An upstate New York businessman accused of stealing over $50 million from hundreds of people has pleaded guilty to charges related to a Ponzi scheme
Mexican man pleads guilty to impersonating Border Patrol agent to ‘disrupt deportation missions’
A Mexican man in the United States has pleaded guilty to impersonating a Border Patrol agent and following federal immigration officers to divert them while they were out on immigration enforcement missions in Southern California
Washington state says Geo Group refuses to let health inspectors into detention facility
Washington state has asked a federal judge to force private prison operator The Geo Group to allow health inspectors into its for-profit immigration detention center in Tacoma, which has been the subject of thousands of complaints from detainees in rec...
At least 2 injured as storms tear through Texas, damaging homes
Thunderstorms have torn through parts of Texas, sending at least two people to the hospital
Oakland attributes a 6-decade low in homicides, in part, to life coaches
The California city of Oakland has driven homicides to historic lows by offering services including life coaches to people most likely to get pulled into gang-related shootings
Supreme Court to weigh Trump administration push to end protections for Haitian, Syrian migrants
The Supreme Court will hear arguments over the Trump administration’s push to end legal protections for migrants fleeing war and natural disaster
Hegseth will be grilled by Congress for the first time since the Iran war began
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will face questioning from members of Congress for the first time since the Iran war began
The huge, untapped potential of planting rooftop gardens in cities
The city has long been a beacon of opportunity, where folks flock to make it big. But metropolises the world over are wasting a major opportunity — many, many square feet of it: Flat rooftops are painted white, when really they should be green. Not, mind you, shades of mint...
The world is getting too hot to feed itself
Two years ago today, an intense heat wave engulfed much of Brazil. For five days at the end of April 2024, temperatures in the central and southern regions climbed to sweltering heights. Many affected were still reeling from another extreme heat wave that had walloped southern Brazil. Just the month...
Nearly two decades after landmark Indigenous rights declaration, countries still aren’t complying
Nearly two decades after the United Nations adopted a landmark declaration on Indigenous rights, advocates say countries still aren’t living up to their promises to uphold and respect those rights. Indigenous people are being killed for protecting their territories, criminalized for practicing their culture, and seeing their lands stripped of...