LOS ANGELES A member of the Five Deuce Broadway Gangster Crips – who was found guilty by a jury last year of conspiring to engage in racketeering activities, which included him selling…
Consumer Reports: Drink Coffee and You May Live Longer
New research finds a link between your morning cup and longevity By Janet Lee July 10, 2017 Two large new studies published today in Annals of Internal Medicine provide even more evidence that your daily…
Just Saying: Kal’s Klass, The Russian Thing & Light at the End of the Fox Tunnel
JUST SAYING BY RAUL HERNANDEZ [email protected] It is brutality served up with a smile. Torture by inspiration. Sweat and more sweat. Grueling exercises while getting the psyche pumped up by a…
Jury awards nearly $15M to family of unarmed black man killed by SWAT sniper
Originally published July 14, 2017 at 4:06 pm Updated July 14, 2017 at 5:44 pm Leonard Thomas, a 30-year-old father, was killed by police. (Thomas family photo) By Mike Carter Seattle Times staff reporter…
Former Deputy Treasurer Stole $3.7 Million from the City of Compton
SANTA ANA, CALIF. The former deputy treasurer for the City of Compton plead guilty Thursday to federal charges stemming from his theft of more than $3.7 million of city funds, according to…
A year after failed coup, a Turkish newspaper is in the crosshairs of an increasingly powerful president
By Shashank Bengali Contact Reporter The front page of a recent edition of Cumhuriyet offered a sampling of the hard-hitting coverage for which Turkey’s oldest independent newspaper is known: Election officials “violated…
$147 Million Healthcare Scam Results in Charges Against Suspects Including Doctors
LOS ANGELES Fourteen defendants – including doctors, nurses and other licensed medical professionals – have been charged in what authorities billed as the largest health care fraud in history, according to officials….
Lansing Police Investigate Allege Hate Attack on Immigrant
The Lansing police department told a local newspaper that it is investigating an attack on an undocumented Hispanic immigrant as a “hate crime.” The Lansing City Pulse reported that two white males yelled racial…
The Daily Show’s Trevor Noah: A Russian, An Email and an Idiot
Published on Jul 11, 2017 After Donald Trump Jr. releases an email exchange that shows him setting up a meeting with a Kremlin-linked lawyer, Trevor unpacks the first son’s possible case of…
Two Men Who Ripped Off Homeowners Out of Millions of Dollars Sent to Prison
CALIFORNIA A federal judge sentenced two Orange County men to serve 41 and 47 months in prison, respectively, for their roles in a multi-million dollar fraudulent mortgage modification scheme posing as a…
Federal Jury Sentences Killer to Life in Prison for the Murder of a Prison Guard
PENNSYLVANNIA A federal jury on Monday who found Jessie Con-Ui, guilty of first-degree murder of federal prison guard Eric Williams, sentenced him to life in prison, according to officials. On June 7, 2017,…
California bill would require cops to release body cam video
FILE – In this Sept. 22, 2014 file photo, a body camera is displayed at a news conference at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s headquarters in Monterey Park, Calif. California state legislators…