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Skull Found in Luggage at Tampa Airport

Passengers only declared 10 cigars

(Newser) - A routine bag check at Tampa International Airport took a strange turn last week when US Customs and Border Protection agents discovered a human skull in a passenger's luggage. The incident unfolded after a traveler declared just 10 cigars, but further inspection revealed more than just tobacco: Agriculture...

DC's Alleged Sandwich Thrower Enters His Plea

Defendant requests jury trial after viral sub-throwing incident in DC

(Newser) - The former Department of Justice staffer accused of assaulting a federal officer with a sandwich pleaded not guilty Wednesday to the misdemeanor assault charge he faces. Sean Dunn, 37, stood before US District Judge Carl J. Nichols, where he appeared "largely stoic," per NBC News , and opted...

'LED Bulb' Shipment Was Really $500K in Fake Labubus

CPB seizes falsely labeled shipment from South Korea in Seattle

(Newser) - A shipment claiming to be light bulbs was intercepted at Seattle's airport, revealing more than 11,000 counterfeit Labubu dolls worth over $500,000—and raising new alarms over the booming trade in fake collectibles. The shipment, which arrived at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport from South Korea labeled as...

Border Patrol Nabs Firefighters Amid Active Fire

2 arrested Wednesday on front lines of Washington state's Bear Gulch blaze

(Newser) - Two contract firefighters on the front lines of Washington state's largest active wildfire found themselves in handcuffs on Wednesday after a surprise visit from federal agents. The exact reasons for the arrests remain murky, with officials tight-lipped and no explanation provided by Border Patrol, ICE, or Homeland Security,...

Border Patrol Agents Amass at Newsom's Redistricting Event

About 100 feds detained one person during apparent immigration raid

(Newser) - As California Gov. Gavin Newsom prepared to hold a press conference regarding the state's efforts to combat the President Trump-backed redistricting plan in Texas , Border Patrol agents staged what the Los Angeles Times calls a "show of force" outside the venue. Newsom spoke at downtown Los Angeles' Japanese...

Bondi Fires DOJ Staffer Over Sandwich Hurled at CBP Agent

'This is an example of the Deep State,' AG railed against man who's now canned and facing a felony

(Newser) - A man charged with a felony for hurling a sandwich at a federal law-enforcement official in the nation's capital has been fired from his job at the Justice Department, Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a social media post on Thursday. A video of Sean Charles Dunn berating a...

Border Patrol Officer Shot in Manhattan Park

Off-duty agent shot in what appears to have been a botched robbery

(Newser) - An off-duty US Customs and Border Protection officer was shot in a Manhattan park on Saturday following an apparent robbery gone wrong, New York City police and federal officials said. The 42-year-old officer was in stable condition Sunday and expected to survive, the AP reports. There was no indication that...

Man Kicks Customs Beagle at Dulles, Gets Deported

CBP says Egyptian man kicked Freddie so hard that he left the ground

(Newser) - An Egyptian man who kicked a Customs and Border Protection beagle at Washington Dulles International Airport so hard that it left the ground has been kicked out of the country. Authorities say Hamed Ramadan Bayoumy Aly Marie, 70, kicked Freddie after the 5-year-old beagle alerted his handler to Marie's...

3rd Chinese Scientist Charged With Smuggling Materials

She allegedly shipped worm-related material to US for research without government permit

(Newser) - A Chinese scientist was arrested while arriving in the US at the Detroit airport, the second case in days involving the alleged smuggling of biological material, authorities said Monday. Per the AP , the scientist is accused of shipping biological material months ago to staff at a laboratory at the University...

DOJ: Scientist's Texts on Frog Embryos Did Her In
Judge:
Let Detained
Scientist
Out on Bail
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May 29, 2025 7:00 AM CDT

Judge: Let Detained Scientist Out on Bail

Russian-born Harvard researcher accused of sneaking lab samples through Boston airport

(Newser) - A federal judge says a Harvard scientist from Russia should be released on bail after she was detained by immigration officials, reports the New York Times . "There does not seem to be either a factual or legal basis for the immigration officer's actions" against Kseniia Petrova, the judge...

