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In the news today: Crimes by ICE personnel in recent years show patterns of abuse, corruption and other abuses of authority, an AP review shows; investigators search a location in Arizona in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie; and Canada's deadliest shooting since 2020. Also, ratings for Super Bowl 60 and the Bad Bunny halftime show fall short of records. |
In this screengrab made from body camera footage provided by the Othello, Wash. Police Department, police officers arrest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement supervisor Koby Williams in July 2022 during an underage sex sting operation. (Othello Police Department via AP) |
Crimes by ICE personnel in recent years show patterns of abuse, corruption, AP review shows |
At least two dozen U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement employees and contractors have been charged with crimes since 2020, and their documented wrongdoing includes patterns of physical and sexual abuse, corruption and other abuses of authority, a review by The Associated Press found. Read more. |
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- Almost every law enforcement agency contends with bad employees and crimes related to domestic violence and substance abuse are long-standing problems in the field. But ICE's rapid growth and mission to deport millions are unprecedented, and the AP review found that the immense power that officers exercise over vulnerable populations can lead to abuses.
While most of the cases happened before Congress voted last year to give ICE $75 billion to hire more agents and detain more people, experts say these kinds of crimes could accelerate given the sheer volume of new employees and their empowerment to use aggressive tactics to arrest and deport people.
- Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said that wrongdoing was not widespread in the agency, and that ICE "takes allegations of misconduct by its employees extremely seriously." She said that most new hires had already worked for other law enforcement agencies, and that their backgrounds were thoroughly vetted.
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Investigators searching a location in Arizona in disappearance of Nancy Guthrie |
A person was detained for questioning Tuesday in the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie, hours after the FBI released surveillance videos of a masked person wearing a handgun holster outside Guthrie's front door the night she vanished from her Arizona home. Read more. |
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A Phoenix, Arizona, television station, KNVX-TV, interviewed a delivery man who said he had been detained by police on suspicions of kidnapping the 84-year-old mother of "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie. He said he was innocent and that police released him after several hours. Local and federal authorities have not confirmed that the person who they had detained was released.
The department and the FBI were conducting a court-authorized search Tuesday night at a location in Rio Rico, about an hour's drive south of Tucson, the department said in a statement. It was expected to take several hours.
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Shootings at school and home in Canada leave 10 dead including suspect |
A shooting at a school in British Columbia left seven people dead, while two more were found dead at a nearby home, Canadian authorities said Tuesday. A woman who police believe to be the shooter also was killed. Read more. |
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A migratory beekeeper checks a beehive at a colony near a mustard field in the Binnabari village in Baksa district of Assam, India, Jan. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath) |
Migratory beekeepers and their hives follow the flowers to make the honey flow
In the electric yellow mustard fields of Assam, beekeepers rise early. It's a demanding job. Stings are a fact of life. But the harvest is a way to make ends meet, when there is a growing demand for honey. Beekeepers are persisting in the face of floods, more powerful monsoons and extreme heat, as well as development that changes the landscapes bees rely on. |
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