigation following revelations of a secret Facebook group that mocked lawmakers and migrants.
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Regardless of your immigration status, you have guaranteed rights under the Constitution. Here’s what you need to know:
GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations’ human rights chief said Monday, July 8, she was “appalled” by the conditions migrants and refugees face in U.S. detention facilities, intensifying a challenge to the Trump administration’s immigration policies.
PASADENA (CNS) — President Donald Trump has approved a request to declare an emergency in California and ordered federal assistance to supplement state, tribal, and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from the earthquakes that began in the Ridgecrest area on Thursday, July 4.
SANTA MONICA (CNS) — The Santa Monica-based Recording Academy and Miami-based Latin Recording Academy have expressed condolences to the family of Brazilian singer, songwriter and guitarist Joa…
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Teens who use prescription opioids to get high are more likely to start using heroin by high school graduation, according to a USC study released this week.
Europe's massive heat wave is on its way out — and it's leaving a slew of broken temperature records in its wake. Many countries were gripped by temperatures above 104 Fahrenheit (40 degrees C…
WASHINGTON (AP) — From the Vatican to the U.S. Congress, expressions of anguish, empathy and outrage poured out Wednesday, June 26, over the photos of a migrant father and young daughter who d…
On Sunday, June 16, actor-director-playwright Michael Kearns will, like millions of other men with children across the United States, be celebrated on Father’s Day.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has asserted executive privilege over documents that were subpoenaed by Congress related to his administration’s decision to add a citizenship question…
Big Papi’s guard was down even at hotspots like the Dial Bar and Lounge, where the Dominican business and entertainment elite can cross paths with shadier figures in a country where fortunes a…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Democratic lawmaker on Wednesday, May 22, blamed the Trump administration’s border policies for the deaths of migrant children, and the acting head of the Homeland Securit…
Mother’s Day is part of the springtime cycle of renewal and rebirth.
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — A Reseda man is behind bars on suspicion of plotting to carrying out a domestic terrorism bombing during a white- nationalist rally in Long Beach that never materialized.
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — “Full House” actress Lori Loughlin and her husband now find themselves in deeper legal trouble after they were indicted Tuesday, April 9, along with 14 other parents across…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump eased up on his threats to close the southern border as officials across his administration explored half-measures that might satisfy the president’s u…
WASHINGTON (AP) — An exuberant President Donald Trump took a victory lap on Capitol Hill, emboldened by the end of the special counsel’s Russia probe, even as Democrats pressed insistently for…
BOSTON (AP) — A judge has granted a request to push back actress Felicity Huffman’s court appearance in Boston on charges that she participated in a college admissions cheating scam.
Her family wanted a puppy, so Alicia Barnett dreamed they would find one that was smart, steady and a bit mysterious. She hoped their new addition could share a personality — and a name — with…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration issued an emergency order Wednesday grounding all Boeing 737 Max aircraft in the wake of a crash of an Ethiopian airliner that killed 157 …
MOSCOW (AP) — U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller has yet to release his report about Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, but the Kremlin has been rehearsing its response …
Is that pain you feel in your back, neck or shoulders just a momentary twinge from strain you are putting on your body, perhaps with a new exercise regimen? Or is there something deeper and mo…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has beefed up its legal team. Its political team is ready to distract and disparage. And President Donald Trump is venting against Democratic prying.
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The government is demolishing eight prototypes of Donald Trump’s prized border wall that instantly became powerful symbols of his presidency when they were built nine months a…
Infertility can be a lonely and challenging journey. Women struggling to get pregnant may consider numerous options while experiencing a wide range of emotions in the process.
A man police believed to have stabbed and killed his estranged wife in Pacoima nearly nine years ago, and who had fled to El Salvador, has been extradited back to the US and is being charged w…
In the snow, in the rain, in cold, breezy weather, people across the country gathered on Monday, Feb. 18 – President’s Day—to hold rallies against the President of the United States.
