LAPD says its ‘fully prepared’ with security for Emmy Awards
The Emmy Awards bring together the best and brightest in television each year, and as such, it’s always a tightly secured event. This year will…
ICE officer shoots, kills suspect who dragged him with car near Chicago, Homeland Security says
CHICAGO — A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot a man who officials said tried to evade arrest Friday in a Chicago suburb by driving…
Dad of Burning Man victim appeals to Trump and FBI to solve case
Ten days after a Russian man was mysteriously killed amid a crowd of tens of thousands at the Burning Man festival, Russian media is reporting…
Labor Department to audit BLS’s data collection and reporting
Sept. 10 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of the Inspector General announced Wednesday that it will conduct a review of the Bureau…
LAPD touts 2024 police shootings dip; officers firing more this year
The Los Angeles Police Department on Tuesday released a report touting a decline in shootings by officers in 2024, even as officials acknowledged this year’s…
Schiff lawyer told Justice Department it should investigate Pulte for probing mortgages of Trump opponents
Three days after President Trump publicly accused Sen. Adam Schiff of committing mortgage fraud, an attorney for Schiff wrote privately to the Department of Justice…
Trump’s ‘Chipocalypse Now’ is no joke, though it sounds like one
It’s no mistake that Trump’s ‘Apocalypse Now’ parody, ‘Chipocalypse Now,’ sounds more like a quippy Doritos ad than a declaration of war on an American…
Trump once again says he wants to send U.S. forces to Chicago
President Trump on Monday continued to flirt with the idea of mobilizing National Guard troops to combat crime in Chicago, just a day after he…
California state Senator accuses Sacramento police of retaliation over “egregious” DUI arrest
SACRAMENTO — A Riverside County lawmaker accused of driving drunk after a car crash, but cleared by a blood test, took the first step Monday toward suing…
3 LAPD shootings in three days: Chief grilled on officers opening fire
After Los Angeles police officers shot at people on three consecutive days late last month, the LAPD’s civilian bosses turned to Chief Jim McDonnell for…
Trump executive order aims to rename the Department of Defense as the Department of War
WASHINGTON — After months of campaigning for the Nobel Peace Prize, President Trump sent a sharply different message Friday when he signed an executive order aimed at…
Trump symbolically changes Department of Defense to ‘Department of War’ | Donald Trump News
Pentagon chief says name signals more offensive approach to US military, but change unofficial without change to law.United States President Donald Trump has signed an…
Trump to rename Defense Department to ‘Department of War’
Sept. 5 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Friday directing the Department of Defense to revert to its old title…
Justice Department supports Trump’s effort to fire FTC commissioner
Federal Trade Commission Commissioners Rebecca Kelly Slaughter (L) and FTC Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya (R) listen as Chair of the Federal Trade Commission Lina Khan testifies…
L.A. parks are too vital to neglect. Here’s your chance to weigh in on a rescue plan
It’s been said many times before.In Los Angeles, for many people, the neighborhood park is their frontyard and backyard.It’s where tables are staked out early…
3 off-duty L.A. County deputies beat man at bar, lawsuit alleges
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has relieved three deputies of duty while it investigates the circumstances of the bloody beating of a Valencia man…
House committee releases some Justice Department files in Epstein case
WASHINGTON — The House Oversight Committee on Tuesday publicly posted the files it had received from the Justice Department on the sex trafficking investigations into Jeffrey Epstein…
Trump administration plans to remove nearly 700 unaccompanied migrant children, senator says
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is planning to remove nearly 700 Guatemalan children who had come to the U.S. without their parents, according to a letter sent…
State Department blocks Palestinian visas ahead of U.N. opening
Aug. 29 (UPI) -- U.S. officials revoked visas already issued to members of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority ahead of next month's United…
Merrick Bobb, oversight pioneer who probed LAPD and LASD, dies at 79
Merrick Bobb, one of the godfathers of the modern police oversight movement in Los Angeles and beyond, has died. He was 79.Bobb, whose health had…