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Steven Tyler is headed to trial, following child sexual assault claims

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LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles court has determined a child sexual assault case filed against Aerosmith frontman, Steven Tyler, will proceed to trial.

The singer is accused of grooming, sexually assaulting and impregnating a 16-year-old Julia Misley in the 1970s. The suit, first filed in 2022 in Torrance, claims he "used his role, status, and ...Read more

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Ex-Dodger saw Rebecca Grossman fatally hit boys in crosswalk, former MLB player says on stand

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LOS ANGELES — Former Major League Baseball player Royce Clayton took the stand in Rebecca Grossman's wrongful death civil trial on Friday, recalling how he learned the Grossman Burn Foundation co-founder had fatally struck two boys with her car in a Westlake Village crosswalk.

With tears in his eyes, Clayton testified that ex-Los Angeles ...Read more

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California man shot by ICE indicted by federal grand jury for assault, property damage

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A Patterson man who was shot seven times by immigration agents and then charged with assaulting a federal officer with his car while trying to flee has been formally indicted by a federal grand jury in connection with the incident, court documents show.

The jury handed up two counts of assaulting a federal officer and one...Read more

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SpaceX gets May launches going after helping set rocket record in April

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SpaceX began the month of May with a launch of its workhorse rocket from Cape Canaveral with, just days after its bigger brother, the Falcon Heavy, helped set a record for different types of rockets flown in one month on Florida's Space Coast.

A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 more of the Starlink broadband satellites lifted off at 2:06 p.m. EDT ...Read more

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Celeste Rivas Hernandez' parents cleared in child neglect, abuse probe

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The parents of Celeste Rivas Hernandez were cleared of allegations of child neglect and abuse in the months before authorities say the teenager was murdered and dismembered by singer D4vd, who now faces a possible death sentence for the slaying.

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office told TMZ on Friday that an investigation was opened into the...Read more

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Trump bemoans state of Iran talks, says prefers not to strike

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump expressed displeasure with the current state of negotiations with Iran but stopped short of threatening fresh military action in the nine-week conflict that’s triggered a global energy crisis.

“They want to make a deal but I’m not satisfied with it,” Trump told reporters at the White House Friday. �...Read more

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Hochul wants to keep ICE agent who killed Renee Good out of NY

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Gov. Kathy Hochul is pushing to keep the immigration agent who killed a Minneapolis woman out of New York.

The governor whipped off a letter to border czar Tom Homan demanding information about the reported “reassignment” of ICE agent Jonathan Ross, who has been named as the killer of unarmed mom Renee Nicole Good as she tried to drive away...Read more

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Trump signs order to tighten Cuba sanctions, targeting foreign banks, companies

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday that significantly hardens sanctions on the Cuban government, authorizing sanctions on foreign companies and banks that do business with Cuba.

The broad executive order expands the embargo on Cuba to authorize blocking the U.S. assets of “any foreign person” that operates in key Cuban ...Read more

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Florida officials launch criminal probe into Sloth World deaths

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Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier confirmed Friday that a criminal probe is underway into the deaths of sloths at Sloth World, a planned International Drive attraction that will not open after animals languished and perished in warehouses owned by the company in Orlando.

The criminal investigation is being led by the Orange-Osceola State ...Read more

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Tucker Carlson nicotine pouches among $4 million in stolen cargo recovered in LA area

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LOS ANGELES — One man was arrested and about $4 million in stolen cargo — televisions, shoes, printers and the nicotine pouches sold by conservative commentator Tucker Carlson — were recovered after the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department served a search warrant in Vernon.

Carlson had millions of dollars worth of boxes filled with ...Read more

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Study reveals potential link between 'forever chemicals' and childhood leukemia

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Prenatal exposure to PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” is linked to acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the most common childhood cancer, in a new study led by the University of California, Irvine.

“Forever chemicals” is a catch-all term for a group of about 14,000 man-made compounds linked to cancers and fertility issues, so named because they ...Read more

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Hostilities with Iran 'terminated,' Trump says in War Powers letter

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WASHINGTON — The White House is arguing to lawmakers that President Donald Trump does not need to disengage troops from the conflict with Iran in order to comply with the War Powers Act because an extended ceasefire has effectively ended military hostilities.

The Trump administration faced a Friday deadline under the 1973 law that is designed...Read more

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Trump makes another run at killing off NYC congestion pricing

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NEW YORK — The Trump administration signaled a renewed effort to end New York’s congestion pricing program Friday, filing an intent to appeal a March decision in Manhattan Federal Court that found federal efforts to curb the program were “an abuse of discretion.”

The two-page memo, filed midday Friday by attorneys with Trump’s ...Read more

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DeSantis signs law placing new restrictions on teacher unions

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Standing behind a placard declaring Florida “the education state,” Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed into law two measures that make it harder for teachers to collectively bargain pay and working conditions.

The first item (SB 1296) changes the rules for how unions can win and retain their certification, mandating that at least half of all...Read more

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Venezuela boosts income to $240 a month amid soaring inflation

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Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, announced an increase in the country’s “comprehensive minimum income” to $240 a month, a move the government described as the largest in recent years but which critics say does little to offset soaring inflation and the continued erosion of real wages.

Rodríguez, who took office ...Read more

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Oklahoma state Senate candidate Barry Christian found dead in truck

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Barry Christian, a President Donald Trump-supporting state Senate candidate in Oklahoma, was found dead in his truck two days after he seemingly disappeared, authorities said.

Christian, one of three Republicans vying for a seat in District 38, was last seen alive on Tuesday in the city of Sayre, located some 20 miles east of the Texas border, ...Read more

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D4vd murder case: Teen victim's family 'shocked' by gruesome details revealed in court filing

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LOS ANGELES — The family of the teenage girl who was killed and dismembered, allegedly by rising musician D4vd, said they were shocked and horrified by the details revealed in court this week, according to a statement released by the family attorney.

In a court brief filed Wednesday, Deputy District Attorney Beth Silverman alleged that David ...Read more

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Massachusetts Senate advances bill that would limit ICE operations

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BOSTON — The Massachusetts Senate has advanced its version of the Protect Act, which would limit ICE capabilities and operations in the state by prohibiting agents from making civil immigration arrests in courthouses and on state-owned property and ban any new 287(g) agreements, among other things.

Those cooperative 287(g) agreements allow ...Read more

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Antigua Prime Minister Gaston Browne wins landslide victory amid Trump visa restrictions

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Caribbean politician Gaston Browne has won a historic fourth term as prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda, leading his Labor Party to a historic landslide victory and unprecedented fourth term late Thursday night.

The party won 15 of the parliamentary seats in the eastern Caribbean island-nation in an election dominated by concerns over rising...Read more

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Donald Trump Jr.'s wedding was put on hold. What we know

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Trouble in Palm Beach paradise?

We heard Bettina Anderson’s garden-themed bridal shower at Mar-a-Lago went swimmingly. But as far as her wedding to Donald Trump Jr., all bets are off.

According to widespread media reports, their nuptials, which were originally thought to be on the fast track, are now on pause.

Sources close to the couple ...Read more