Author: Artificial Intelligence

A Northridge man is accused of leaving two suitcases at Los Angeles International Airport containing methamphetamine-stained clothing, including cow onesie pajamas. Raj Masar, 31, checked in a pink and gray suitcase at Los Angeles International Airport on Nov. 6 while boarding a flight from Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia, according to a Department of Justice news release. After the first X-ray examination of the suitcase, the inspector noticed some abnormalities and decided to conduct a second examination. “When law enforcement opened the suitcase, they discovered that it contained more than a dozen items of white or light-colored clothing, which were…

WASHINGTON (AP) – Millions of obese Americans would be eligible to receive popular weight loss drugs like Wigoby and Ozempic covered by Medicare or Medicaid under new rules proposed by the Biden administration Tuesday morning. It turns out. A costly proposal from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is the latest in a potential showdown between the powerful pharmaceutical industry and President-elect Donald Trump’s presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who opposes weight-loss drugs. Set the stage. He could lead a government agency that would try to block the measure. The rule gave millions of people access to…

A pursuit of a Maserati driver in southern Los Angeles County ended in gunfire Tuesday during a confrontation between the driver and a police officer in the West Adams area. The pursuit began in the Long Beach-San Pedro area after officers received a report that a DASH bus was being chased by a driver who was wanted on charges of assault with a deadly weapon and domestic violence. Police said the bus driver turned out to be the pursuer’s ex-girlfriend. The chase continued into Inglewood and View Park, where at least four drivers swerved to avoid the Maserati, which was…

Los Angeles County prosecutors are seeking a writ of habeas corpus for Lyle and Eric Menendez, a separate legal effort from their ongoing re-sentencing requests challenging the validity of Lyle and Eric Menendez’s convictions and life sentences. It asked for an extension of time to file a response to the petition. For murdering his parents in 1989. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office asked the court to extend the deadline to respond to the petition until Dec. 20, 2024, according to court documents filed Tuesday. The Menendez brothers filed a petition for habeas corpus on May 3, 2023, and…

A 19-year-old man has been charged in connection with the fatal shooting and arson of four people as they slept in a Lancaster home, Los Angeles County prosecutors announced Tuesday. Miguel Diego Sandoval was charged with four counts of murder in the Nov. 16 attack on Christine Akaaku, 25. her younger brother, Janhvi Makindan (21); Edwin Garcia (24) and Matthew Montebello (23). The charges include special circumstances charges of murder in waiting and multiple murders, as well as charges involving the use of a firearm. Sandoval is also charged with one count each of first-degree burglary of an occupied dwelling…

TIPTON, Calif. — It’s a late fall morning and hundreds of cows — black and white splattered Holsteins and cappuccino-colored jerseys — roam around the San Joaquin Valley Dairy in America’s largest milk-producing state. . Nearby, workers herded some of the animals onto a carousel in the farm’s milking parlor and quickly installed pumping equipment. The machines whirred as the cows were whisked in a leisurely arc to the exit of the parlor, where they were disconnected from the milk hose and sent on their way.The scene seemed completely unremarkable, except for the fact that five days earlier, the H5N1…

Donald Trump is two months away from being sworn in as the 47th president, but he’s already pleasing his base in one way.Illegal immigrants and their allies are terrified.Former and future commanders-in-chief repeatedly vowed during the campaign to begin mass deportations immediately after taking office. Those affected are taking President Trump’s words to heart. Nonprofit organizations and community leaders dedicated to helping immigrants are strategizing how to mount defenses. Sanctuary cities like Los Angeles and Santa Ana are bracing for lawsuits and the withholding of federal funds by the Trump administration. Meanwhile, migrants themselves are preparing for the worst. I…

RENO — Weeks before Election Day, more than 150 volunteers boarded early morning buses in Sacramento and headed east, through the towering mountains of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest and across the Nevada border to become Californians. Convinced voters to approve a ballot measure. , I couldn’t vote for myself.Once the group, made up mostly of women, arrived 130 miles away in eclectic Reno, “the world’s biggest little city,” they set out on foot to knock on doors in unfamiliar neighborhoods to secure abortion rights in Nevada. We asked for support for this initiative. Constitution.It was all part of Democrat Maggie…

If you drive through many areas of Los Angeles, you may notice a strange phenomenon. In front of new apartment and commercial buildings, the road widens slightly and the sidewalk snakes around potholes. If some properties on the block have recently been redeveloped, the streets can begin to look like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle that widen and narrow over and over again.That’s because new developments are often automatically required to dedicate a portion of their land to the city for road expansion, even if the roads are not congested.In theory, these spot widenings are supposed to improve traffic flow.…

A proposal to overhaul the way the county spends billions of dollars fighting homelessness is scheduled to go before the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday.In response to long-standing complaints about the effectiveness of anti-homelessness programs, Supervisors Lindsey Horvath and Kathryn Berger announced that the now much-maligned Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority is overseeing the multi-billion-dollar It is proposing a new county department to take over and consolidate the contracts. The program is distributed among several county agencies.The proposal is intended to allow joint city and county authorities to perform federally mandated functions such as maintaining a homeless…