TEXAS MAN ARRESTED WITH 75 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA IN LUGGAGE WHILE FLYING TO LONDON, POLICE SAY. (PHOTO).

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 Texas man arrested with 75 pounds of marijuana in luggage while flying to London, police say A Texas man was arrested at Miami International Airport after authorities found 75 pounds of marijuana in his luggage before he could board a flight to London. Harrison O’Neill Tiernan, 23, from Austin, was charged with cannabis trafficking. He was traveling to Heathrow Airport and had checked two suitcases for his British Airways flight. Inspectors discovered 65 vacuum-sealed packages containing a green, leafy substance later confirmed to be marijuana. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers stopped Tiernan while he attempted to board the flight, and he acknowledged that the bags were his. Authorities noted the inspections were part of broader efforts at the airport due to high outbound narcotics activity. In total, Tiernan was carrying 34.01 kilograms, or 74.98 pounds, of marijuana. Homeland Security initially declined the case because the amount did not meet the federal threshold, a...

U.S DONATES AN ADDITIONAL $37 MILLION TO ASSIST NORTHEAST NIGERIA.{PHOTO}.

                 Following a trip to Maiduguri at the center of the Boko Haram insurgency this week,USAID's Office for Foreign Disaster Assistance Director Jeremy Konyndyk announced $37 million in new funding to support additional humanitarian assistance for people affected by the conflict and severe food insecurity in Nigeria and throughout the Lake Chad Basin.At a press conference today wednesday at the Nigeria Emergency Management Agency,Konyndyk said the funding for assistance implemented by International NGO s and UN agencies brings the total USAID humanitarian support for the region to $318 million since last year.The United States is the single largest humanitarian donor to the region.''The United States is committed to supporting Nigeria to ease this humanitarian crisis,'' Konyndyk said,and help sustain this vulnerable population until they can resume livelihoods upended by conflict'''.Despite gradually improving security conditions,the humanitarian situation remains dire.Throughout the region,approximately 5 million people need emergency food assistance and 2.5 million people are displaced.''These issues are enormous,'' Muhammad Sani Sidi,director general of the Nif=geria Emergency Management Agency said,but added we are working toward a ''full recovery.'' including job skills training for the displaced.

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