U.S. Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin will leave the administration, an agency spokesperson said, a move that comes as public support for President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown has dwindled. McLaughlin became a prominent booster of the Republican president's aggressive approach to immigration enforcement and headed the press operation...
Oil Prices Slide 2% to Two-Week Low on Talk of Progress in US-Iran Talks
Oil prices fell about 2% to a two-week low on Tuesday on hopes tensions between the United States and Iran were easing after Iran's foreign minister said the countries had reached an understanding on the main "guiding principles" of their nuclear talks. Brent futures fell $1.41, or 2.1%, to $67.24...
Pride Flag’s Removal From Stonewall Violated Federal Law, Suit Says
A group of nonprofits filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday against the Trump administration, arguing that its decision to remove the Pride flag from the Stonewall National Monument in New York City this month violated a federal law that allows national parks and monuments to fly Confederate flags. The...
CBS Host Stephen Colbert Says Network Barred Airing Interview With Texas US Senate Candidate
CBS late-night show host Stephen Colbert said on Monday that the network's lawyers barred him from airing an interview with Democratic Texas State Representative James Talarico, who is running for his party's nomination for the U.S. Senate. "Donald Trump's administration wants to silence anyone who says anything bad about Trump...
US Groups Sue to Block Trump Effort to Rid Parks of History, Science Information
Groups representing park conservationists, historians and scientists filed a lawsuit on Tuesday seeking to prevent President Donald Trump's administration from scrubbing information from parks and monuments, after exhibits touching on topics like slavery and climate change were recently removed. The National Parks Conservation Association, American Association for State and Local...
Visalia Police Destroy $3.2 Million in Seized Marijuana
On Thursday, the Visalia Police Department’s Narcotics Unit, in coordination with the Evidence Unit, destroyed approximately 3,200 pounds of marijuana seized from previous investigations involving illegal shipments out of state. The confiscated cannabis had an estimated street value of $3.2 million in California and more than $9 million on the...
US Supreme Court Adopts New Technology to Help Identify Conflicts of Interest
The U.S. Supreme Court announced on Tuesday that it has adopted new software to assist in identifying whether a case poses a potential conflict of interest for the justices, who decide for themselves whether to step aside from participation in cases. The software, created by the court's information technology office...
Measles Cases in South Carolina Rise by 12 to 962, State Health Department Says
South Carolina reported a surge to 962 measles cases on Tuesday, state health data showed, including 12 additional infections since Friday, as officials warned the widening outbreak could last weeks or months amid lagging vaccine uptake. The outbreak, which began in October, has been centered in the northwest part of...
‘Hell and Back’: Mass Rape Survivor Gisele Pelicot Recounts Her Ordeal in Memoir
Gisele Pelicot, the French woman whose husband was convicted of inviting dozens of men to rape her unconscious body, has released her memoir, recounting the horrors she endured and why she chose to go public in a trial that shocked the world. "A Hymn to Life", published on Tuesday, retraces...
Drop in Unauthorized Immigration Slows Job Growth, SF Fed Paper Finds
The recent drop in unauthorized immigration to the United States has slowed employment growth, particularly in construction and manufacturing, and those trends are likely to continue, new research from the San Francisco Federal Reserve published on Tuesday shows. The study looked at the rapid rise in unauthorized immigrants beginning in...