Crime
Repeat Sex Offender Gets 27 Years for Exploiting Children Online in Washington
Corbett Lloyd Craig, 42, of Goldendale, Wash., sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for enticing two girls online and possessing child sex abuse material.
Immigration
Immigration
Border Patrol Agents Catch Illegal Immigrant With Fake Documents at Laredo Checkpoint
U.S. Border Patrol agents intercepted an illegal immigrant using fraudulent identification documents at a Laredo, Texas, checkpoint on Interstate 35.
Immigration
ICE Arrests Cuban Felon Who Defied Removal Order for 26 Years in Miami
ICE arrested Elias Cardoza-Torres, 58, a Cuban illegal immigrant with seven convictions who ignored a removal order issued more than 26 years ago.
Immigration
ICE Detains 3 Cuban Illegal Immigrants in Tennessee Human Trafficking Probe
Five men arrested and nine potential trafficking victims identified in Sumner County, Tennessee, with three Cuban illegal immigrants flagged by ICE.
Immigration
Two Guatemalans Plead Guilty in 2021 Smuggling Crash That Killed Over 50
Two Guatemalan nationals admitted roles in a tractor-trailer crash that killed more than 50 illegal aliens packed among 160 in Chiapas, Mexico.
Crime
Crime
Repeat Sex Offender Gets 27 Years for Exploiting Children Online in Washington
Corbett Lloyd Craig, 42, of Goldendale, Wash., sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for enticing two girls online and possessing child sex abuse material.
Crime
San Antonio Extremist Gets 40 Years for Coercing Children Into Self-Harm
Alexis Chavez, 19, an online leader of a nihilistic violent extremist network tied to 764, sentenced to 40 years for child exploitation.
World
World
Israel-Lebanon Framework Ties IDF Withdrawal to Hezbollah Disarmament
The trilateral U.S.-Israel-Lebanon framework signed June 26 conditions Israeli withdrawal on verified Hezbollah disarmament, but the group rejects the deal outright.
World
Saudi Arabia Strikes Sanaa Airport to Block Houthi Flight to Khamenei Funeral
Saudi-led coalition struck Sanaa International Airport to prevent a Houthi delegation from flying to slain Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei's funeral, triggering retaliatory missile fire.
World
Syria Seats 210-Member Parliament as Israeli Clashes Flare Near Border
Syria's new 210-member People's Assembly includes 70 presidential appointees as IDF operations near the Golan ceasefire line continue.
World
Ukraine Offers $6,700 Monthly Pay in Sweeping Military Contract Reforms
Ukraine announced fixed-term military contracts with assault infantry earning 300,000 hryvnias monthly to address chronic manpower shortages.
Faith
Faith
Maharashtra Orders Statewide Audit of Christian Properties After $31M Fraud Claim
India's Maharashtra state ordered a three-month audit of all church and Christian organization land holdings, alarming Christian communities facing rising pressure.
Faith
Iran Orders 20 Christian Families Evicted to Seize Historic Tehran Church
Iranian authorities are confiscating St. Peter's Evangelical Church in Tehran, evicting 20 Armenian and Assyrian families from the 10-acre compound.
Faith
Lahore Court Acquits Blind Christian Jailed 10 Months on False Blasphemy Charge
Nadeem Masih, a visually impaired Christian, was acquitted in Lahore after 10 months in prison on a blasphemy accusation fabricated by park workers.
Faith
Cardinal McElroy Says Exorcist Removal Was About Privacy, Not UFOs
Cardinal Robert McElroy told CNS his removal of Msgr. Stephen Rossetti as Washington exorcist targeted the public nature of the ministry, not UFO beliefs.
Security
Security
Maryland Man Gets 15 Years for Plot to Join ISIS, Target Jews
Michael Sam Teekaye Jr., 22, sentenced to 15 years for attempting to join ISIS and planning attacks against Jewish targets in Maryland.
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Immigration
Feds Charge Two Previously Deported Illegal Immigrants in Connecticut
A Dominican and a Guatemalan national, both previously deported, face federal reentry charges in Connecticut after arrests on drug, firearm, and arson offenses.
Crime
Five Arrested in New York Medicaid Fraud Schemes Totaling $5 Million
Federal prosecutors charge five in Capital Region Medicaid transportation fraud schemes as part of DOJ's 2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown.
Crime
Oregon Man Gets 10 Years for Child Exploitation After Multinational HSI Probe
Matthew Lynn Windom, 55, of Albany, Oregon, sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for possessing child sexual abuse material after an international investigation.
Crime
CBP Officers Find Child Exploitation Material on Maryland Man's Phone at Dulles
CBP officers at Dulles Airport discovered child sexual abuse and bestiality material on a Maryland man's phone, leading to his arrest on Virginia felony charges.
Faith
Nearly 300 Christians Displaced by Hindu Mobs in India's Chhattisgarh
Nearly 300 Christians in India's Sukma district have been forcibly displaced by radical Hindu mobs in 2026, International Christian Concern reports.
Faith
Islamist Mob Assaults Christian Preacher in Bangladesh as Jamaat Influence Grows
A 55-year-old Christian preacher was beaten by Jamaat-e-Islami-linked men in Bangladesh after declaring his faith, part of a rising pattern of attacks.
Security
Somali Pirate Attacks Hit Highest Rate Since 2011 in Gulf of Aden
Somali pirates have seized three vessels and launched multiple attacks in the Gulf of Aden since late April, the worst surge since 2011.
Immigration
Eight Illegal Immigrants Indicted for Stealing Social Security Numbers in Kentucky
Federal agents arrested 13 illegal immigrants and indicted eight for using stolen Social Security numbers to work at a Paducah, Ky., window supply business.
Crime
Romanian Illegal Immigrant Gets 18 Months for EBT Skimming Fraud Scheme
Marius Catalin Trica, smuggled into the U.S. multiple times, sentenced to 18 months for bank fraud targeting vulnerable EBT recipients in New York and Los Angeles.
Immigration
Nicaraguan Tactical Instructor Gets 51 Months for Assaulting HSI Agent in New York
Michel Manuel Garcia Rojas, an illegal immigrant from Nicaragua, was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison for violently assaulting an HSI agent in New York.
Crime
North Carolina Man Indicted for Child Sexual Abuse at Nepal Orphanage He Founded
Michael Hess, 73, of Davidson, N.C., faces up to 30 years in prison for alleged illicit sexual conduct with a minor at a Nepal orphanage he founded.
Crime
Chilean Illegal Immigrant Gets 45 Months for Identity Fraud Across 7 States
Mayorie Fernandez-Ormeno, 37, sentenced to 45 months and ordered to pay $47,218.84 in restitution for stealing credit cards from 18 victims.