Ex-New Mexico Lawmaker Facing More Federal Charges, Accused of Diverting Money Meant for Schools

Ex-New Mexico Lawmaker Facing More Federal Charges, Accused of Diverting Money Meant ... to the contractor with the school district’s payments mailed to a post office box in Albuquerque. Read More

Ex-minister faces probe after being accused of using ‘antisemitic tropes’

In his interview, Sir Alan also accused several ministers and former ministers of not supporting international law by failing to condemn illegal settlements, including security minister Tom ... Read More

Ex-NYPD cop who allegedly hawked fentanyl on duty, indicted on drug charges

Instagram @graciela_rose An ex-NYPD cop arrested in October for hawking ... to distribute narcotics and distribution of narcotics, U.S. Attorney of the Southern District of New York Damian ... Read More

Mexico's president says he won't fight drug cartels on U.S. orders, calls it a "Mexico First" policy

MEXICO CITY – Mexico's president said Friday he won't fight Mexican drug ... news briefing. "Mexico First. Our home comes first." López Obrador basically argued that drugs were a U.S. problem ... Read More

Trump to focus remarks on U.S.-Mexico border during Michigan visit this week

Trump will speak at the DeVos Place Convention Center in Grand Rapids at 2:30 p.m. on April 2, according to a news release ... deported to Mexico in 2020 but had reentered the U.S. illegally ... Read More

Ex-Ukrainian defense minister says U.S. aid vital for Kyiv’s war effort

A former Ukrainian defense minister on Monday said the conditions on the front line in his country’s ongoing war against Russian occupiers are “extremely tense,” but pushed back against the ... Read More

Indonesia's defense minister, accused of abuses under dictatorship, is declared election winner

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto was announced ... when they take office in October,” U.S. State Secretary Antony J. Blinken said after his victory ... Read More

Diddy’s ex-girlfriend Yung Miami accused of transporting ‘pink cocaine’ for him

Sean “Diddy” Combs’ ex-girlfriend Yung Miami is being accused of transporting an ... Combs wanted tusi but Brendan [Paul, Diddy’s alleged drug mule] forgot it.” Khristina Khorram ... Read More

US Markets

SlateStone Wealth chief market strategist Kenny Polcari discusses what market headwinds could hurt the U.S. economy on 'Varney & Co.' Investor’s Business Daily executive editor Alissa Coram ... Read More

These Eight U.S. Bridges Are Vulnerable to a Repeat of the Baltimore Crash

Fewer than 10 bridges in the U.S. have the clearance of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, the 1,200-foot span that collapsed after a supersize containership slammed into one of its ... Read More

Nearly 108,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2022, breaking record, CDC says

accounting for about 70% of U.S. overdose deaths. There were also shifts among age groups from 2021 to 2022, with a decreased rate of drug overdose deaths among those aged 15 to 24, and 25 to 34. Read More

Mexico's president says he won't fight drug cartels on US orders, calls it a 'Mexico First' policy

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president said Friday he won’t fight Mexican drug ... news briefing. “Mexico First. Our home comes first.” López Obrador basically argued that drugs were a U ... Read More