Authorities at a border checkpoint in San Diego seized nearly four tons of marijuana buried in a shipment of jalapeño peppers, officials said. A photo of the shipment tweeted Saturday by the acting commissioner of Customs and Border Protection showed several large, green packages apparently containing marijuana surrounded by red chili peppers. Officials at the […]

U.S. stocks plunged Wednesday as a known predictor of recessions Opens a New Window. gave a strong signal that an economic downturn is coming. At one point, the Dow was down as much as 700 points, before paring the decline slightly. Investors are also concerned about weakening economic data in Europe and Asia. The spread […]

Britain is warning Iran of what it describes as “serious consequences” if Iran does not release a British-flagged tanker it seized in the Persian Gulf. Iran claims the tanker collided with an Iranian fishing boat in the Strait of Hormuz. “We will respond in a way that is considered but robust and we are absolutely […]

Iran’s state television said Thursday that regime forces captured a foreign tanker with a crew of 12 accused of smuggling oil. Hours later, it was announced the USS Boxer, a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, loaded with 2,000 Marines and dozens of helicopters entered the Persian Gulf. The tanker was seized by Revolutionary Guard forces on […]

Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) filed articles of impeachment against President Trump on Tuesday under a process that will force a House floor vote by the end of this week. Green introduced his articles of impeachment after the House passed a resolution largely along party lines condemning Trump for suggesting that four progressive freshman congresswomen of […]

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday spoke out against President Trump’s Fourth of July celebration and his controversial decision to display tanks and other military hardware on the National Mall during the festivities. “We need a strong national defense, but a president shouldn’t need it next to him in a parade to show […]

Singer Halle Bailey has been cast in Disney’s upcoming live-action remake of “The Little Mermaid,” the first time the studio has cast a woman of color in the role of a traditionally white princess character for one of its new remakes. Walt Disney Studios announced the casting decision Wednesday, to the delight of many fans […]

President Trump on Friday denied that he sexually assaulted writer E. Jean Carroll after the longtime advice columnist accused the president of raping her in a department store dressing room in the 1990s. “False accusations diminish the severity of real assault. All should condemn false accusations and any actual assault in the strongest possible terms,” […]

The body of a 7-year-old Indian girl was found in a remote desert area of Arizona on Wednesday — the same day border agents say they were told human smugglers helped five Indian illegal immigrants cross into the U.S. Border Patrol agents with the Tucson Sector recovered the remains of the young girl early Wednesday […]

An 81-year-old man who spent decades behind bars for a series of bank robberies said he stole from an Arizona credit union months after being released from prison because his monthly $800 Social Security payments were too small to live on, according to court records. Robert Francis Krebs walked into the Pyramid Federal Credit Union […]

Spanish police say they have freed eight women who were being held at a house in Marbella, and arrested 21 presumed members of a gang that allegedly sexually exploited them. Police said in a statement Sunday the women were prevented from leaving the basement of the house where they worked as prostitutes. They were subjected […]

Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s hotly anticipated report not only revealed the results of his long-running Russia probe but exposed a series of clashes over the last two years within President Trump’s inner circle over the direction of the investigation and the president’s efforts to curtail it. The report, released Thursday, showed that investigators did not find evidence of […]