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — President Donald Trump charged ahead with his pledge to build a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border, skimming over the details of lawmakers’ tentative deal that would give him…
NASA's 4-year-old atmosphere-sniffing Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission is embarking on a new campaign today to tighten its orbit around Mars. The operation will reduce th…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address had a proposition for Democrats: Set aside investigations and make deals instead.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats offered to boost border security spending and leaders of both sides flashed signs of flexibility as congressional talks began Wednesday aimed at resolving the stand…
An average 30-second ad shown during this year’s Super Bowl game will cost as much as $5 million.
A total lunar eclipse occurred on 21 January 2019. For observers in the Americas, the eclipse took place between the evening of Sunday, January 20 and the early morning hours of Monday, January 21.
MCALLEN, Texas (AP) — Maria Orbelina Cortez says she fled El Salvador for the U.S. after her husband attacked her and knocked a pan of scalding oil onto her youngest son’s head.
An earthquake is a sudden, rapid shaking of the earth caused by the shifting of rock beneath the earth’s surface. They strike without warning, at any time of year, day or night. Forty-five U.S…
WASHINGTON (AP) — In his prime-time speech to the nation, President Donald Trump declared a border crisis that’s in sharp dispute, wrongly accused Democrats of refusing to pay for border secur…
Los Angeles, January 2, 2019 - There is still time to make your New Year's resolutions! And, m consider including your companion animals too? Maybe your goal is to eat healthier, work out more…
YALAMBOJOCH, Guatemala (AP) — White flowers and flickering candles sat atop a low table inside the simple wooden home in remote, rural Guatemala. Nearby was a small pair of rubber boots, sized…
NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s once-devoted lawyer and all-around fixer, was sentenced to three years in prison after telling a federal judge that his “blind loyalty” …
Traveling can frazzle your brain. Between trying to remember if you locked up the house or put your ID back into your wallet, thinking about personal safety in airport parking lots is the last…
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — Migrants in a caravan of Central Americans scrambled Wednesday to reach the U.S. border, arriving by the hundreds in Tijuana, while U.S. authorities across the border we…
With the recent switch to Daylight Saving Time, this is an ideal time to remind Californians to check their smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) alarms. First Alert is urging families to ensure thei…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the number of military troops deployed to the U.S.-Mexican border could reach 15,000 — roughly double the number the Pentagon said …
Los Angeles -- The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA), rejected President Trump's latest proposal to take away birthright citizenship to children born of certain immigrants.
NASA’s MarCO mission was designed to find out if briefcase-sized spacecraft called CubeSats could survive the journey to deep space.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tens of millions of Social Security recipients and other retirees will get a 2.8 percent boost in benefits next year as inflation edges higher. It’s the biggest increase most…
SACRAMENTO — California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, along with the U.S. Department of Justice (USDOJ) and a multistate coalition, have announced a settlement in the CVS Health (CVS) and A…
On October 18, “International ShakeOut Day,” millions will participate in Great ShakeOut Earthquake Drills across the country and worldwide.
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has voted unanimously to oppose a plan by the Trump administration to bar legal immigrants who accept government subsidies from …
CHABAS, Argentina (AP) — At age 7, Candelaria Cabrera goes after the soccer ball with determination. She drives toward her rivals without caring much about getting hurt and deftly manages the …
HOLLYWOOD (CNS) — Roseanne Barr announced in published remarks that she hopes to be living in Israel and studying the Torah when “The Conners” hits the airwaves without her this fall.
WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Donald Trump celebrated on Monday the workings of a new deal with Mexico that would replace the North American Free Trade Agreement, numerous questions were le…
As of Aug. 20, the spacecraft had covered 172 million miles (277 million kilometers) since its launch 107 days ago. In another 98 days, it will travel another 129 million miles (208 million ki…
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Lack of diversity continues to dog the film industry, with minimal improvement in female speaking roles over the last decade and persistent dominance of white men both on s…
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