SANTA ANA, CALIF. A former member of the Planning Commission for the City of Westminster was sentenced today to 18 months in federal prison for taking a $15,000 bribe to help a…
Thought-Provoking Vice News Report About Keeping the Arctic Frozen
The Crazy Solution For Keeping The Arctic Frozen: VICE on HBO.
Two Brothers Who Filed Phony Tax Returns Using the IDs of Dead People Sentenced
SANTA ANA, CALIF. Two brothers were sentenced Friday – with each being ordered to serve nine years and 11 months in federal prison – for their roles in a…
Shrouded in Ice and Fog, This City Is the Coldest in the World
With temperatures hovering around -40°F in the winter months, life in Yakutsk, Siberia, is dictated by the cold. A lone figure stands on a street corner in Yakutsk, Siberia. Photographer Steeve Iuncker…
Controller Sentenced to a Year in Prison for Embezzling $1.5 Million from Employer
LOS ANGELES A Riverside woman who was the controller at a Fontana-based metal forging company was sentenced Thursday to one year and one day in federal prison for embezzling more than $1.5…
Amazon Fulfillment Center Man Convicted for Anti-Gay Hate Crime
A federal jury convicted a Virginia man of committing a hate crime for assaulting a co-worker at the Amazon Fulfillment Center in Chester in May 2015. James William Hill III, 36, of…
Man Tried to Smuggle Two Dozen Live King Cobras Inside Potato Chip Canisters
LOS ANGELES A Monterey Park man has been sentenced to five months in federal prison after pleading guilty to a smuggling charge stemming from the seizure of three king cobras hidden in…
Man Guilty of Moving Money for Narco-Traffickers Including the Sinaloa Cartel
LOS ANGELES A federal jury convicted a Monrovia man for his role in an international money laundering organization that conspired to move millions of dollars in proceeds for narcotics traffickers that included…
State Supreme Court: Pennsylvania Congressional District Map Unconstitutional
Pennsylvania Congressional District Map Is Ruled Unconstitutional By MICHAEL WINES and TRIP GABRIELJAN. 22, 2018 Photo A voter registration event in Philadelphia last year. Critics say Pennsylvania’s Congressional district map is one of the…
Consumer Reports: Best TVs for the Super Bowl
The big game deserves a big-screen set that can do it justice By James K. Willcox Last updated: January 18, 2018 Hosting a Super Bowl LII party might provide you with…
Female Inmate With No Pants Appears in the Court of Sympathetic Judge
A 2016 Kentucky case involving a female inmate that appeared in court without pants lands in a court with a sympathetic judge. This judge epitomizes what most justices do when they face…
Honduran Congressman Allegedly Involved in Drug Trafficking with Sinaloa Cartel
WASHINGTON Honduran National Congress member faces U.S. charges for drug trafficking, weapons and conspiracy, officials announced Friday. Honduran Congressman Fredy Renan Najera Montoya has been charged in Manhattan federal court with conspiring to…