DHS attorney said agents in Los Angeles should have ‘started hitting’ protesters, emails show
WASHINGTON — A lead attorney for the Department of Homeland Security suggested that federal agents should have…
DHS attorney said agents in Los Angeles should have ‘started hitting’ protesters, emails show
WASHINGTON — A lead attorney for the Department of Homeland Security suggested that federal agents should have “just started hitting the rioters and arresting everyone that couldn’t get away” during an anti-ICE protest in Los Angeles last June, internal emails show. The note was in an email chain obtained by the nonprofit watchdog group American Oversight through…
Prep talk: Troy Randall of Corona Santiago is becoming a baseball standout
One month into the high school baseball season, it’s clear that junior third baseman and relief pitcher Troy Randall of Corona Santiago is headed to standout status. So far, he’s batting .444 with 20 hits and only two strikeouts in 45 at-bats. As a pitcher, he’s given up no earned runs in eight innings with…
Why this week’s social media verdicts could finally hold tech giants to account
Back-to-back verdicts this week against Meta and YouTube could usher in a new chapter in accountability for tech companies, while opening the door to fresh legal challenges, experts tell CBS News. Two cases, decided in New Mexico and California, are the first to hold social media companies liable for harming young people. On Tuesday, a…
Benefit cheat who claimed anxiety left her housebound caught ziplining and surfing in Mexico | UK News
A benefit cheat who defrauded more than £23,000 by claiming she was too ill to go outside was caught surfing and ziplining in Mexico. Catherine Wieland, 33, claimed her anxiety was so severe it left her housebound. But the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) said it discovered she had been lying about her condition….
LAPD chief backed cops who shot Jillian Lauren; commission overruled
For the second time in recent months, the civilian commission that oversees the LAPD has overruled Chief Jim McDonnell in a police shooting, concluding that officers were in the wrong when they shot at Jillian Lauren, an author and the estranged wife of Weezer bass player Scott Shriner. McDonnell wrote in a report made public…
Starmer thinks he is the right man for this moment – despite what Trump says | Politics News
A month into the Iran war and the prime minister, on a visit to Finland with allies in the Joint Expeditionary Forces military coalition this week, left me in no doubt that he believes our lives, our country and the way we do things, is about to profoundly change. This is a “once in a…
Dodgers owner Mark Walter: ‘We’ve got to have some parity’
On their way into the clubhouse Thursday, Dodgers players were greeted by the World Series championship trophies they won in 2024 and 2025. In center field, Dodgers fans were greeted by oversize replicas of those trophies, the better for taking a selfie. On social media, the Dodgers unveiled their opening day hype video. These were…
DOJ to investigate California over housing of trans inmates
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday that it has launched an investigation into two California women’s prisons to determine if they unconstitutionally provided housing and preferential treatment to “biological male prisoners.” In a letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom, Assistant Atty. Gen. Harmeet Dhillon — who heads the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division — said…
CBS News poll analysis on what things AI, rather than people, should do
AI is gaining usage. But there are some things Americans would be comfortable having AI do for them — and plenty of others they aren’t, recent CBS News polling found. Given a list, the sorts of things Americans are comfortable with AI doing tend to be impersonal or even boring tasks, as well as those…
Hedge fund manager ‘bullied colleagues not to put in measures to protect women’, tribunal hears | UK News
Former hedge fund manager Crispin Odey “bullied” colleagues not to introduce measures at his firm to protect women, a tribunal heard. The hearing on Thursday also heard accusations that the 67-year-old threatened to close the company, Odey Asset Management (OAM), in order to put pressure on its governing body. Mr Odey is taking legal action…