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Inside a Brooklyn gang war: How one teen's death sparked a bloody, years-long battle
NEW YORK — A Brooklyn indictment offers a rare and detailed look into how a gang war exploded from the killing of one teen into a cascade of escalating tension that played out over several years in music videos, social media posts and bloody confrontations on the streets.
Two allied Bloods crews, the 59 Brims and the Bloodhound Brims, had ...Read more

LA County had a new emergency alert system. Did that hurt west Altadena?
LOS ANGELES — Genasys, a leading provider of emergency alert software, had a tempting pitch for California counties looking for a seamless way to send evacuations orders with a click of a button.
Lured by a better price and shinier features, Riverside, Inyo and Monterey counties made the switch to Genasys after spending about a year testing, ...Read more

Trump's attacks on trans community sow fear and paralysis in Illinois: 'They're trying to make us disappear'
Ben Garcia thinks of himself as a typical high school senior. He plays Fortnite in a room his mom says is too messy. He watches TV with her on weeknights in their Rogers Park apartment — “Severance” and “Will Trent” are their current favorites. And every so often, he goes to Olive Garden with his friends for what they call an “old ...Read more

AG Keith Ellison is leading the charge against Trump in Minnesota. Will lawsuits make a difference?
MINNEAPOLIS — Every day, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and his staff print out the Trump administration’s latest executive actions and page through them to see if there’s anything they feel he should respond to.
Over the past month, there’s been plenty.
He’s filed or joined lawsuits to block moves to restrict gender-...Read more

Deny and delay? California seeks penalties for insurers that repeatedly get it wrong
When Colleen Henderson’s 3-year-old daughter complained of pain while using the bathroom, doctors brushed it off as a urinary tract infection or constipation, common maladies in the potty-training years.
After being told her health insurance wouldn’t cover an ultrasound, Henderson charged the $6,000 procedure to her credit card. Then came ...Read more

A tiny island nation is selling passports to beat climate change
To help meet the cost of moving about 10,000 residents from low-lying homes menaced by rising sea levels and floods, the remote Pacific Ocean nation of Nauru aims to sell citizenships for the climate-threatened island.
President David Adeang is seeking to raise an initial $65 million for work to transform the barren interior — left as an ...Read more

Ashley St. Clair sues Elon Musk for sole custody of his alleged 13th child
Conservative author and influencer Ashley St. Clair is suing Elon Musk for legal custody of the son she claims they welcomed last fall, which would be the 13th child born to the controversial billionaire.
The children’s book author, 26, filed the petition Friday in New York Supreme Court, according to documents viewed by People. She also ...Read more

'I am extremely proud of the work': LA fire chief responds to ouster by Bass
LOS ANGELES — Ousted Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley struck a defensive tone Saturday, issuing her first statement since being demoted by Mayor Karen Bass for failing to inform her about the dangerous conditions or to activate hundreds of firefighters ahead of the deadly Palisades blaze.
“As the Fire Chief, I based my actions and ...Read more

'Really outraged': More than 200 gather outside South Florida Tesla dealership to protest Elon Musk
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Maria Baker’s daughter was just furloughed.
She worked for a subcontractor of USAID, the international aid organization that President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk have sought to shutter over the last few weeks. Their recent actions might upend everything she has worked for over the last 13 years.
“She ...Read more

Woman in “Palisades Strong” T-shirt charged with looting a home burned in wildfire
LOS ANGELES — A woman wearing a “Palisades Strong” T-shirt — part of a campaign to promote solidarity and resilience among fire victims — was arrested Friday on suspicion of looting a home destroyed in last month’s devastating wildfire, authorities said.
Authorities say the woman, whom they identified as Karen Mastey, stole numerous...Read more

Musk says all federal workers must justify job or risk firing; DOJ heads tell staff not to reply
WASHINGTON — Elon Musk, who is heading U.S. President Donald Trump’s overhaul of the government, said all federal employees will receive an email directing them to justify their jobs.
The move prompted Justice Department supervisors who are concerned about ethics violations to direct employees to hold off on replying to the email.
Musk’s...Read more

DOJ heads tell staff not to reply to Musk demand for job details
WASHINGTON — Justice Department supervisors are directing employees to hold off on replying to the federal government-wide directive to describe recent job achievements—an Elon Musk order that DOJ staff worry will trigger ethics violations.
At least five DOJ office leaders quickly responded to the HR email— the latest mandate from Musk’...Read more

Georgia researchers to study long-term health effects of recent BioLab explosion
ATLANTA — Researchers are launching a three-year study into the long-term health effects on residents affected by the latest BioLab explosion.
The Post-Fire Public Health Recovery Project is a collaborative effort with researchers from the Morehouse School of Medicine and the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in Georgia, nonprofit ...Read more

Federal judge appoints monitor to oversee changes at Ga.'s Fulton Jail, per DOJ agreement
ATLANTA — A federal judge has appointed a monitor to oversee changes at the Fulton County Jail to resolve deplorable and unsafe conditions.
Kathleen Kenney was appointed by U.S. District Judge Leigh Martin May on Friday as part of the deal between the county and U.S. Department of Justice last month: that an independent monitor chosen by the ...Read more
Nude photos of Beverly Hills plastic surgery patients exposed in data hacks, lawsuit alleges
LOS ANGELES — A celebrity Beverly Hills plastic surgeon, who has appeared on television shows including "Botched" and "The Doctors," is being sued by patients who allege that their nude photos were published online after he was hacked — twice — and that he waited months to inform them of the data breaches.
Eight patients filed a class-...Read more

Ukraine opposes US demand for $500 billion fund in minerals deal
Ukraine has pushed back against U.S. demands for a $500 billion fund that would be part of a deal to give Washington a cut of the country’s mineral wealth, a Ukrainian official familiar with talks said.
The fund would compensate the U.S. for its assistance provided to the war-torn nation since the start of Russia’s invasion. Ukraine is ...Read more

'Convict me': Heart-wrenching opening in trial of O.C. judge who fatally shot his wife
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Sitting outside his Anaheim Hills home with his hands cuffed behind his back, Jeffrey Ferguson muttered and raged and sobbed. He bragged of past glories, of putting outlaws behind bars, and lamented that his son would now hate him forever.
It was Aug. 3, 2023, and the 72-year-old Ferguson had just shot his wife after an ...Read more

NY Gov. Hochul meets with Trump to defend NYC congestion pricing
U.S. President Donald Trump met on Friday with New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, who defended New York City’s congestion pricing program two days after the U.S. moved to undo the toll system.
The Republican president and New York’s Democratic governor met for more than an hour in the Oval Office, a Hochul spokesperson said. The pair “had a ...Read more

Michigan lawmaker readies ballot campaign to require citizenship proof, photo ID to vote
DETROIT — State Rep. Bryan Posthumus plans to gather support for a ballot committee at this weekend's Michigan Republican Party convention in Detroit for a constitutional amendment requiring proof of citizenship to register and photo ID to vote.
Posthumus, a Republican, introduced a joint resolution last month in the Michigan House that would...Read more

California state senator introduces bill to narrow state's 'sanctuary law'
SAN DIEGO — California Senate Minority Leader Brian Jones introduced a bill this week that would make it harder for local law enforcement in California to resist cooperating with immigration authorities.
On Friday, Jones, R-San Diego, was downtown promoting his proposed changes to the state’s so-called sanctuary law as a group of nearby ...Read more
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