Los Angeles — Kenneth Iwamasa, the longtime personal assistant to actor Matthew Perry, is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday in federal court after pleading guilty in August 2024 to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine resulting in death. Authorities say the charges stem from Perry’s Oct. 28, 2023 death...
ARLINGTON, Texas. The Texas Rangers erupted for eight runs in the first inning and secured a 10-7 victory one night after Houston pitchers combined for a no-hitter, while in a separate game this week Houston's Yordan Alvarez hit two home runs, including a tiebreaking solo in the eighth, to lift...
Newark, New Jersey. Hundreds of protesters gathered this week outside Delaney Hall, a federal immigration detention center where roughly 300 people are held, after detainees reportedly launched a hunger strike on May 22 and began alleging inadequate food, medical care and hygiene; ICE issued a public statement denying the existence...
Washington. The White House is preparing to host a UFC event on its South Lawn on June 14 to mark President Donald Trump's 80th birthday, organizers and reporters say. The Ultimate Fighting Championship released a rendering showing an octagonal cage beneath a star-spangled arch and seating for thousands. Construction for...
Washington — Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said on May 26 that the Trump administration is drawing up plans to stop processing international travellers and cargo at major U.S. airports in so-called 'sanctuary cities,' naming airports in Denver, Philadelphia, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, Newark, Seattle and San Francisco. The...
Washington: NASA unveiled this week plans to deploy autonomous lunar drones, roaming robotic vehicles, and a communications network at the Moon's South Pole to support sustained human presence. Agency officials presented the Moon Base strategy at a May 27 briefing at NASA Headquarters, naming the MoonFall drone program and announcing...
KANSAS CITY — The New York Yankees defeated the Kansas City Royals 15-1 at Kauffman Stadium on Tuesday, producing a multi-homer, high-hit offensive performance in which every member of the Yankees' starting lineup recorded at least two hits. The game featured six home runs and an early offensive surge that...
WASHINGTON. Former President Joe Biden on Tuesday filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block the Justice Department from releasing audio recordings and transcripts of a 2016–2017 interview with a ghostwriter that were obtained by the special counsel investigating his handling of classified documents; his lawyers argued disclosure would invade his...
Garden Grove, Calif. — Southern California officials lifted the final evacuation orders Tuesday night for about 16,000 residents who had been displaced by an overheating chemical tank at the GKN Aerospace facility, allowing them to return after earlier weekend evacuations that affected roughly 50,000 people and prompted emergency declarations, and...
Washington — The U.S. military struck a vessel it said was involved in drug trafficking in the eastern Pacific on Tuesday, killing one person and leaving two survivors, Southern Command stated in a social media post that included a short video of the explosion. The post said the command notified...
