Inside the U.S. Embassy in Ghana, Mayor Karen Bass was attending a reception with local and foreign dignitaries as her phone began to ping. The first urgent message came from …
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WASHINGTON — President Trump said Wednesday he was placing a 25% tariff on auto imports, a move that the White House claims would foster domestic manufacturing but could also put a financial …
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BOSTON — A Turkish national who is a doctoral student at Tufts University has been detained by federal agents without explanation, her lawyer said on Wednesday. Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, had just left …
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‘Swatting,’ violent threats sow panic. Calif. lawmakers seek crackdown
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesEarlier this month, the Claremont Police Department received a chilling 911 report: A caller said they were holding someone captive inside a Claremont McKenna College restroom, carrying a bomb and …
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Senior government officials mistakenly invited the editor in chief of the Atlantic to a group chat on the messaging app Signal, where the focus of conversation was U.S. airstrikes against …
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D.A. Hochman officially brings death penalty back to Los Angeles
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesDist. Atty. Nathan Hochman will allow prosecutors to seek the death penalty again in Los Angeles, undoing one of the signature policies of his predecessor, George Gascón. The move comes …
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Mike Huckabee, Trump’s pick for Israel ambassador, tries to distance from past Palestinian rhetoric
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesWASHINGTON — Mike Huckabee, President Trump’s nominee for U.S. ambassador to Israel, attempted to distance himself Tuesday from his past controversial statements about the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian people, pledging …
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In Oakland mayor’s race, Barbara Lee and Loren Taylor chart different paths
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesOAKLAND — On a recent Saturday in March, several hundred people filled the Grand Lake Theatre in Oakland for a quintessential party to honor longtime Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee. Oakland’s Youth Poet …
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Appeals court appears divided on Trump’s deportation of Venezuelan migrants
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesWASHINGTON — A panel of appeals court judges appeared divided Monday on a Trump administration push to lift an order blocking deportation of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador under an 18th century …
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Trump officials share war plans in group chat that included journalist
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesWASHINGTON — Top national security officials for President Trump, including his defense secretary, texted war plans for upcoming military strikes in Yemen to a group chat in a secure messaging app that …