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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) touted a 55-year low in Border Patrol apprehensions Tuesday. “Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) ...

IT READS LIKE something out of a detective novel. Picture it: a sleuth gets suspicious of a former beat cop. He reckons the old police officer is taking bribes on a promise to influence the government ...

Cattle futures prices rose to the highest in more than three weeks after a deadly pest was detected in Mexico just 70 miles away from the US border. The New World screwworm was found in the Mexican ...

Seattle — Two firefighters who were part of a 44-person crew fighting a wildland blaze on Washington state's Olympic Peninsula were arrested by U.S. Border Patrol agents during a multiagency criminal ...

This handsome pup was recently featured in the city's calendar photo shoot, but he hasn't let his newfound stardom go to his head! The only spotlight Beau is interested is that of your love! Beau is ...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Tuesday that the entire wall along the U.S.-Mexico border is going to be painted black to make it hotter and deter illegal immigration — an idea she said ...

POINT EDWARD, Ontario (WNEM) - Canadian border officers said Thursday they seized roughly 434 pounds of cocaine stashed inside a commercial truck arriving from the United States. The Canada Border ...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Reveille X, Texas A&M's rough collie mascot, had her right eye surgically removed after veterinarians diagnosed her with glaucoma, the university's president said Wednesday.