One defendant was sentenced and another pleaded guilty Monday in “Operation Toxic Waste,” a federal investigation into a Mexico-based drug trafficking ring involving 22 defendants and more than 12,900 pounds of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant announced. Sergio Pena, 32, of La Puente, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jennifer...
Mamdani Moves to End City’s Defense of Adams in Sexual Assault Lawsuit
NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s law department on Tuesday sought a judge’s approval to stop representing former Mayor Eric Adams in a sexual assault lawsuit brought against him in 2024. In a filing in state Supreme Court in Manhattan, New York City’s corporation counsel argued that Adams should not...
Pipeline Remains Stalled as Kings County Ag Titans Continue Court Battle
A massive pipeline that could move water from north of Lemoore south to Stratford — and beyond — in Kings County is still stuck in its tracks as the region’s largest growers continue to duke it out in court. The pipeline, owned by Sandridge Partners, which is controlled by John...
Cuba Gradually Restores Power Amid US Oil Blockade
Cuba has reconnected much of its electrical grid and brought online its largest oil-fired power plant, energy officials said on Tuesday, one day after a nationwide blackout left 10 million people in the dark amid a U.S. move to choke off the island's fuel supply. U.S. President Donald Trump escalated...
Fresno Man Sentenced to 12 Years for Possessing Ammo in Ghost Gun
A Fresno man was sentenced Monday to 12 years in federal prison for illegally possessing ammunition loaded in an un-serialized firearm, commonly known as a “ghost gun,” U.S. Attorney Eric Grant announced. Raymond Jesse Rodriguez, 29, was convicted of being a felon in possession of ammunition. Court documents say Rodriguez...
Trump Says NATO’s Refusal to Help on Iran Is “Very Foolish Mistake”
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the United States had been informed by most of its NATO allies that they did not want to get involved with the country's military operation in Iran, a move he described as a "very foolish mistake." But Trump gave no indication that he plans...
Kabul Says Pakistan Strike Kills 408 at Kabul Rehab Centre, Islamabad Rejects Claim
More than 400 people were killed in a Pakistan air force strike on a drug rehabilitation center in Kabul, the Afghan Taliban administration said on Tuesday, in the deadliest incident since the two neighbors began fighting late last year. Pakistan rejected the statement as false and misleading, saying it had...
What’s in the Voter ID Bill Trump and Republicans Are Pushing?
WASHINGTON — The Senate will take up a strict voter identification bill that President Donald Trump has demanded Congress deliver him, and that he and his Republican allies groundlessly claim is needed to combat mass voter fraud by noncitizens. Passed narrowly by the House last month, the legislation, which Republicans...
US Expands Golden Dome Cost Estimate to $185 Billion, Enlists Top Defense Firms
The price tag for the Golden Dome missile defense shield has grown to $185 billion, up $10 billion, to accelerate key space-based capabilities, the program's director said on Tuesday, adding that Lockheed Martin, RTX and Northrop Grumman have joined as prime contractors. Golden Dome envisions expanding ground‑based defenses such as...
US House Panel Subpoenas Attorney General Bondi in Epstein Probe
The U.S. House Oversight panel has issued a subpoena for Attorney General Pam Bondi to give a deposition in their probe of the late convicted sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein, it said on Tuesday. Bondi and her deputy would give panel members a private briefing on Wednesday, the panel said in...