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Chris Magnus during a Senate confirmation hearing in October 2021.

Top U.S. border official Chris Magnus resigns after less than a year on the job

The head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection has resigned as agents encounter record numbers of migrants entering the U.S. from Mexico.

Pedestrians walk past the Consulate General of Mexico in Los Angeles, California on October 16, 2020, a day after former Mexican Secretary of Defense Salvador Cienfuegos was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport at the request of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

U.S.-Mexico Efforts Targeting Drug Cartels Have Unraveled, Top DEA Official Says

A diplomatic row has frozen U.S.-Mexican efforts to target drug cartels. American officials say illicit fentanyl from labs in Mexico is driving a surge in overdose deaths.

So your NCAA bracket is busted. Should you have just chosen all the top seeds?

As the dust settles from the early rounds of the NCAA Tournament, we bid farewell to the would-be Cinderellas who couldn't pull off the upset and take stock of your tattered bracket.

Top US envoy takes trip to remind the world that millions inside Syria still need aid

U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas Greenfield travels to the Turkey-Syria border to remind the world of the need for continued aid for Syrians who are fleeing or in opposition-held parts of the country.

Nations must act on climate change or could be held responsible, top U.N. court rules

The International Court of Justice ruled that nations have an obligation to act on climate change under international laws protecting the environment and human rights.

Bear 409 was named "Fattest Bear" at Katmai National Park and Preserve on Tuesday.

'Her Radiant Rolls' Put Her Over The Top: Alaska Park Names Its 'Fattest Bear'

It's the bear body-positive competition you didn't know you needed.

Kristina Kvien is the U.S. charge d'affaires in Kyiv, the top American official on the ground in the Ukrainian capital. She estimates that there are more than 100,000 Russian troops at the border to Ukraine, and that number is growing.

Russia has just two options in front of it, says the top U.S. official in Ukraine

It Russia takes the path of aggression, it will face "extremely severe consequences immediately," says the U.S. charge d'affaires Kristina Kvien.

Tots on errands, phone mystery, stinky sweat benefits: Our top non-virus global posts

Can a 4-year-old go out alone? Why did a payphone in China keep ringing? Does stinky sweat have an upside? These are some of our non-pandemic global stories that drew the most readers in 2022.

A driver for the ride-sharing company Didi follows a map on his smartphone in Beijing on Oct. 18, 2018.

A top Chinese ride-hailing company delists from the NYSE just months after its IPO

The announcement reflects the rapid reversal in Didi Chuxing's fortunes as China goes on a regulatory blitz targeting some of the country's biggest private technology firms.

Up First briefing: Gaza deaths top 20,000; Colorado Supreme Court Justices threatened

More than 20,000 people have died in Gaza, according to the Health Ministry. Violent rhetoric increased online following the Colorado Supreme Court decision to bar Trump from the 2024 primary ballot.

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