(AP) – Federal immigration agents in Texas say they’ve arrested 123 immigrants with criminal records or who were living in the country illegally.  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in a statement Friday that the people were apprehended during an eight-day operation that ended Wednesday. Most of the immigrants were arrested in San Antonio or […]

(AP) – Prosecutors say a former high-ranking member of the Zetas cartel in Mexico must serve 30 years in a U.S. prison and forfeit $10 million for his drug-related crimes. Ivan Velasquez-Caballero of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, was sentenced Friday by a federal judge in Laredo, Texas. Officials say the 47-year-old Velasquez-Caballero is expected to face […]

(AP) – A sperm whale appears to have beached on an embankment in the shadow of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.  Or maybe not.  A Belgian artists’ collective installed a very real-looking, life-size whale sculpture Friday alongside the Seine River, eliciting surprise and concern from tourists and Parisians alike. Bart Van Peel, a member of […]