Nation and World

Arizona officials find 30 immigrants alive in locked semitrailer

(Getty Images)

More Stories

Numbers on tickets for the Mega Millions lottery are selected by a purchaser in Los Angeles, in ...

Mega Millions jackpot tops $1B for Christmas week drawing

FILE - A poster calling for the release of Hannah (Chana) Katzir is taped to the door of her ho ...

Hannah Katzir, former hostage freed in a brief ceasefire, dies

Israel's Foreign Minister Israel Katz speaks to reporters during his summons to Brazil's Ambass ...

Israel’s defense minister acknowledges it killed Hamas leader

President Joe Biden speaks during a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House in W ...

Las Vegas man among death row inmates whose sentences were commuted by Biden

The Associated Press

October 28, 2019 - 2:55 pm

TUCSON, Ariz. — Border Patrol officials say 30 immigrants have been found alive in a locked semitrailer in southern Arizona.

They say agents at the Interstate 19 Immigration Checkpoint near Amado arrested two U.S. citizens in connection with Saturday night’s incident.

Tucson Sector agents referred a semitrailer for secondary inspection after a Border Patrol dog alerted to the vehicle.

During the inspection, agents say 29 residents of Mexico and one from Ecuador were found hidden inside the trailer.

Border Patrol officials say the 30 immigrants were being processed for immigration violations while the U.S. citizen driver and passenger face prosecution for human smuggling violations.

The names of the two citizens haven’t been released.

Mega Millions jackpot tops $1B for Christmas week drawing

By Nathan Solis Los Angeles Times

December 24, 2024 - 10:45 pm

Christmas could come a bit late this year for anyone playing Friday’s Mega Millions jackpot worth an estimated $1.15 billion.

Hannah Katzir, former hostage freed in a brief ceasefire, dies

The Associated Press

December 24, 2024 - 12:27 pm

Her daughter, Carmit Palty Katzir, said in a statement that her mother’s “heart could not withstand the terrible suffering since Oct. 7.”

Israel’s defense minister acknowledges it killed Hamas leader

The Associated Press

December 24, 2024 - 10:08 am

Israel’s defense minister confirmed that Israel assassinated Hamas’ top leader last summer and is threatening to take similar action against the leadership of the Houthi terrorist group in Yemen.

Las Vegas man among death row inmates whose sentences were commuted by Biden

By Will Weissert and Darlene Superville The Associated Press

December 23, 2024 - 4:14 pm

Thomas Sanders was convicted of the 2010 murders of 12-year-old Lexis Roberts and her mother, 31-year-old Suellen Roberts, who also lived in Las Vegas.

Former President Bill Clinton speaks during a Harris-Walz campaign stop at the Doolittle Commun ...

Ex-President Bill Clinton released from Washington hospital

The Associated Press

December 24, 2024 - 10:17 am

Former President Bill Clinton was discharged from a Washington hospital on Tuesday a day after being admitted with a fever.

A TSA officer flagged a woman’s bag during a routine X-ray screening at Los Angeles Inte ...

TSA stunned by ‘extremely concerning’ discovery in woman’s carry-on

Clara Harter Los Angeles Times

December 23, 2024 - 12:41 pm

A woman flying from Los Angeles to Philadelphia wound up on the TSA’s naughty list after an officer discovered a trove of almost 90 forbidden items inside her carry-on.

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., speaks at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, July 17, 20 ...

House Ethics report says Gaetz ‘regularly’ paid for sex, including with 17-year-old

By Farnoush Amiri and Lisa Mascaro The Associated Press

December 23, 2024 - 8:55 am

The 37-page report by the bipartisan panel includes explicit details of sex-filled parties and vacations that Gaetz, now 42, took part in from 2017 to 2020.