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The ACLU and other groups interviewed more than 45 migrants held at the detention center and call it a “human and civil rights catastrophe.” ...

While cockfighting is illegal in all 50 states, breeding aggressive strains of roosters for show and selling them at ...

This past Saturday, the St. Joseph Flyers boys basketball team wrapped up the two-day Nordheim Basketball Tournament with a ...

Some of the alleged abuses at Camp East Montana at Fort Bliss are graphic and may disturb some people. EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) ...

Detained people at largest immigration detention facility in the country report accounts of physical and sexual abuse.

Human rights groups today urged U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to end immigration detention at Camp East Montana, a ...

Ameer Williams scored nine of his game-high 23 points in the fourth quarter, and Lake clamped down in the final 3-plus minutes to hold off the Hornets as it posted a hard-fought 59-50 victory in a ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A former high-level agent with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and an associate have been charged ...

ECISD officially reopened its application window for Choice Schools for the 2026-2027 school year. This allows families across Odessa and surrounding areas ...