EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Deputies with the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office found a box of puppies in Fabens, which led to the arrest of a 54-year-old man on Friday, April…
Tech Crunch – Paragon is not collaborating with Italian authorities probing spyware attacks, report says
Despite promising to help determine what happened with the hacks targeting journalists and activists in Italy, Israeli American spyware maker Paragon has reportedly not responded to authorities’ requests for information. Read more: Read…
Border Report – House in limbo as GOP struggles to find path for spy powers, farm bill, ICE funding
House Republicans’ ambitious agenda for the week is in limbo as leaders struggle to come to a consensus with hard-line conservatives on legislation to reauthorize foreign spy powers, the farm bill, and…
Border Report – DHS says more than 1,000 TSA officers ‘forced to leave’ due to shutdown
More than 1,000 Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers have departed amid the ongoing shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the department said this week. Read: Read More
Border Report – $8 million in meth hidden in tile shipment, CBP says
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers say they seized 908 pounds of methamphetamine hidden in a title shipment at the Pharr International Bridge last week. Read: Read More
KTSM News – Hummingbird Fire grows to 3,264 acres, 0% contained
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Firefighters conducted defensive firing operations along the western perimeter of the Hummingbird Fire in the Gila Wilderness last night, April 27. Fire crews worked overnight to establish…
Border Report – Prosecutors say Wisconsin police chief helped California gun dealers’ illegal ammo import scheme
Two California brothers could each face up to five years in prison for allegedly recruiting a small-town Wisconsin police chief to help them illegally import nearly half-a-million armor-piercing rounds into the U.S….
Texas Monthly – Camp Mystic director apologizes to families of campers, counselors who died in flood
“I think about the night of the flood every moment of every day,” Edward Eastland said at a committee hearing Tuesday. “We tried our hardest that night and it wasn’t enough to…
Tech Crunch – US Supreme Court appears split over controversial use of ‘geofence’ search warrants
The U.S. top court is expected to rule on whether to allow police to identify criminal suspects by dragnet searching the databases of tech giants. Read more: Read More
Border Report – Mexico’s military captures top cartel leader in another blow to Jalisco cartel
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Mexico’s most powerful criminal enterprise, suffered another blow Monday when the Mexican military captured one of its top leaders, two months after the cartel’s leader was killed….