CBP reports declining border crossings and record fentanyl busts in 2024
By August, the number of encounters had dropped to around 58,000 across the Southwest, with 11,922 recorded in the Tucson ...
District attorney warns of fentanyl dangers, hopes conviction of drug dealer sends strong message
The conviction of Rochelle Chrisphter Bruno on several drug charges is a big win for the 15th Judicial District Attorney's ...
Miller Place man pleads guilty in overdose death of woman, selling fentanyl to man whose infant ingested drug
Robert Mauro sold fentanyl-laced drugs to James Carr, of Lake Grove, whose infant "suffered serious physical injuries as a ...
KC ‘revives’ overdose victims using AI in anti-fentanyl campaign. Will it aid prevention?
It’s a campaign that Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas wants to be different from the anti-drug campaigns of his youth, like ...
Families of fentanyl victims ask US for China tariffs over opioid crisis
A group of families whose loved ones died of fentanyl overdoses filed a petition with the office of U.S. Trade Representative ...
Border Agents Seize Enough Fentanyl to Kill 2 Million Americans
In the past two years, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents have seized enough fentanyl to kill 2 million Americans, a ...
LAPD says fentanyl, black tar heroin seized in Los Angeles was enough to kill 11 million people
More than 50 pounds of powdered fentanyl and nine pounds of black tar heroin was seized in South Los Angeles — drugs worth an ...
California man accused of using drone to deliver fentanyl and other drugs
A California man has been arrested after federal prosecutors say he used a drone to deliver fentanyl and other drugs to ...
Man gets 45-year prison sentence in fentanyl death of toddler at NYC daycare
A man who pleaded guilty to drug charges and causing bodily harm in connection with a toddler’s fatal opioid overdose at a New York City daycare has been sentenced to 45 years in prison ...
Prosecutors say drug dealer used drone to deliver fentanyl and other drugs to buyers, including dose that killed woman in 2023
Federal prosecutors say that the Lancaster man knowingly transported both fentanyl and methamphetamine to buyers in 2022 and ...
Long Island parents who lost children to fentanyl overdoses call for tougher laws
A recent arrest in connection to a Long Island teenager's accidental overdose death is renewing the push by parents to ...
Man sentenced to prison for child's fentanyl-related death at Bronx day care
A man was sentenced to 45 years behind bars Wednesday for the fentanyl-related death of a 1-year-old boy at a Bronx day care ...