A fine of more than $30,000 was issued for export violations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said.

Officers found 39 live pythons concealed in a tractor at the World Trade Bridge during an outbound inspection, according to CBP.

“Python’s Kiss” collects a baker’s dozen stories, nine of which previously have been published in the New Yorker and elsewhere (each is illustrated with a drawing by the author’s daughter, Aza Erdrich ...