News for April 23, 2026

A shooting at the Mall of Louisiana in Baton Rouge left one person dead and five others wounded, and police say the Baton Rouge Police Department is still looking for more people involved.

Wildfires are spreading across Georgia and northern Florida as severe drought and dry weather push state officials to mount a large response.

A federal judge ordered the release of Hayam El Gamal and her five children from immigration detention in Texas after they had been held for nearly 10 months.

Adam Hall has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 23 years after a court found he deliberately infected five young men and two boys with HIV and raped four of them.

Ecuador’s top court approved sending Dario Penafiel, a Los Choneros lieutenant, to the United States to face drug trafficking and gun charges.

Senate Republicans approved a budget measure that could let them write a bill to fund ICE and Border Patrol without Democratic support, while Senate Democrats pushed back against the move.