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Police in Lincolnton, North Carolina, arrested a man on felony hit and run Monday. Police in Lincolnton, North Carolina, arrested a man on felony hit and run charges on Monday after six migrants were allegedly hit by a vehicle outside a store on Sunday. Daniel Gonzalez, 68, was arrested Monday night after turning up with family members at the Lincolnton Police Department, officials said in a statement. A black SUV drives in a North Carolina parking lot where police say it struck six migrant workers, in a photo released on July 31, 2023, by the Lincolnton Police Department, which requested public help in identifying the driver. Lincolnton Police Department Family members told the authorities that Gonzalez explained to them he hit the migrants by accident Sunday, according to the LPD. The family members said Gonzalez told them he hit the gas by accident while he was parking, and then panicked and left the scene, the LPD said in a release. Authorities said Gonzalez has been cooperating ...

Dry Tortugas National Park announced it would close on Monday after multiple migrant landings over the past couple of days shut down operations at the park. Dry Tortugas National Park announced it would close on Monday after multiple migrant landings throughout the region over the past couple days shut down operations at the park. A statement released by the park says it will "temporarily close to public access while law enforcement and medical personnel evaluate, provide care for and coordinate transport to Key West for approximately 300  migrant s who arrived in the park over the past couple of days." MORE: 'All eyes are on El Paso,' the latest epicenter of migrant surge  A spokesperson for the U.S. Coast Guard would not confirm if the National Park's estimate of how many migrants arrived is accurate, but said the Homeland Security Task Force is currently rescuing several migrants from uninhabited islands in the park. The historic Parade Grounds at Fort Jef...