LOS ANGELES — Two Los Angeles men pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal criminal charges for defrauding banks and credit unions out of at least $2.7 million by depositing checks stolen from the mail into bank accounts belonging to accomplices they recruited through Instagram. Carlos Corona, 36, of South Los Angeles, and Jose Luis Edeza Jr., … Read more
LOS ANGELES — Former Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías pleaded no contest Wednesday to a misdemeanor domestic battery charge stemming from his arrest last September outside BMO Stadium in Exposition Park. Urías, 27, was placed on 36 months of summary probation and ordered to complete 30 days of community labor, complete a 52-week domestic violence counseling course, … Read more
PHOENIX — The Arizona Legislature approved a repeal of a long-dormant ban on nearly all abortions Wednesday, sending the bill to Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs, who is expected to sign it. Two Republicans joined with Democrats in the Senate on the 16-14 vote in favor of repealing a Civil War-era ban on abortions that the … Read more
By Brian Melley | Associated Press LONDON — Two men have been charged with cutting down the popular 150-year-old Sycamore Gap tree that toppled over on Hadrian’s Wall last year in northern England, prosecutors said Tuesday. Daniel Graham, 38, and Adam Carruthers, 31, were charged with causing criminal damage and damaging the wall built in … Read more
NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein is due back in a New York courtroom Wednesday for his first appearance since an appeals court last week overturned his 2020 rape conviction and ordered a new trial. The preliminary hearing in Manhattan is expected to include discussion of evidence, scheduling and other matters, according … Read more
A SCHOOLBOY has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a child and two adults were allegedly attacked at a school. Emergency services were raced to Birley Community College this morning after an incident plunged the school into lockdown. 1 A teen has been arrested after an alleged attack at a Sheffield school this … Read more
SANTA ANA — A Westminster man and a Texas man were sentenced to lengthy federal prison terms Monday for their part in a drug trafficking organization that peddled narcotics through the darknet and encrypted messaging apps. Michael Ta, 25, of Westminster was sentenced to 21 years and eight months in prison by U.S. District Judge … Read more
BRITAIN’s oldest loan shark gave seven victims £120,000 over the last 20 years, a court has heard – warning one “You know I can find you”. Great-gran Tabitha Richardson, 83, has been ordered to pay back £173,000 after charging customers 40 per cent interest on loans. 2 Tabitha Richardson is Britain’s oldest loan sharkCredit: WNS … Read more
LOS ANGELES — LOS ANGELES (AP) — Britney Spears and her father Jamie Spears will avoid what could have been a long, ugly and revealing trial with a settlement of the lingering issues in the court conservatorship that controlled her life and financial decisions for nearly 14 years. A hearing on those issues — including … Read more
By Oleg Cetinic and Barbara Surk | Associated Press PARIS — French actor Gérard Depardieu will face a criminal trial in October over the alleged sexual assaults in 2021 of two women on the set of a film, prosecutors announced Monday. The 75-year-old actor, who previously has denied any wrongdoing, was detained for questioning by … Read more
