Treasury expands bank data-sharing rules tied to Trump immigration crackdown

NEW YORK — The Treasury Department moved Friday to enlist the nation’s banks more deeply in President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, including issuing fresh guidance that lets banks rapidly share information about suspected customers and an advisory steering them to flag signs that one of their customers may lack legal immigration status. These changes are … Read more

Dem House hopeful tied to district’s secret sex-abuse settlements after touting transparency record

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A California Democrat running for Congress in a newly redrawn Central Valley congressional district has campaigned on bringing transparency to his local school board — but during his tenure, the board he served on reportedly settled multiple sex-abuse cases behind closed doors.  Randy Villegas, running to represent … Read more

Texas sheriff says 7th body could be tied to shipping container deaths, as ICE opens human smuggling probe

A man who was found dead Monday by the railroad tracks southwest of San Antonio, Texas, is believed to be connected to the six people who likely died of heat stroke inside a shipping container near the Mexico border, according to authorities.  The body of the seventh person was located nearly 150 miles north of … Read more

A Canvas outage tied to a cyberattack has wreaked havoc on colleges’ final exam season

Schools and universities across the country are recovering from an outage that knocked down Canvas, an online platform that manages exams, course notes, lecture videos and grades. The disruption tied to a cyberattack hit in the middle of finals period for many colleges, a high-stress time when students and instructors rely heavily on the platform. … Read more

Four people convicted of conspiracy in US trial tied to 2021 assassination of Haiti’s president

MIAMI — A Florida jury on Friday convicted four men of conspiracy in the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse. South Florida served as a central location for planning and financing the plot to oust Moïse and replace him with someone of the conspirators’ choosing, U.S. prosecutors alleged. Arcangel Pretel Ortiz, Antonio Intriago, Walter … Read more

Health officials track passengers tied to hantavirus-stricken cruise ship

Global health officials are working to track down passengers who departed a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship weeks ago, including multiple Americans. Meanwhile, for the first time on Thursday, President Trump addressed the response to the deadly outbreak. Tom Hanson has the latest on the cruise ship and Dr. Celine Gounder breaks down what to know about … Read more

Authorities to update public on search of home tied to man convicted of killing Kristin Smart

ARROYO GRANDE, Calif. — Authorities plan to update the public Friday on a grounds search at a home connected to the man convicted of killing 19-year-old college student Kristin Smart in 1996. Her body was never found. The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office in California has planned a news conference for 9 a.m. The … Read more

What we know about hantavirus cases tied to deadly cruise ship outbreak

Health officials around the world are continuing to monitor a deadly hantavirus outbreak tied to a Dutch-flagged cruise ship currently headed toward Spain’s Canary Islands. So far, eight cases have been confirmed or suspected, and three of those people have died.  Hantaviruses are a family of rare viruses usually passed to humans through contact with contaminated rodent waste … Read more

Minnesota fraudster cuts no-jail plea deal with key condition tied to alleged mastermind

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Minnesota Medicaid fraud defendant is expected to avoid serving jail time under a plea deal that requires him to cooperate with authorities pursuing his fugitive co-defendant, whom a judge granted bond despite warnings from law enforcement that he may flee the country. Said Awil Ibrahim pleaded … Read more