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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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Fyre Festival 2 stops ticket sales for Mexico event

Three years ago, Billy McFarland was released from prison on charges related to the failure of Fyre Festival. The event, which had advertised itself as a luxury Bahamian concert series, delivered only disaster relief tents and cheese sandwiches. Shortly after McFarland was released, he announced plans to revive the Festival. By Thursday morning, McFarland’s organization began to cancel tickets to the sequel. Some ticket holders reported receiving refunds, while the festival announced it was scouting new locations. Fyre Festival 2 was announced in 2023. Promotional materials once again

Swatting calls spark fear, massive police responses in California

Newsom fights for library funding as Trump administration terminates grants

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

What is it about Anna Delvey that fascinates so many people? Including your humble crew at United States of Scandal? Why has she captured so many column inches in newspapers and pages in magazines, filled so many hours of footage in podcasts, Netflix dramatizations, and news broadcasts? From her false identity as a German heiress to financial deception, grand larceny, serving time at Rikers, competing on Dancing with the Stars, and now pursuing a career in fashion, Anna’s journey has been nothing short of fascinating.Having met and interviewed her in 2022, I still can’t quite figure her ou

Environment|US

Tornadoes, heavy rains rip across central, southern US

Tornadoes ripped across a wide swath of central and southern United States on Wednesday, destroying homes and businesses and bringing down power lines and trees.The National Weather Service said there had been at least 15 reports of tornadoes in at least four states by late Wednesday. Eight people have been injured across Kentucky and Arkansas, including one critically injured in Kentucky's Ballard County, local officials said.Late Wednesday, Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders declared a state of emergency across the state due to the storms, which also brought hail and torrential ra

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

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

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Man faces charges after Teslas set on fire with Molotov cocktails

Tesla sales plunged 13% in the first three months of this year, the largest drop in deliveries in its history, as backlash against CEO Elon Musk and growing competition took a large bite out of demand for its EVs.Tesla reported Wednesday that it delivered 336,681 cars in the quarter, 50,000 fewer vehicles compared to the first three months of last year. The results were the company’s worst sales in nearly three years.Tesla has faced protests outside its showrooms from those opposed to the actions of Musk in one of his other roles as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency, and th

Election|Political|US

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

A trio of spring elections offered early warning signs to Republicans and President Donald Trump, as Democrats rallied against his efforts to slash the federal government and the outsize role being played by billionaire Elon Musk in the early days of his new administration. In the marquee race for a Wisconsin Supreme Court seat Tuesday, the conservative judge endorsed by Trump and backed by Musk and his groups to the tune of $21 million lost by 10 percentage points in a state Trump won in November. And while Florida Republicans held two of the most pro-Trump House

What to know about Trump's announcement that could shake the world economy

Scott Jennings' takeaways from special elections in Florida and Wisconsin

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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