How Jacumba Hot Springs became the hippest new spot on the US-Mexico border

How Jacumba Hot Springs became the hippest new spot on the US-Mexico border

Jacumba Hot Springs has been down on its luck for decades. The town 110km (68 miles) southeast of downtown San Diego, in the US state of California, is situated on the Mexican border, where, despite its fence, undocumented migrants pass regularly and a crisis flared in 2023. Just 640 metres (2,100 feet) north of the … Read more

Woman charged with trying to smuggle $40K worth of turtles across Vermont lake to Quebec

Woman charged with trying to smuggle K worth of turtles across Vermont lake to Quebec

A woman from China has been arrested at a Vermont lake bordering Quebec for trying to smuggle 29 eastern box turtles, a protected species, into Canada by kayak, according to border patrol agents. Wan Yee Ng was arrested on the morning of June 28 at an Airbnb in Canaan, Vt., as she was about to … Read more

Fake New England Patriots’ Super Bowl rings intercepted by border patrol agents

Fake New England Patriots’ Super Bowl rings intercepted by border patrol agents

Border patrol agents pulled a Malcolm Butler at the goal line when they intercepted fake Patriots’ Super Bowl rings, which looked like they were from the team’s fourth title over the Seahawks. U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced that its officers have seized Super Bowl, World Series, and NBA championship rings for bearing counterfeit trademarks. … Read more