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While signing Laken Riley Act, Trump says he'll send 'worst criminal aliens' to Guantanamo

Jan. 29, 2025 21:22 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed the Laken Riley Act into law, giving federal authorities broader power to deport immigrants in the U.S. illegally who have been accused of crimes. He also announced at the ceremony that his administration planned to send the “worst...

West Virginia couple convicted of forced labor, human trafficking of adopted kids

Jan. 29, 2025 19:19 PM EST

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia couple accused of neglect and forced labor involving their adopted children was convicted by a jury on Wednesday after eight hours of deliberations. Jeanne Kay Whitefeather and Donald Ray Lantz went on trial in mid-January and each faced...