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(LOS ANGELES) — Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter for MLB star Shohei Ohtani, is set to be sentenced Thursday on federal charges related to stealing nearly $17 million from the Dodgers player, nearly a year after the gambling controversy first surfaced. Mizuhara, 40, admitted to fraudulently transferring the money from Ohtani’s account for more than […]
Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (SEATTLE, Wash.) — A federal judge in Seattle has issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against President Donald Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship — one day after a judge in Maryland also issued a temporary block on the order. “It has become ever more apparent that to our president, the rule of […]
(NEW ORLEANS) — The anticipation surrounding Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans is not just about which team will win, it’s whether or not the city can pull the game off without a serious security breach. New Orleans has hosted 10 Super Bowls in previous years, but Sunday’s game at the Superdome is different. Just […]
(WASHINGTON) — “Border czar” Tom Homan said President Donald Trump won’t hesitate to use the U.S. military if Mexican cartels target American troops on the southern border. “I think the cartels would be foolish to take on the military, but we know they’ve taken on the Mexican military before, but now we have the United States […]
(LOS ANGELES) — At least 37 giant live beetles measuring 4 to 5 inches have been found concealed inside of multiple packages of Japanese snacks, potato chips and chocolate at Los Angeles International Airport, authorities said. The contraband was discovered by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists assigned to LAX during a physical […]
(WASHINGTON) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gifted President Donald Trump a golden pager during their meeting at the White House this week, Netanyahu’s office said. Netanyahu’s office released a photo of the gift Thursday, which references Israel’s deadly explosive attacks in Lebanon and Syria in September that killed dozens of people and injured thousands […]
WSYX (NEW ALBANY, Ohio) — Police are looking for a motive after a man allegedly killed two people and injured four others in a workplace shooting at an Ohio manufacturing facility, officials said. Officers responded to an active shooter report at a New Albany facility run by KDC/One, a beauty products manufacturer, around 10:30 p.m. […]
(WASHINGTON) — Lambda Legal and Human Rights Campaign, two leading LGBTQ+ advocacy groups, filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday challenging the Trump administration over the president’s executive order banning transgender people from serving in the military. The lawsuit, which was obtained by ABC News, was filed in the U.S. District Court-Western District of Washington on behalf of […]
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told embassy officials in Guatemala this week that it was “not our intention” to uproot families deployed overseas with USAID, despite the agency issuing a 30-day mandate for their return. “I know it’s hard to ask for patience. I know it’s hard to ask for trust,” Rubio said, according to a partial […]
John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Champion figure skaters are coming together for a tribute show called “Legacy on Ice” to honor the victims of the American Airlines plane crash. The event will be on Sunday, March 2, at 3 p.m. at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. Olympians Tara Lipinski, Kristi Yamaguchi, Scott Hamilton […]
