Most hard drugs smuggled through legal border crossings

Amid the daily traffic of workers, shoppers and truck drivers crossing the border on March 21, a customs officer in Nogales noticed a driver acting nervously. An officer with Customs and Border Protection inspects a van at the DeConcini Port of Entry in Nogales, Ariz. Statistics show 81 percent of the hard drugs caught at the border from 2012-2016 were stopped at ports of entry. Most hard drugs smuggled through legal border crossings By Curt Prendergast Arizona Daily Star The Miami County Repub…
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The Latest on a federal appeals court’s consideration of a challenge to a North Carolina law allowing magistrates with religious objections to refuse to perform same-sex marriages (all times local): 1:30 p.m. An attorney for North Carolina says a state law letting magistrates refuse to perform same-sex marriages ensures the state complies with the law on gay marriage while respecting officials’ religious beliefs. Special Deputy Attorney General Olga Vysotskaya de Brito defended the law Wednesda…
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An attorney for North Carolina on Wednesday defended a state law that lets magistrates refuse to perform same-sex marriages, telling a federal appeals court that the policy accommodates officials’ religious beliefs while complying with the law on gay marriage. A special deputy attorney general for North Carolina told a three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that lawmakers worked hard to strike a fair balance with the law by ensuring that willing magistrates from nearby commu…
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copyrightlawsuittrademarkultraultra europeultra miamiultra music festivalultra worldwide Ultra Music Festival exploded from its South Florida home where it got its start in 1999 to the global phenomenon we know it as today. From shows in Asia, Africa, South America, the Caribbean and more, Ultra has encompassed the globe with massive headliners and even larger audiences. However, a dispute between the head honchos of the brand and their European counterparts may be the next big lawsuit in the …
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