The Supreme Court is poised to decide, for the first time, whether a president may deploy troops in U.S. cities over state and local objections, as the Trump administration seeks to overturn a Chicago ruling blocking National Guard use. Lower courts split: the 9th Circuit allowed deployment in Portland, while...
Alabama executed Anthony Boyd, 54, with nitrogen gas Thursday night for the 1993 killing of Gregory Huguley, prompting fresh scrutiny of the method. Witnesses said Boyd convulsed and gasped for roughly 15 minutes, with one counting more than 225 breaths, before he was pronounced dead about 15 minutes later. His...
A 21-year-old semi-truck driver pleaded not guilty Friday to charges stemming from an alleged drug-impaired, high‑speed crash that killed three people and injured at least three on I‑10 in Ontario, California. Prosecutors say Jashanpreet Singh rammed stopped traffic; he faces three counts of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and a...
Federal officials said Friday the Trump administration canceled a planned surge of immigration enforcement across the Bay Area, not just San Francisco. DHS also dropped plans to bring staff from Los Angeles. Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee, citing Alameda County Sheriff Yesenia Sanchez, confirmed the cancellation. The reversal followed agents staging...
Six members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee sent a bipartisan letter Friday to NBA commissioner Adam Silver, seeking a briefing by Oct. 31 after indictments of Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier and Damon Jones in federal investigations. The panel asked for details on alleged NBA-related illegal gambling, steps to...
Pakistan banned the hard-line Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan after deadly clashes with police, with the federal cabinet unanimously citing "violent and terrorist activities." The crackdown, centered in Punjab, followed a march from Lahore to Islamabad that devolved into street battles in Lahore and Murdike. Police raided leader Saad Rizvi’s home, sealed linked...
The Trump administration opened a probe Friday into China’s adherence to a 2020 trade deal, raising the prospect of more tariffs as Donald Trump prepares to meet Xi Jinping next week in South Korea. While U.S. and Chinese officials also confer in Malaysia, recent tit-for-tat moves persist: China tightened mineral...
Coffee farming in Brazil is fueling deforestation that ultimately undermines the crop itself, a new Coffee Watch report warns. Using satellite imagery and government data, the group found more than 1,200 square miles of forest cleared for coffee between 2001 and 2023, and over 42,000 square miles lost in coffee-dense...
An indictment unsealed in Brooklyn alleges a leak by 'Co-Conspirator 8'—whose career details match Portland coach Chauncey Billups—about a plan to tank a March 24, 2023 game against the Bulls, prompting roughly $100,000 in bets before injury news became public. Portland lost 124-96 as its top four scorers sat. Billups...
After years of repression, the fear that once kept Putin’s Russia rigid is fraying. A filmed protest outside the Kremlin saw citizens accuse officials of theft, even as Memorial counts over 1,100 political prisoners. Discontent spreads across the system: Communist leader Gennady Zyuganov slammed soaring prices and interest rates; nationalist...
