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2 US Border Patrol officers are charged with taking bribes to wave in people without documents

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Two U.S. border inspectors in Southern California have been charged with taking thousands of dollars in bribes to allow people to enter the country through the nation’s busiest port of entry without showing documents, prosecutors said. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers Far...

2 US Border Patrol officers are charged with takin

2 US Border Patrol officers are charged with taking bribes to wave in people without documents

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Two U.S. border inspectors in Southern California have been charged with taking thousands of dollars in bribes to allow people to ent...

04.04.2025 23:57 0

Punishment not part of the picture in Wild lineup choices

ELMONT, N.Y. – One of the costly turnovers — and there were several by both teams — in the Minnesota Wild’s 5-4 overtime loss to the New York Rangers ...

04.04.2025 23:39 0

Celtics notebook: Al Horford, Teammate of the Year? ‘No-brainer,’ Joe Mazzulla says

Al Horford is a finalist for the NBA’s Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year Award. His coach believes he should win it in a landslide. “It’s a no-braine...

04.04.2025 23:22 0

DC police identify, arrest man charged with stabbing 6 people in Northeast

D.C. police have arrested and charged a man with stabbing six people Thursday afternoon in the Trinidad neighborhood near Gallaudet University. Kevin ...

04.04.2025 22:55 1

Proposed curfew would limit hours for some businesses in Kensington, Fairhill and Germantown

Councilmember Quetcy Lozada introduced a bill Thursday to expand the boundaries of business curfews in multiple districts in Philly and bump up the fi...

04.04.2025 22:39 0

Little Canada man pleads guilty to strangling sex worker in Eagan hotel room

A Little Canada man has pleaded guilty to strangling a woman who was working as a prostitute in an Eagan hotel room in 2023. Philip Jedidiah Wong, 27,...

04.04.2025 22:17 1

For romance novelist Abby Jimenez, it’s one happy ending after another

Abby Jimenez is renowned for her romance novels, a number of which have become bestsellers. Her seventh book, “Say You’ll Remember Me,” is being relea...

04.04.2025 21:58 0

Twins center fielder Byron Buxton off and running

Byron Buxton hit a ball just past Astros starter Hunter Brown. By the time the pitcher got off the mound and fielded the ball, he spun around, looked ...

04.04.2025 21:52 1

Karen Read supporters argue their anti-‘buffer zone’ case in federal court

Karen Read supporters are fighting for their right to protest as a federal judge weighs whether to block a buffer zone order that limits them from dem...

04.04.2025 21:51 0