Moscow City Court Press Office/Handout via Reuters Russia’s deputy defense minister was arrested Wednesday just hours after attending a meeting of top military brass, according to federal investigators. Timur Ivanov is officially charged with accepting a massive bribe—but some sources say that’s just for show.“The bribe–that’s for the public. So far they don’t want to talk publicly about treason, it’s a big scandal. After all, it’s the deputy minister of defense,” one unnamed source close to the Federal Security Service told the independent Russian news outlet iStories.Read more at The Daily Beast.

Joyce Vance suggested that if the former president continues to breach his gag order he could see "custodial time."

Kim Jong Un could attempt a limited conflict to extract concessions from the U.S. in a presidential election year, experts believe.

Moldovan police seized over $ 1 million from a new Kremlin-aligned political bloc in the former Soviet country.

A 16-year-old was charged on Friday with committing a terrorist act, a crime that carries a maximum penalty of life in prison, following the knife attack in which an Assyrian Orthodox bishop and priest were injured.

The popular horror author joined the Democratic Party in 1970 and has been an outspoken critic of Donald Trump for years.

Former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance suggests presidents could order "assassination of Supreme Court Justices" under absolute immunity.

Activist groups inspired by anti-Israel protests at Columbia University, UC Berkeley, and Yale, are looking to lead their own resistance movements at schools in California, Texas and Maryland.

"I realized that 26 years ago Joe Biden raped me right here in that dressing room," Barr mocks in her video, sparking a backlash.

Families of crash victims are set to meet with prosecutors on Wednesday.

A number of runaway army horses galloped through London on Wednesday morning, causing alarm and injuring pedestrians. All were eventually recovered.

Plus, clashes over Donald Trump’s gag order.

The streaming services will be looking for a larger share of the $27-billion pot for commercial time in the 2024-25 TV season.

L.A. County Supervisors voted for a 'fair workweek' ordinance, requiring retailers and grocers to tell workers their schedules two weeks in advance

L.A. Times NFL writer Sam Farmer predicts quarterbacks will be taken 1-2-3 atop the draft Thursday after a surprise trade happens in the third spot.

Law enforcement is supposed to use science-based procedures for witness identification and lineups. But many agencies continue practices that can lead to wrongful convictions.

The technology from Hayden AI will help the ticketing process of vehicles parked in Metro bus lanes and at bus stops.

It's an abomination that this long after the Columbine massacre, gun violence is the leading cause of death for American children and teens.

A colorful shelter next to the 110 Freeway in Highland Park brings to mind the favelas of Rio de Janeiro. Expect more of this if we fail on homelessness.

Encampments and protests took place at UC Berkeley and Cal Poly Humboldt, and plans were shaping up for more pro-Palestinian protests at California colleges and universities.

A mix of history, memoir and biography, this book reflects on how time, perspective and stories left unwritten can shape our view of the past.

After dropping off luggage at my hotel, I hit my first stop: Larry’s Steaks, a sandwich shop in the Wynnefield neighborhood that makes Bryant’s favorite Philly cheesesteak.

A former California court employee says keeping cameras out of Trump's New York trial is the right call.

Arizona voters will decide on a ballot measure in November that could mean tax refunds for property owners if cities fail to tackle homeless encampments.

The DWP panel backed a $750,000 salary for proposed General Manager Janisse Quiñones, far higher than the $447,000 earned by the current manager.

After being arrested and suspended, Isra Hirsi complained counter protesters haven't been given the same sanctions and "disciplinary warnings" as anti-Israel agitators.

Jack Carr, bestselling author and former Navy SEAL task unit commander and sniper, recounts the events of April 24, 1980, nearly 6 months into the Iran hostage crisis — and why "there is more to it."

Amid California's housing crisis, some small communities persist with property values well below the statewide norm.

Disney's nearly $2-billion expansion plan for Disneyland highlights the importance of the company's theme parks for its bottom line.

The Port of Oakland is home to the United States' first commercial hydrogen fuel station for big-rig trucks. It's a step on the road to cleaner trucking.

The public funding for a baseball stadium in Las Vegas faces a public backlash--with good reason

For a better meatless meatball, look to coastal Mexico, where you can find brighter variations made with seafood. This version is served in a tomato-y broth with lots of fresh cilantro.

Expanded federal overtime rule could result in employers paying workers an additional $1.5 billion, according to one estimate.

Sean McVay has not had the chance to draft in the first round during his years with the Rams until this year ... "If we do pick in the first round.”

Congress approved a new aid package after months of delay, potentially throwing the country a lifeline in its war with Russia.

Bernie Sanders wouldn't say whether he would hold hearings on campus antisemitism in his capacity as HELP committee chairman, saying he is "concerned about bigotry of all kinds."

Lady Mariko and Ochiba are among "Shōgun's" women who navigated their social constraints in feudal Japan to live on their own terms.

Meatballs made with shrimp instead of meat are a specialty of coastal Mexico. These albóndigas de camarón are tender and fluffy and served in a tomato-y broth with lots of fresh cilantro.

We are at a tipping point. Plastic pollution is affecting planet, animal, and human health.

Americans whose ancestors came from the MENA region don't need a new government-designed race to validate their ethnicities, cultures, or ancestry any more than they need a special religious category in a government survey to validate their Islamic, Christian, Jewish, Yazidi, or other religious beliefs.

Ohio may become the next state to end its spousal rape loophole, but several states still have these laws on their books.

