The full bench of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments Wednesday in a case involving a controversial effort by Texas to crack down on illegal immigration. The case involves a floating ...

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U.S. Border Patrol authorities enter the water of the Rio Grande in pursuit of migrants illegally crossing in Eagle Pass, Tex., in April 2019. The U.S. government is looking into the possibility of ...

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A floating barrier deployed by Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in the Rio Grande to deter illegal border crossings is mostly in Mexican territory, a survey of the controversial migrant deterrent ...

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The Rio Grande, pictured along the border between Texas and the Mexican state of Coahuila. (On^ste82/Wikimedia Commons) “The U.S. government puts all sorts of buoys in the water that save lives by ...

A video of a surprising discovery of a "free-floating" wall left behind in a home has gone viral on TikTok. The footage, shared by @mrgibbs03, has amassed over 882,000 viewers since it was posted on ...

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The "Windcatcher" design concept, a wall of small wind turbines floating in the sea, from Norwegian company Wind Catching Systems (WCS), has officially received approval from a leading global ...