Day: March 6, 2024

Blackburn moves to allow local law enforcement to capture, deport illegal immigrants

4:13 pm March 6, 2024

FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., is introducing legislation that would give states and local authorities the power to enforce federal immigration law, including helping deport illegal immigrants in the wake of a slew of crimes allegedly committed by illegal immigrants. Blackburn’s Clear Law Enforcement for Criminal Alien Removal (CLEAR) Act would give explicit […]

Endangered Mexican gray wolves still face threat despite growing population numbers

4:08 pm March 6, 2024

The wild population of Mexican gray wolves in the southwestern U.S. is still growing, but environmental groups are warning that inbreeding and the resulting genetic crisis within the endangered species will continue to be a threat to long-term survival. The warning came Tuesday as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and wildlife agencies in Arizona […]

New Mexico national park set to prohibit air tours to protect cultural, natural resources

4:06 pm March 6, 2024

Commercial air tours over New Mexico’s Bandelier National Monument and within a half-mile outside its park boundary will soon be prohibited, officials said Tuesday. The National Park Service and Federal Aviation Administration finalized an air tour management plan for the 50-square-mile (130-kilometer) monument near Los Alamos. OREGON’S CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK MISMANAGEMENT PROMPTS FEDS TO […]

Missouri firefighter’s doctor girlfriend died of multiple drug intoxication, manner ‘undetermined’

4:06 pm March 6, 2024

A 39-year-old doctor found dead with no “obvious” signs of trauma in her boyfriend’s home in suburban St. Louis died of a drug overdose, police said Tuesday evening, citing a toxicology report. Dr. Sarah Sweeney’s death on Jan. 13 is the second death of a woman in the home of Robert Daus, a Maryland Heights […]

Philippines refuses to allow China to remove Filipino military outpost on disputed shoal

3:17 pm March 6, 2024

The Philippines will not allow China to remove a Philippine military outpost in a fiercely disputed South China Sea shoal, a navy official said Wednesday, a day after four Filipino navy personnel were injured in a confrontation between Chinese and Philippine ships. Philippine officials summoned a Chinese Embassy diplomat in Manila to convey a strong […]