This is the 64th smuggling event in the San Diego area since the Oct. 1 start of the fiscal year, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Author: Jordan Culver, USA TODAY
Coronavirus live updates: 300K dead; Health care workers across US get first COVID-19 vaccine doses
A New York nurse received the COVID-19 vaccine as health care centers ready to give out Pfizer shots. U.S. reaches 300K deaths. Latest COVID news.
Time magazine names President-elect Joe Biden, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris as Person of the Year
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, the president-elect and vice president-elect, were named Time magazine’s Person of the Year.
Is that a big goldfish or a small koi? The fish in this Facebook photo remains a mystery.
Adam Cohen, ichthyology collection manager at the University of Texas’ Biodiversity Center, told USA TODAY he believes the fish is actually a koi.
Alaska officials call off search for 2 people lost in Haines mudslide, citing ongoing rain and safety concerns
The search for David Simmons and Janae Larson, who have been missing since a mudslide last week in Haines, Alaska, was suspended on Monday.
A canceled wedding left a $5,000 catering deposit. This couple used it to serve Thanksgiving meals.
Emily Bugg and Billy Lewis teamed up with Big Delicious Planet to serve 200 meals to clients of Threshold in Illinois.
After a fatal shooting over loud music, Oregon activists demand ‘stronger policies that protect Black lives’
An Oregon community group is demanding change after a Black teenager was found fatally shot in the parking lot of a hotel on Nov. 23.
St. Louis doctor simulates what COVID-19 patients see ‘at the end of their life’ in Twitter video. It’s frightening.
In the video, which has been viewed nearly 90,000 times, Dr. Kenneth Remy says, “I hope that the last moments of your life don’t look like this.”
Racism is a declared public health issue in 145 cities and counties across 27 states. Now what happens?
The American Public Health Association, which tracks declarations of racism as a public health issue, counts 145 across 27 states — up from 7 in 2019.
Seeing Christmas and other holiday lights even before Thanksgiving? There’s a reason behind the ‘act of kindness,’ experts say.
Holiday lights are showing up earlier this year as people try to reclaim some cheer during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.