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Ukrainian refugees wait in a gymnasium Tuesday, April 5, 2022, in Tijuana, Mexico. As many as 20,000 Ukrainians who were granted permission to remain in the United States for one year after fleeing the early fighting in their native country are facing their humanitarian parole expiring, according to advocates. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

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Ukrainians who fled war face end of temporary US sanctuary
By JULIE WATSON - Associated Press
Fri,03/10/23-12:01AM , 395 Reads
SAN DIEGO (AP) — When U.S. officials at the U.S.-Mexico border stamped the Ukrainian passports of Mariia and her daughter last April and gave them permission to stay for a year, she figured she would return home within months.
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This June 1968 photo shows Sirhan Sirhan, right, accused assassin of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, with his attorney Russell E. Parsons in Los Angeles. In 2021, a California parole board voted to free Robert F. Kennedy's assassin but the decision was overturned by the governor. Sirhan Sirhan will once again appear before the board Wednesday, March 1, 2023, at a hearing at a federal prison in San Diego County to again seek their approval for his release. (AP Photo/File)

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RFK killer Sirhan Sirhan denied parole by California board
By JULIE WATSON - Associated Press
Tue,02/28/23-11:32PM , 457 Reads
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A California panel on Wednesday denied parole for Robert F.
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President Joe Biden talks to people after speaking during an event on health care costs, in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Biden keeps US target for refugee admissions at 125,000
By JULIE WATSON - Associated Press
Tue,09/27/22-6:01PM , 429 Reads
SAN DIEGO (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday kept the nation’s cap on refugee admissions at 125,000 for the 2023 budget year, despite pressure from advocates to raise it even higher to meet the need after falling far short of that target this year.
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This wanted poster provided by the U.S. Marshals Service shows Leonard Francis, also known as "Fat Leonard," who was on home confinement, and allegedly cut off his GPS ankle monitor and left his home on the morning of Sept. 4, 2022. Multiple agencies were searching for Francis on Tuesday Sept. 6, but they acknowledged he may already be in Mexico with the border only a 40-minute drive from his home. (U.S. Marshals Service via AP)

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Fat Leonard's escape as stunning as his Navy bribery case
By JULIE WATSON - Associated Press
Tue,09/06/22-6:26PM , 233 Reads
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Three weeks before he faced sentencing, the Malaysian defense contractor at the center of one of the biggest bribery investigations in U.S.
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