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
Border Patrol Arrests Cuban Child Sex Offender Caught Illegally in Texas
U.S. Border Patrol agents in Del Rio, Texas, arrested a convicted Cuban child sex offender who had been deported twice for illegal reentry.
Crime
Eagle Pass Man Gets 30 Years for Child Pornography Production, Hacking
Reginaldo Gonzalez Jr., 21, of Eagle Pass, Texas, sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for producing child pornography and hacking students' accounts.
Immigration
DHS Victim Hotline Logged 897 Calls in First Year, Assault and Rape Top Crimes
ICE releases first VOICE and DHS VINE data reports showing 897 hotline calls and record 55,195 victim registrations in 2025.
Crime
Former Taliban Commander Sentenced to 42 Years for Killing U.S. Soldiers
Haji Najibullah, 50, received 42 years in federal prison for hostage taking and material support for terrorism resulting in American deaths.
Crime
Illegal Immigrant From Bahamas Gets 27 Years for Exploiting 11-Year-Old in Virginia
Rian Wayne Johnson, 38, an illegal immigrant from the Bahamas, was sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for sexually exploiting an 11-year-old child in Newport News, Va.
Crime
Former Pennsylvania Police Officer Gets 27.5 Years for Child Pornography
Christopher J. Cordes, a former Tamaqua police officer, was sentenced to 330 months in federal prison for producing child pornography and animal crush videos.
Crime
Former Chicago Housing Authority Director Charged in $4.8 Million Kickback Scheme
A federal indictment charges a former CHA director and a construction company owner with steering $4.8 million in contracts through a kickback scheme.
Immigration
Bolivian Illegal Immigrant Sentenced to 15 Months for Reentry After Cocaine Conviction
Favian Sejas Castellon, 34, sentenced to a year and three months in federal prison in Alexandria, Va., for reentering the U.S. after deportation.
Crime
Illegal Alien Gets 70 Months for Forced Labor of Mexican Workers Across Five States
Alexander Villatoro Moreno sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for RICO conspiracy exploiting Mexican H-2A agricultural workers across five states.
Immigration
Arizona Federal Prosecutors Charge 271 in Single Week of Immigration Enforcement
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Arizona charged 271 individuals with immigration-related crimes in a single week of enforcement operations.
Immigration
Illegal Immigrant Tied to Sinaloa, CJNG Cartels Gets 20 Years in California
Ricardo Orizaba-Zendejas, 21, sentenced to 20 years for trafficking meth, fentanyl, and cocaine in operation targeting Sinaloa and CJNG cartels.
Security
Houthis Fire Two Missiles at Israel, Declare Ban on Israeli Ships in Red Sea
Yemen's Houthis launched two missiles at central Israel and declared a total ban on Israeli maritime navigation in the Red Sea.