Border Checkpoint Searches Turning Off More Canadians
Canadians Are
Balking at US Visits
May 13, 2025 2:08 PM CDT

Canadians Are Balking at US Visits

'I've never had that happen ever before,' one BC resident notes of search at border he calls invasive

(Newser) - Travelers crossing into Canada say they're alarmed by the appearance of extra security checkpoints on the section of border separating Washington state and British Columbia, with some complaining of invasive searches. Drivers leaving the US say they've had vehicles searched by US Border Patrol officers and sniffer dogs,...

Border Patrol's Tariff Intake Clashes With Trump's Claim

The president's reported windfall is much higher

(Newser) - Customs and Border Protection has announced the amount of money it's taking in under President Trump's tariffs, and the figures do not agree with the president's repeated declaration that the US is collecting $2 billion per day. That figure was said to include revenue tied to the...

Report: Trump Wants to Fine Migrants $998 a Day

'It's to project fear in communities,' a former ICE official tells Reuters

(Newser) - The Trump administration is continuing its push to deport or otherwise vacate immigrants from the United States, and it's now come up with a plan for those who won't leave on their own: Deplete their bank accounts. Reuters has seen documents that suggest President Trump plans to fine...

Trump's New Push: Migrants Must Self-Deport

President encourages them to use new app, or risk never being allowed back into the US

(Newser) - The Trump administration is getting increasingly aggressive with deportations, and now President Trump himself is encouraging migrants to do the job themselves. In a new video , the president tells migrants to use a newly launched federal app to guide them through the self-deportation process, reports the Hill . It's in...

US Border Patrol Agent Killed in the Line of Duty

Agent was working near Canadian border

(Newser) - A US Border Patrol agent was fatally shot Monday on a highway in northern Vermont south of the Canadian border, authorities said. The death was confirmed by the FBI and Benjamine Huffman, acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security in Washington, the AP reports. In a statement, the FBI...

3K+ Guitars Part of 'Massive Attempt to Con' US Consumers

They may have looked like real Gibsons worth $18M, but authorities say they're phonies

(Newser) - If they'd been actual Gibson guitars, the 3,000-plus musical instruments seized recently in California would've been worth around $18 million. They were phonies, however, and their interception at the Los Angeles/Long Beach Seaport is now what the Los Angeles Times is calling "the largest counterfeit musical...

Somehow, These Fake 'Melons' Failed to Fool Border Agents

Meth, wrapped in plastic and painted to deceive, was intercepted at border

(Newser) - The thing is, it probably took a lot of time to paint the drug packages to look like watermelons. But the results were, let's say, not that great. As a result, US border agents intercepted more than $5 million worth of methamphetamine at the US-Mexico border, reports the BBC...

Days After Arrest, Flyer Is Busted at Same Airport

CBP says he tried to smuggle ketamine into, and out of, the US

(Newser) - A man who was arrested for trying to smuggle ketamine into the US from Europe through Seattle-Tacoma International Airport was arrested again in the same week for trying to smuggle the drug in the other direction, US Customs and Border Protection says. In a news release , the agency says the...

Along the Border, an 'Unexpected Reprieve' for Biden

Illegal migrant crossings have plummeted 54% since December, per government figures

(Newser) - News along the southern border is offering the Biden administration "an unexpected reprieve" as the November election looms. Internal government stats show that illegal migration from Mexico into the US has fallen 54% from December to May, with US Border Patrol officials recording a daily average of 3,700...

2 Texas Railway Crossings Closed Due to Migrant Surge

CBP employees will be moved from those crossings to help Border Patrol elsewhere

(Newser) - Freight trains stopped rumbling across Texas border bridges in El Paso and Eagle Pass Monday morning, a day after US Customs and Border Protection said it would put such crossings on ice in order to move staffers there to assist with the migrant surge elsewhere. The El Paso Times reports...

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