A Chilling Scream, Then the Discovery of 53 Dead and Dying Migrants
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A Chilling Scream, Then the Discovery of 53 Dead and Dying Migrants

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The chilling screams of a young woman came from a desolate, debris-strewn urban hinterland between salvage yards and railroad tracks on Quintana Road in the outskirts of San Antonio. When a man who worked for a nearby paving company, Ricardo Quintero, followed the…

Pentagon Sending Combat Forces to Help Secure Border
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Pentagon Sending Combat Forces to Help Secure Border

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Pentagon is sending about 3,000 additional troops to the southwestern border, rushing to comply with President Trump’s order to increase the military’s role in stemming the flow of migrants into the United States. Armed infantry and support troops from the 4th Infantry…

C.I.A. Expands Secret Drone Flights Over Mexico
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C.I.A. Expands Secret Drone Flights Over Mexico

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The United States has stepped up secret drone flights over Mexico to hunt for fentanyl labs, part of the Trump administration’s more aggressive campaign against drug cartels, according to U.S. officials. The covert drone program, which has not been previously disclosed, began under…

Do DeepSeek’s A.I. Advances Mean US Tech Controls Have Failed?
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Do DeepSeek’s A.I. Advances Mean US Tech Controls Have Failed?

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The United States has worked steadily over the past three years to limit China’s access to the cutting edge computer chips that power advanced artificial intelligence systems. Its aim has been to slow China’s progress in developing sophisticated A.I. models. Now a Chinese…

What Border Crisis? Mexican Migrant Shelters Are Quiet Ahead of Trump
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What Border Crisis? Mexican Migrant Shelters Are Quiet Ahead of Trump

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Migrants used to gather by the hundreds in encampments in Ciudad Juárez, on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande, waiting for a chance to cross into the United States. But as President-elect Donald J. Trump prepares to take office on Monday, few…

Texas woman admits to drugging migrant kids as part of child-trafficking ring
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Texas woman admits to drugging migrant kids as part of child-trafficking ring

A Texas woman has confessed to drugging young girls with melatonin gummies while trafficking them into the US — just as border agents are warning that kids are being smuggled through similar means all across the southern border. Vanessa Valadez, 23, of Laredo, pleaded guilty Friday to working with family…

American Airlines ex-mechanic Paul Belloisi gets 9 years prison for smuggling cocaine hidden under cockpit of JFK-bound flight
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American Airlines ex-mechanic Paul Belloisi gets 9 years prison for smuggling cocaine hidden under cockpit of JFK-bound flight

A former American Airlines aircraft mechanic was sentenced on Friday to nine years in prison after being convicted of trying to smuggle cocaine hidden beneath the cockpit of a flight to New York from Jamaica. Paul Belloisi, 56, of Smithtown, New York, was sentenced by US District Judge Dora Irizarry in…