Migrants flee violence only to find more in Tijuana – Mexico’s murder capital

Homicides in Tijuana have skyrocketed recently, returning the city to levels of hyper-violence it last saw a decade ago

This week, the Trump administration pushed ahead with its plan to return asylum seekers to Mexico while their cases are considered, moving the first group through San Diego’s San Ysidro crossing late on Friday.

Related: 'The US can't dump people in Mexico': Trump asylum policy in doubt

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Roger Stone’s arrest may renew threat of impeachment for Trump

White House says arrest of Trump’s adviser ‘has nothing to do with the president’ but analysts warn it may thrust him into legal jeopardy

It was time once again on Friday morning for Sarah Sanders, the White House press secretary, to go on television and say that the arrest of a Donald Trump campaign associate had nothing to do with the president.

This time the arrestee was Roger Stone, a longtime Trump political adviser, taken into custody in a 6am raid by FBI agents on his home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Stone was charged with lying to Congress, obstructing an investigation and witness tampering. In the past, Stone has denied all wrongdoing.

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Jayme Closs: grandfather says teenager in ‘good spirits’ after rescue

Authorities say Wisconsin girl escaped a man who killed her parents and held her captive for three months

The grandfather of a 13-year-old Jayme Closs, the girl from north-western Wisconsin who authorities say escaped a man who killed her parents and held her captive for three months, said on Sunday she’s in “exceptionally good spirits”.

Related: Jayme Closs: authorities search for motive in 'tragic' kidnapping case

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Jayme Closs: authorities search for motive in ‘tragic’ kidnapping case

  • Wisconsin town shares relief after 13-year-old found alive
  • Suspect, 21, in jail on suspicion of kidnapping and homicide

As authorities tried to find out what motivated a Wisconsin man to allegedly kill a couple he appeared not to know and kidnap their 13-year-old daughter, lawyers for the suspect in the murders of James and Denise Closs and the abduction of Jayme Closs lamented “a very tragic situation” and said they were relying on the courts to treat their client fairly.

Related: Jayme Closs, 13, found alive three months after parents' murder

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Uber driver pleads guilty to killing six people between rides

Jason Dalton admitted that he shot eight people at three locations in and around Kalamazoo in 2016

An Uber driver charged with killing six strangers in between picking up passengers pleaded guilty to murder in Michigan on Monday, just before attorneys were set to interview jurors for his trial.

Jason Dalton’s surprise move came more than three years after the shootings, which occurred over the course of a few hours in and around Kalamazoo, Michigan.

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Kevin Spacey appears in court in Nantucket on indecent assault charge

  • Actor will face a maximum of five years in prison if convicted
  • Groping incident allegedly took place at bar in 2016

At a minutes-long arraignment on the ritzy Massachusetts island of Nantucket on Monday, Kevin Spacey did not appear to utter a word.

Related: Kevin Spacey case brings attention to Nantucket – where many go to avoid spotlight

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Jazmine Barnes shooting: man charged with murder in seven-year-old’s death

Eric Black Jr was taken into custody and has admitted to the shooting, the Harris county sheriff’s office said

A 20-year-old man has been charged with capital murder in the death of Jazmine Barnes, the seven-year-old who was killed when a man in a pick-up truck fired into her family’s car as they went to get coffee.

Related: Jazmine Barnes death: seven-year-old's family plead for help to catch killers

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Police investigate after reports Phoenix woman in coma for decade gives birth

  • Staff initially unsure why patient was moaning, reports say
  • Victim advocates want DNA testing to determine father of boy

A woman said to have been in a vegetative state for at least a decade at a private healthcare facility in Phoenix reportedly gave birth, triggering a police investigation and reviews by state agencies in a situation that the state governor’s office called “deeply troubling”.

Azfamily.com, a news website for television stations KPHO and KTVK, first reported late on Thursday that according to sources not identified, a woman gave birth on 29 December, while living at a Hacienda HealthCare facility, where the staff was unaware that she was pregnant.

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California shooting: three people killed at bowling alley in Torrance

  • Four injured as witnesses describe ‘huge fight’
  • Resident: ‘As we were running, we heard 15 shots’

A fight at a bowling alley in California turned deadly on Friday night, police said. Three men were killed and four injured.

Shortly before midnight, police in Torrance, a coastal city about 20 miles from Los Angeles, responded to calls of “shots fired” at the Gable House Bowl. Multiple victims were found with gunshot wounds inside the building, which is described on its website as a gaming venue that offers bowling, laser tag and a full arcade.

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