The program is one way the Trump administration is trying to discourage migrants from making the journey to seek refuge in the United States.
Lynley Price
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Water in Hawaii volcano could trigger explosive eruptions
Officials say there is ‘no reason to think hazards at the summit of Kilauea have increased or decreased’ because of the discovery.
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FBI calls gunman at California festival ‘kind of a loner’
Santino William Legan grew up in Gilroy and authorities say he kept a low profile and don’t believe he was targeting anyone baed on specific characteristics.
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Trump administration has separated 900 migrant children in continuing practice
More than 20 percent of the children who are newly separated are under 5 years old.
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Immigrants taking sanctuary in churches hit with huge fines
Maria Chavalan-Sut, an indigenous woman from Guatemala, has spent 10 months living in makeshift quarters at a Methodist church and has been threatened with a $214,132 fine by immigration authorities.
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Puerto Rico official: Pedro Pierluisi to be nominated as state secretary
If the House and Senate approve, Pierluisi would become the territory’s next governor after Ricardo Rosselló resigns Friday.
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Body of 1930s gangster John Dillinger to be exhumed
The digging might prove difficult as Dillinger’s father had the casket reburied under a protective cap of concrete and scrap iron topped by 4 reinforced-concrete slabs, according to historians.
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Trump ‘rodent’ tweets ring true at Kushner-owned apartments
Conditions got so bad two years ago that the Baltimore County government issued a release showing the Kushner Cos. had violated housing codes more than 200 times in 10 months.
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South Korea says North Korea has fired unidentified projectiles
The launches came six days after North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles that Seoul officials say flew almost 400 miles before landing off the North’s east coast.
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Escaped calf killed behind Connecticut Home Depot sparks outrage
Animal activists are decrying the public slaughter and the halal butcher shop – from which the calf escaped – has received a stream of anti-Muslim comments.