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Border Patrol Rescues Abandoned 2-Year-Old Girl Smuggled into U.S.
Smugglers left behind a 2-year-old girl in Granjeno, Texas, where she was wearing a T-shirt with a phone number on it.
FBI Agent Remains Hospitalized After Kansas Motel Shootout
An FBI agent who was injured during a weekend shootout in a Kansas motel was still in the hospital Monday.
Federal Government Seeks Public Input on New FBI Headquarters
How should the FBI redevelop it new headquarters?
Justice Department Wants Sheriff Gusman to Stop Operating Troubled Jail
Orleans Parish Jail.
By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
The Justice Department has asked a federal judge to remove New Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman’s authority to operate the jail after failing to comply with a 2013 consent decree.
AG Loretta Lynch Wants Newly Released Inmates to Be Issued ID Cards
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com In an effort to make transition from jail to freedom easier for convicts, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch is urging governors to provide parolees with state identification cards. The announcement is part of the nation’s first National Reentry Week, which began Sunday, the Christian Science Monitor reports. “National Reentry Week highlights…
Experts to Homeland Security: Don’t Use Color-Coded Terror Threat Index
After Homeland Security stopped issuing its color-coded terror threat index five years ago, the agency has struggled to find a better way to alert the public.
2 Deputy U.S. Marshals, FBI Agent Shot During Gun Battle at Kansas Hotel
Two U.S. Marshal Service deputies and an FBI agent are recovering from gunshot wounds after coming under fire at a motel in South Topeka, Kansas on Saturday.
TSA Finds Record 73 Firearms in Carry-On Luggage in 1 Week at Nation’s Airports
The TSA reported that a record 73 firearms were found in carry-on luggage last week, setting a 73-year-old record for most guns found in such a short period.