The Department of Justice awarded 184 law enforcement agencies $119 million to hire cops to increase community policing and crime prevention, Community Oriented Policing or COP officials announced Monday. The Cops Hiring…
U.S. Citizen Extradited from Tonga to Face Investment Fraud Charges
LOS ANGELES A U.S. citizen who formerly resided in Turlock, California, and Auckland, New Zealand, was return to the U.S. by Tonga to face 11 counts of felony charges of federal wire…
Just Saying: The Dead Sea Bar and Grill Will be Published in December
BY RAUL HERNANDEZ [email protected] The Dead Sea: “It is one of the saltiest bodies of water known and is the lowest point on the surface of the earth.” — The Free Dictionary…
L.A. Mayor’s House Egged after Police Fatal Shooting of 18-Year-Old
LOS ANGELES A crowd of ardent demonstrators rallied in South Los Angeles and outside Mayor Eric Garcetti’s Hancock Park home into Sunday morning after a Los Angeles police officer fatally shot an…
Who Were the Barbarians? The Word is Used to Mean Uncivilized People But That’s Not the Original Meaning
Barbarians — a word that today often refers to uncivilized people or evil people and their evil deeds — originated in ancient Greece, and it initially merely referred to people who did…
Pharmaceutical CEO Charged in $100 Million Fraud Scheme
FLORIDA The former chairman and CEO of a multinational pharmaceutical company was named in an indictment unsealed Friday in connection with a fraud scheme that caused over $100 million in losses. It…
Other Voices: The KEYS Helps “Rewire” B.C.’s and Other Troubled Young Minds
OXNARD, CALIF. By: Armando Vazquez September 28, 2016 I am a disciple of the Tip O’Neil adage, to “think globally and act locally!” How can anyone deny that the world is a…
USA Today Editorial: Trump “Unfit” to be President
The Editorial Board has never taken sides in the presidential race. We’re doing it now. In the 34-year history of USA TODAY, the Editorial Board has never taken sides in the…
Barrio Azteca Gang Associate Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking and other Crimes
EL PASO, TEXAS A federal judge Thursday sentenced Luis Humberto Hernandez Celis, aka Pac, 32, of El Paso, to 20 years in prison for his involvement in several crimes including drug trafficking, according…
Feds: Wells Fargo Pays $4 Million for Illegally Repossessing Soldiers’ Cars
LOS ANGELES Justice Department reached a $4 million settlement with Wells Fargo Bank for illegally repossessing service members’ cars, officials announced Thursday. Wells Fargo illegally repossessed 413 cars owned by service members…
Samantha Bee’s Full Frontal: The Trump vs Clinton 2016 Debate
Thanks for weighing in, but it looks like Hillary Clinton is doing just fine without the help of body language experts, according to Samantha Bee, host of Full Frontal.
Student arrested after wearing gorilla mask, handing out bananas at Black Lives Matter protest
By Mary Bowerman USA TODAY Network An East Tennessee State University student was arrested Tuesday week after wearing a gorilla mask and carrying a rope during a Black Lives Matter protest on campus,…