Mexican woman arrested for trying to smuggle $628K worth of cocaine into the US, CBP saysU.S. Customs and Border Protection told Blaze News exclusively that a 35-year-old woman from Mexico was caught smuggling cocaine into the U.S. Tuesday. The discovery was made after a CBP officer referred the woman driving a 2017 Nissan Rogue for secondary inspection on the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge in Laredo, Texas. The driver and the passenger were both…The Blaze12h agoWhole story →SecurityBuild
Russia ramps up attacks on Kyiv infrastructure as U.S. makes fresh push for peace talksRussia has pledged to intensify strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities after a drone attack damaged the capital’s key Northern Bridge over the weekend.CNBC13h agoWhole story →BuildSecurity
EBR mayor-president wants to retool blight remediation program, redirect fundingBATON ROUGE — Following several WBRZ Investigative Unit reports on blight in the city-parish, Mayor-President Sid Edwards sat down with WBRZ's Bess Casserleigh to talk about progress made in combating blight and his thoughts on the current blight outreach program, which costs taxpayers more than $165,000 a year.WBRZ22h agoWhole story →BuildSid Edwardsblight remediation reform