Scientist and green-card holder detained at SFO for more than a week, lawyer says
A Texas Lyme disease researcher faces deportation after being detained in San Francisco after returning from his brother’s wedding in South Korea. …
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Feds move to drop charges in controversial cases as Trump re-ups L.A. prosecutor
The U.S. Attorney’s office in Los Angeles is seeking to dismiss charges against a sheriff’s deputy who has already been sentenced for use of excessive force and a fast food executive whose case previously led to one prosecutor’s firing by President Trump. …
SoCal residents visiting Reno for bachelor party were among victims of mass shooting
A group of friends from Thousand Oaks were among the victims of a mass shooting in Reno on Monday. The friends had attended a bachelor party prior to the shooting. …
Oscar-winning documentary ‘No Other Land’ consultant Awdah Hathaleen killed by Israeli settler
Awdah Hathaleen, a Palestinian activist and consultant on the Oscar-winning documentary ‘No Other Land,’ died Monday after he was shot dead by an Israeli settler in the occupied West Bank. …
Trump administration maneuvers to keep Essayli as L.A.’s top federal prosecutor
The Department of Justice has taken unusual steps to allow Bill Essayli to remain U.S. attorney for the Central District of California without Senate confirmation or judicial appointment. …
Shane Tamura played high school football in L.A. Now, he’s accused of targeting the NFL in a mass shooting
The gunman suspected of targeting the National Football League headquarters in New York, killing four, was a former football player at two Southern California high schools. …