Kouri Richins is sentenced to life without parole for murdering her husband with a fentanyl-laced drink. Her children expressed fear of her release, while the judge weighed the severity of the crime against the family's trauma.
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President Joe Biden and Mexican President López Obrador held a phone call Thursday to discuss the ongoing crisis at the southern border, with House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., sending a letter urging the President to take executive action. Johnson called for the President to end the policy allowing Customs and Border Protection to release migrants without court dates, restrict parole, and pursue agreements with third countries. During the call, the two leaders discussed threats of illicit drugs and ways to expand cooperation between U.S. and Mexican law enforcement. With Congress gone for the year, it remains to be seen what steps President Biden will take to address the issue.
President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador are meeting in San Francisco to discuss migration, fentanyl trafficking, and Cuba relations. The two leaders are attending the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference, where Biden has held a series of face-to-face meetings with other leaders. Fentanyl is also sure to be a topic of conversation, as the two countries work together to address the many issues facing them.
Yesterday, U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in Woodside, California for a summit, the first time the two leaders had spoken in a year. The two sides discussed a number of topics, including plans to reduce the transport of fentanyl and the resumption of direct military talks. Despite remaining far apart on some key issues, the summit was seen as a positive step forward in the relationship between the U.S. and China, with Biden giving a thumbs up in response to shouted questions by reporters.
Suspicious letters containing powder have been sent to election workers in multiple states, with some containing baking soda and others containing fentanyl. No one was injured in the incidents, and the FBI and U.S. Postal Inspection Service are leading the investigation into the letters. The Secretary of State's Office has urged election workers to be vigilant and report any suspicious activity.
Five Republican Presidential Candidates Square Off in Third Televised Debate Ahead of Primary Voting
Five Republican Presidential Candidates Square Off in Third Televised Debate Ahead of Primary Voting
Five Republican presidential candidates faced off in the third televised debate Wednesday night in Miami, Florida, discussing topics from fracking and fentanyl to the economy and Donald Trump. The candidates proposed plans to create jobs, reduce taxes and regulations, combat the fentanyl crisis, reduce the national debt, reform the criminal justice system, and reduce government spending. Bob Vander Plaats, a prominent Christian conservative leader in Iowa, said the real missed opportunity of the debate was the candidates’ failure to make a case against Donald Trump. With voting in the Republican presidential primary beginning in two months, the candidates must make a strong case for their candidacy if they want to win the nomination.
Federal authorities have arrested Felix Herrera Garcia in connection with a drug mill in the Bronx, New York City, where 13 kilos of fentanyl were found. Three other people have also been charged, including the owner of the Divino Niño day care center, where a 1-year-old boy died after being exposed to fentanyl. The DEA is continuing to investigate the case and is urging anyone with information to contact them, as they work to combat the spread of illegal drugs and raise awareness of the dangers of fentanyl in the area.
A fourth person has been arrested in connection with the fentanyl-related death of a 1-year-old baby at a Bronx day care. The husband of the day care's owner was apprehended in Mexico after being seen on security footage carrying bags out the back alley of the day care on the day of the incident. Three other people have already been charged in connection with the incident, and the investigation is ongoing.