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A group called Babuk claimed to be behind the ransomware attack on the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department.

San Diego High School students are being recruited by Mexican smuggling cartels to ferry drugs and illegal immigrants across the U.S.-Mexico border. Last year, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials apprehended more than one minor per day on average.

A wave of kidnappings has hit Tijuana, Mexico, just across the border from San Diego. Citizens' groups say more than 150 people have been kidnapped for ransom over the last year. The trend has made many wealthier families nervous -- and some are moving to the United States as a result.

Our Lady of Guadalupe has mysteriously appeared beneath a viaduct near the ocean in Encinitas, Calif. The 10 foot by 10 foot brightly colored mosaic of the Virgin riding a surfboard is intricate and beautiful. The problem is that the piece is illegal and the mayor says it "qualifies for graffiti."

The city of Escondido, Calif., has become the latest community in the nation to crack down on landlords who rent to illegal immigrants. The new ordinance allows residents and business owners, as well as city officials to file complaints if they suspect a landlord is renting to illegal immigrants.

Federal agents in San Diego have discovered a sophisticated drug smuggling tunnel running under the U.S. Mexico border. The tunnel runs between two warehouses, one in Tijuana, the other in an industrial area of San Diego. It's so elaborate it even has an elevator at its entrance in Tijuana.

According to U.S. Census data, just 17% of Hispanics in the San Antonio Metropolitan Area have a bachelor’s degree, well under half the rate of degree attainment for San Antonio’s white and Asian population. San Antonio’s Black population falls in between, but is also less likely to have a college degree.

When benzene emissions exceed a certain level, refineries are supposed to come up with a plan to reduce them. But a new report from an environmental nonprofit found some Texas refineries continue to exceed the federal threshold.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with pediatricians Nia Heard-Garris of Northwestern University and Jose Romero, Arkansas secretary of health, about what's safe and not safe to do with unvaccinated children.

The program would be expanded for a number of conditions including chronic pain and PTSD — as well as allow for more potent levels of THC.