Crime & Public Safety

A traffic stop in a San Diego County border town led federal investigators to a sophisticated tunnel hidden inside a retail store.

Melissa Casias’s remains were discovered in the Carson National Forest, along with a handgun, nearly a year after her disappearance.

The investigation into black-market marijuana trafficking also targeted possible human trafficking and money laundering, authorities said.

On Friday, a federal judge in Virginia temporarily blocked disbursements from the $1.8 billion fund.

The Utah judge also set a June 12 hearing on defense allegations that prosecutors’ public statements violated a gag order in the case of Tyler James Robinson.

The curfew near Delaney Hall will remain in effect between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. until further notice.

Eileen Wang, the former mayor of Arcadia, pleaded guilty to one count of acting in the United States as an illegal agent of China.

The Department of Transportation is now looking into New York’s licensing records, training documents, and the history of the driver.

Lawmakers hear emotional testimony as families link past border policy to rising deaths from cartels and fentanyl.

ICE officers are facing an 8,000 percent increase in death threats, DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton decisively defeated Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), setting up a general election contest that won’t be cheap.

More than 90 law enforcement agencies were involved in the northern Texas operation.

Secret Service agents were able to subdue the shooter, but not before he wounded a teenager standing nearby with his family.

Christian Castro was taken into custody in Texas, authorities said.

Jose Manuel Perez was arrested with 60 reptiles hidden in his clothing in small bags, prosecutors said.