Israel-Hamas war: In Qatar's capital, a compound housing Palestinian medical evacuees from Gaza is a living catalog of what war does to the human body.

because I’d deemed the book complete,the last pages written, end notes done.Because the pages seemed armoredagainst me. Needful of nothing. Smug.Because a day passed. Because I got a call;a heart had faltered. The person the protagonistwas drawn on: gone. Because it wasmy father. Because was. Because my father is,in the book, alive. Because alive now seems a lie.Death, the missing letter. Because his heartpumps through the pages’ veins, throughtrees felled for their pulp. Because artcan’t match life’s stride, or death’s.Because my book has shorter legs.Because it lags like a video streamedon unstable internet. Because I couldn’tfinish the bowl of chicken soup I’d startedbefore the call. Because my father’s flesh was warmwhen I heated the broth. Because I thoughtof the chicken my father saw as a pet, as a child.Because he learned it wasn’t. Because he ate it,learned, then cried. Because I need to edit.Because death is absent, but death isthe absence that can’t be revised.

There are no cameras allowed in the court where Trump is being tried on 34 felony counts stemming from a "hush money" payment before the 2016 election.

We can measure time but there are all kinds of time that we still can't really fathom.

Experts say there are good reasons for the abundance of personal injury law firm billboards in Los Angeles, including the impact of the pandemic and the importance of building a brand.

Finnish activist Aiski Ryökäs at a My Voice, My Choice press conference. | Varja Jovanovič A massive effort to expand access throughout Europe launches today. An unprecedented effort to expand abortion rights throughout Europe launches today, led by groups that were already fighting for reproductive freedom at the national level in their eight home countries. The My Voice, My Choice campaign aims to collect 1 million signatures in the next few months to pressure leaders of the European Union to commit to helping anyone who is not easily able to end an unwanted pregnancy where they live. While legal abortion is supported throughout Europe andis broadly more accessible and affordable in the EUcompared to the United States, there are some exceptions.Poland and Malta have near-total abortion bans, Austria and Germany generallydo not provide free abortion care through national health insurance, and in countries such as Croatia and Italy, many doctors refuse to provide the procedure. Activists say their effort could help shore up access for nearly 20 million women. Their campaign for a European Citizens’ Initiative would help address those gaps by providing financial support for people to get care internationally if needed. Activists are presenting their initiative as voluntary — member states can choose to opt in. Those states that do participate “in the spirit of solidarity” could then receive financial support from the EU to terminate pregnancies for those who lack access to safe and legal abortion where they live. The proposed EU mechanism would cover the cost of the procedure but not travel costs. “What’s really special is it’s basically being built as the largest feminist movement in Europe, which is crazy and super tiring sometimes, and also really, really beautiful,” said Nika Kovač, a Slovenian activist leading the campaign. Varja Jovanovič Nika Kovač. Kovač told Vox she decided to mobilize on the European-wide level after seeing the Supreme Court overturn legal abortion in the United States. “The whole idea for this campaign came from the despair in the US,” she said. Kovač and her colleagues at the 8th of March Institute, a Slovenian human rights group named for International Women’s Day, planned this citizens’ initiative idea in secret for about 18 months, and then started recruiting international partners in late 2023. The core coalition now includes activists from Poland, Ireland, Spain, France, Austria, Croatia, and Finland. They aim to collect 1 million signatures in advance of the European parliamentary elections in June, which occur only once every five years. Collecting so many signatures in such a short time will be difficult, and if they’re successful, it would be the fastest signature collection for a European Citizen Initiative in history. Still, success is not inconceivable given that the effort is being led by organizers with years of mobilization experience in their home countries. Signature collection can be done both in-person and online, and activists are looking to organize at big upcoming events like May Day protests. “One thing I can rely on is the stubbornness of these women,” Kovač said. “In Europe we are so often caught up in our own national context, and this is the first time I feel like we’re slowly coming out of it.” How the proposed European abortion rights measure would work The European Union, which is comprised of 27 member states, has authority to govern via international treaties, primarily in realms such as monetary policy, trade policy, environmental policy, and consumer protection. Any powers — officially known as competences — not covered by these treaties remain exclusive to the member states, and for years activists were told that reproductive rights were simply beyond the scope of what the EU could legislate on, meaning that abortion had to be left to each sovereign country. “So many European politicians and bureaucrats say nothing can be done in the context of abortion on the European level because it’s not directly one of the competencies of the European Commission,” Kovač explained. “So we had to do a lot of thinking and researching.” They convened a group of international lawyers who helped develop a novel legal strategy, positioning their citizens’ measure as one within the “supporting competence” of the EU, an established official authority that allows the European Commission to support member states for a variety of purposes, including the protection and improvement of human health. Even with broader grounds for legal exceptions in European countries with earlier gestational age limits, first-trimester bans in Europe still force thousands of pregnant people to travel internationally every year to end their unwanted pregnancies. One study published in 2023 looked at pregnant people who traveled from countries like Austria, Bulgaria, France, Germany, and Italy to the Netherlands or England for later abortion care. Over half of the pregnant people surveyed hadn’t learned they were even pregnant until they were at least 14 weeks along, when they had already surpassed the limits in their home countries. If activists succeed in collecting enough signatures, then members of the European Commission would need to decide if they would support the citizens’ initiative. Activists aim to press all candidates running for European Parliament in June to clarify their stance on the proposal so voters have that information when they go to the polls. “It really will depend on what the next European Commission looks like, but the important thing for us is that this will go to them and they will need to speak to it and then do something,” Kovač said. “It’s really the first concrete solution for the people in Europe.”

Khaled Barakat zoomed in to tell the hardest of hard core students about "resistance." But he didn't mention he is banned from Germany for antisemitism.