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Crystal A. Diaz, a U.S. Border Patrol agent with the Tucson Sector in Arizona, rides her ATV while on patrol. (AP Photo/U.S. Border Patrol)

FBI investigates alleged kidnapping of Border Patrol agent by Mexican drug cartel

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

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Wal-Mart’s higher-skilled employees pinched to ‘absorb’ cost of minimum wage hikes

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

In this April 5, 2013, file photo, Spain's Princess Cristina walks toward her office in Barcelona, Spain. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)

Cristina de Borbon, princess of Spain, to stand trial for tax fraud

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

The orangutan named Sandra sits in her enclosure at Buenos Aires' Zoo in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, Dec. 22, 2014. An Argentine court has ruled that Sandra, who has spent 20 years at the zoo, should be recognized as a person with a right to freedom. The ruling would free Sandra from captivity and have her transferred to a nature sanctuary in Brazil after a court recognized the primate as a "non-human person" which has some basic human rights. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Argentine court rules ‘Sandra’ the orangutan has human right to freedom

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas talks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington in this Dec. 13, 2014, file photo. Unhappy Republicans say Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas left a gift certificate good for confirmation of 12 judicial appointments for President Barack Obama and Democrats this holiday season. Only a month or so ago, voters delivered them a lump of coal in midterm elections. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)

Ted Cruz apologizes to colleagues for ‘inconveniencing’ their weekend

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

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Pablo Vega Cuevas, alleged head of Mexican drug cartel in Chicago, arrested

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 12, 2013, photo released by the U.S. Air Force, Air Force Chaplain Lt. Col. Richard Fitzgerald, 20th Fighter Wing chaplain, sprinkles holy water over the Nativity scene at Shaw Air Force Base S.C. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force, Senior Airman Ashley L. Gardner) ** FILE **

Mary, Joseph statues decapitated at Chicago-area Catholic church

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

The F135 STOVL propulsion system for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. (U.S. Air Force)

Chinese engineer charged with trying to steal U.S. fighter jet technology

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

In this photo taken on Monday night, Dec. 8, 2014, protestors chant "hands up, don't shoot" while walking down West Main Street toward the downtown Mall in Charlottesville, Va., during a march for justice in response to the national spotlight on police brutality. (AP Photo/The Daily Progress, Ryan M. Kelly)

White Florida deputy shoots unarmed black man who witnesses say had hands up

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Nicolas Maduro, President of Venezuela, gestures to the crowd before he speaks at Hostos Community College as the United Nations General Assembly convenes, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, in the Bronx borough of New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Nicolas Maduro, Venezuelan president, says racism in America worse under Obama

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Police push away protestors from All India Students Association (AISA) who demonstrate outside the Delhi Police headquarters after a taxi driver from the international cab-booking service Uber allegedly raped a young woman Friday in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014. Official statistics say about 25,000 rapes are committed every year in India, a nation of 1.2 billion people..(AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal)

Uber cab driver arrested for rape in India; police threaten to sue company

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

This image made from video posted online by militants on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, shows Luke Somers, an American photojournalist born in Britain and held hostage by al Qarda's affiliate in Yemen. The group is threatening to kill Somers, who was kidnapped more than a year ago and has given Washington three days to meet several unspecified demands, a U.S. terrorism monitoring group said Thursday. (AP Photo/Militant Video)

Luke Somers, U.S. journalist, pleads for life in al Qaeda hostage video

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

An image from a video posted online by the Youth Association of Turkey, a man reported to be a U.S. servicemember, at right, is roughed up by protesters in Istanbul. Image via Youtube

13 Turkish nationalists charged for ‘Yankee go home!’ attack on U.S. sailors

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 6, 2013, file photo, comedian Bill Cosby performs at the Stand Up for Heroes event at Madison Square Garden in New York. Cosby resigned Monday, Dec. 1, 2014, as a trustee of Temple University following string of allegations that accused him of drugging and sexually assaulting women over many years. (John Minchillo/Invision/AP, File)

Bill Cosby resigns from trustee post at Temple University

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

In this March 31, 2012, file photo, protestors hold up signs in a march and rally for slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Fla. The death of Martin and later 2013 trial and acquittal of George Zimmerman raised questions about race, gun control and justice in America. (AP Photo/Julie Fletcher, File)

NRA-backed ‘stand your ground’ gun law gets Florida Supreme Court scrutiny

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FILE** President Barack Obama (Associated Press)

CEO Obamacare supporters livid over ‘shocking’ EEOC lawsuits

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Alexander Zakharchenko, Prime Minister of the self proclaimed 'Donetsk People's Republic', centre, surrounded by pro-Russian rebels, walks in the town of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Russia provides ‘backbone’ to Ukrainian rebels: NATO commander

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

China hospital puts men through pain of childbirth

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier , left, listens as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, speaks during closed-door nuclear talks with Iran in Vienna, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014. Iran and six world powers have &#8220;never been closer&#8221; to agreement on a nuclear deal since they started negotiating more than six years ago, but it is up to Tehran to close the gap, Germany&#8217;s foreign minister said Saturday. High-level comings and goings since Friday also have seen British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius stop by for talks with Kerry, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and other participants in the negotiations. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

John Kerry: ‘Serious gaps’ in nuclear talks with Iran

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times