Mother, stepfather arrested after daughter escapes home after years of confinement, abuse
May 15 (UPI) -- Authorities in western New Jersey arrested and charged a mother and stepfather after their 18-year-old daughter whom they had chained up…
Russian Harvard researcher detained for months charged with smuggling
Kseniia Petrova, a Russian Harvard University Medical School researcher held in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody since February, was arrested and charged with smuggling…
Georgetown University researcher Badar Khan Suri ordered freed from ICE custody
1 of 2 | Pro-Palestinian protesters march in an anti-ICE rally in Lower Manhattan in New York City in March. On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge…
Russia sentences election watchdog Grigory Melkonyants to 5 years in prison
Grigory Melkonyants (R), co-chair of Russia's leading independent election monitoring group Golos, stood inside a defendant's cage as he attended Wednesday's verdict hearing at Basmanny…
Grand jury indicts Wisconsin judge accused of helping migrant evade federal arrest
May 13 (UPI) -- A federal grand jury in Wisconsin has indicted Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan, whose arrest last month on allegations of…
U.N. civil aviation body finds Russia responsible for downing of Malaysia flight MH-17
A woman pays her respects at a makeshift memorial for victims of downed Malaysia Airlines Flight MH-17 at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport on 24 July, 2014.…
Gerard Depardieu sentenced to 18 months in prison on sexual assault conviction
May 13 (UPI) -- French actor Gerard Depardieu was found guilty Tuesday of sexually assaulting two women during a film shoot. The 76-year-old actor was…
British police arrest 21-year-old in connection to fire at PM Keir Starmer’s home
May 13 (UPI) -- Police in Britain early Tuesday arrested a 21-year-old man accused of setting fires to three north London residences this month, including…
DHS launches investigation into California program aiding aged, blind, disabled immigrants
May 13 (UPI) -- The Trump administration has launched an investigation into a California state-level program that provides aged, blind and disabled non-citizens with monthly…
First group of South African refugees arrives in U.S. under Trump’s plan for White ‘Afrikaners’
May 12 (UPI) -- The first set of 49 White South African "Afrikaners" granted refugee status by President Donald Trump arrived in the United States…
First crew of South African refugees to arrive in U.S. under Trump’s plan for white ‘Afrikaners’
The first group of White Afrikaners from South Africa, like the ones pictured here, are set to arrive in the United States after receiving refugee…
Google agrees to pay $1.375B in Texas data privacy settlement
May 10 (UPI) -- Google will pay $1.375 billion to settle a 2022 data privacy lawsuit, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Friday. The lawsuit…
ACLU ends ‘baseless’ lawsuit over deportation of a Honduran mother and her children
May 10 (UPI) -- The American Civil Liberties Union has dropped its federal lawsuit accusing the Department of Homeland Security of illegally deporting a U.S.…
Worcester, Mass., residents arrested, charged for interfering with ICE arrest
About 25 bystanders became unruly, leading to some being charged with crimes while interfering with Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers Thursday morning in Worcester, Mass.…
ICE arrests 103 in Nashville traffic stops, mayor raises questions
May 10 (UPI) -- Immigration and Customs Enforcement has arrested at least 103 for alleged immigration violations during traffic stops in and near Nashville, which…
Tufts University doctoral student detained by ICE granted bail in federal hearing
Rumeysa Ozturk, the Tufts University doctoral student grabbed by ICE in Massachusetts and imprisoned in Louisiana, was granted bail from ICE detention Friday. Protesters supporting…
Border officers say they apprehend woman transporting fentanyl in her vagina
May 9 (UPI) -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at a crossing in Texas seized 113 grams of fentanyl earlier this week. Officials said…
Trump appoints former Fox News host as interim U.S. attorney for D.C.
May 9 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump has appointed former Fox News host and ex-prosecutor Jeanine Pirro as interim U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C. Trump…
U.S. to begin immediately removing 1,000 transgender service members from military
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listens during a cabinet meeting held by President Donald Trump in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington,…
Noem says Abrego Garcia will ‘never return’ as Democrats grill DHS secretary at budget hearing
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem takes her seat before members of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Thursday to testify on the agency’s proposed…