Associated Press

Kseniia Petrova is currently being held at the Ouachita Correctional Center in Monroe, Louisiana

Thirty-year-old Kseniia Petrova was sent to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Louisiana after her February arrest. She was already facing deportation back to Russia. Petrova continues to await a judge’s decision on whether she will be deported to Russia.

The New York Jets released veteran punter Thomas Morstead after two seasons in his second stint with the team. Morstead turned 39 in March and is part of what has been a roster overhaul by new general manager Darren Mougey and coach Aaron Glenn since they were hired in January.

Rumeysa Ozturk told reporters at Logan Airport on Saturday that she was grateful for the support she has received and was excited to get back to her studies. Ozturk was held for more than six weeks after she was arrested while walking along a street in a Boston suburb.

The deadline to get a REAL ID is fast approaching after years of postponements and delays. Starting May 7, your license or identification card will need to be REAL ID-compliant to fly domestically in the U.S.

Oklahoma pitcher Sam Landry was the overall No. 1 pick in the 12-player Athletes Unlimited Softball draft. The Volts, one of four teams in the new league that will begin play on June 7, chose the Louisiana-Lafayette transfer. Landry has an 18-3 record and a 1.97 ERA this season. The Talons chose Arkansas infielder Bri Ellis at No. 2. A pair of Virginia Tech players were the next two picks, as the Blaze selected pitcher Emma Lemley No. 3 and the Bandits chose utility player Cori McMillan No. 4.

Iraqi authorities say they have detained an official with the Islamic State group involved in inciting an attack in the United States that left more than a dozen people dead. The victims were celebrating the start of 2025 in New Orleans when they were rammed by a pickup truck that tore through the city's famed French Quarter. Police said a U.S. Army veteran drove the truck bearing a flag of the Islamic State group. He was shot and killed by police. Iraqi officials say they have detained a suspect who turned out to be a member of the Islamic State group’s foreign operations office.

A federal judge in Louisiana is raising questions about the deportation of the 2-year-old girl, saying the government did not prove it had done so properly.

Authorities say ex-LSU receiver Kyren Lacy has died at age 24 in an apparent suicide in his car while being pursued by officers in Houston. Lacy already was facing criminal charges stemming from a fatal car accident in December in south Louisiana that had clouded his NFL prospects.

The judge ruled Tuesday that the case of the Columbia protester should stay in New Jersey. The government is seeking to deport the Columbia University graduate student over his role in campus protests against Israel and the war in Gaza. Since his arrest March 8, Khalil has been detained in Louisiana, thousands of miles from his lawyers and his American citizen wife, who is eight months pregnant.