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Experts warn against direct Chinese factory purchases promoted on TikTok

A recent wave of viral TikTok videos encouraging Americans to purchase products directly from Chinese factories has propelled Chinese e-commerce applications DHgate and Taobao near the top of the most downloaded iPhone apps in the U.S., according to Sensor Tower. The videos, which have gained substantial traction amid concerns about rising tariffs on Chinese goods, promote direct factory purchasing to avoid retail markups. However, retail and e-commerce experts caution these claims may be misleading and potentially dangerous for consumers. "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably

L.A. housing construction plummets in first quarter, according to analysts

Los Angeles claims 'Right to Counsel' for low-income tenants

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Demonstrators gather at UCLA amid reports of student detained by CPB

A University of California, Los Angeles student is in custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Friday and people have rallied on campus to demand the release of the student. The international graduate student was detained when attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border Thursday, according to UCLA reports. Protesters gathered on campus Thursday to draw attention to the student’s detainment. "The student remains in the custody of CBP and we are actively working to learn more information,” Mary Osaka, UCLA vice chancellor for strategic communications, said in a stateme

California crime rates drop as state credits enforcement strategy

California launches campaign to boost Canadian tourism

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Kings set to face Oilers in round one of Stanley Cup Playoffs: preview

The Los Angeles Kings will play the Edmonton Oilers in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs starting April 21, the National Hockey League confirmed on Friday. This will be the fourth consecutive year in which the two teams have met in the division semifinals. The NHL’s division-based playoff format, adopted in 2014, has resulted in the Oilers and Kings facing off each year since the COVID-era Northern Division was abolished in 2022. The Oilers have won each matchup in more convincing fashion than the last. A seven-game series in 2022 was followed by a six-game win in 2023, and

Re-sentencing hearing for Menendez brothers indefinitely postponed

Record high animals dying on Los Angeles roads

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Federal judge to consider case of Georgetown fellow arrested by ICE

A federal judge is set to consider motions to release Georgetown University fellow Badar Khan Suri on bond while litigation continues over his revoked visa.Khan Suri’s attorneys have also asked the court to compel ICE to transfer him back to the federal district in Virginia where his petition was filed. The hearing is scheduled for April 11.After his arrest March 17, according to the bond motion, Khan Suri was held in a staging facility in Louisiana before being driven days later to a detention center in Alvarado, Texas, where he’s now being held.The Indian national has been housed in a cr

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Former Costa Rican president who compared Trump to ‘Roman emperor’ says US has revoked his visa

Former Costa Rican President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Óscar Arias says he has had his visa to enter the United States revoked.Arias, 84, said he doesn’t know why his visa was canceled but accepts that the US has the right to make such a decision.Miguel Guillén, the secretary general of Arias’ National Liberation Party, said the former president had received an email notifying him of the move.“I don’t know if the revoking of my visa is the product of some sort of retaliation, because I say what I think (and) write what I say,” Arias told a press conference Tuesday.In recent we

‘The most powerful type of liar’: Tapper asks Anna Delvey how she views her criminal past

Tornadoes, heavy rains rip across central, southern US

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Attorneys for Tufts University student accuse government of ‘secretive’ effort to move her across state lines

Rümeysa Öztürk, the Turkish student detained by immigration officers in Boston last month, was moved across multiple state lines as part of a “highly unusual” and “secretive” attempt to keep her from accessing her attorney or being near her home, her attorneys charged Wednesday.In documents filed with the federal district court in Boston, attorneys for Öztürk accused the federal government of targeting the Tufts University graduate student because of her advocacy for Palestinian rights – a violation of Öztürk’s constitutionally protected right to free speech.Attorneys filed

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Two infants die of whooping cough in Louisiana as cases climb nationally

In his 20 years working in pediatric infectious disease, Dr. John Schieffelin has never seen another illness like pertussis.Also known as whooping cough, it’s a contagious respiratory illness that can develop into a painful, full-body cough. The coughing fits can be severe, often accompanied by a whooping sound when the person tries to catch their breath. And it’s continuous, even if a person needs to be placed on a ventilator, says Schieffelin, an associate professor of pediatrics at Tulane University.“For infants, it’s really rather terrifying,” he said. “They’re just coughing

Man faces charges after Teslas set on fire with Molotov cocktails

Wisconsin and Florida elections provide early warning signs to Trump and Republicans

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Israel to seize parts of Gaza as military operation expands

Israel announced a major expansion of military operations in Gaza on Wednesday, saying large areas of the enclave would be seized and added to its security zones, accompanied by large-scale evacuations of the population.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said troops were seizing an area he called the Morag Axis, a reference to a former Israeli settlement once located between the cities of Rafah and Khan Younis in the south of the Gaza Strip, some 3-4 kilometres from the southern border."Because we are now dividing the Strip and we are increasing pressure step by step so they will give us our ho

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Middle East latest: Israel is establishing a new military corridor across Gaza

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel is establishing a new security corridor across the Gaza Strip to pressure Hamas, suggesting it would cut off the southern city of Rafah, which Israel has ordered evacuated, from the rest of the Palestinian territory. The announcement came after Netanyahu’s defense minister said Israel would seize large areas of Gaza and add them to its so-called security zones. A wave of Israeli airstrikes overnight into Wednesday killed more than 40 Palestinians, nearly half of them women and children,

The Taliban senses an opening as it pushes for diplomatic recognition in talks with Trump administration

World leaders react to Trump's tariffs

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A wary Europe awaits Rubio with NATO's future on the line

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio travels this week to a gathering of top diplomats from NATO countries and is sure to find allies that are alarmed, angered and confused by the Trump administration’s desire to reestablish ties with Russia and its escalating rhetorical attacks on longtime transatlantic partners. Allies are deeply concerned by President Donald Trump’s readiness to draw closer to Russian leader Vladimir Putin, who sees NATO as a threat, amid a U.S. effort to broker a ceasefire in Ukraine. Recent White House comments and insults directed at NATO allies Canada

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China’s military launches live-fire exercise in escalation of blockade drills near Taiwan

The Chinese military staged a second day of exercises around Taiwan on Wednesday, launching live-fire strikes in the East China Sea and practicing blockade operations near crucial shipping lanes to the east and west of the island.China has ramped up the frequency and complexity of its military drills around Taiwan in recent years – exercises that analysts say serve both as critical preparation and strategic cover for a potential future invasion of the self-governing island.On Wednesday, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) launched exercises – codenamed “Strait Thunder-2025A” – in th

Myanmar's military declares a ceasefire to ease quake relief as deaths pass 3,000

Counting the potential toll of Trump's tariffs on major Asian economies

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Wall Street ends higher on earnings, hopes of easing tariff tensions

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See the moment Vatican announces death of Pope Francis

A video released by Vatican media shows the moment the pope's death was announced on Monday morning by Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the Vatican camerlengo. The camerlengo — or chamberlain — is the acting head of the Vatican in the period between the death or resignation of a pope and appointment of the next leader of the Catholic Church.

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