Labor Department awards $800K for workers to aid in wildfire recovery in New Mexico
The U.S. Department of Labor on Monday announced an initial award of $800,000 to support workers needed in the cleanup and recovery activities in response…
‘Pendulum has swung’: Supervisors signal shift on Men’s Central Jail
In the summer of 2019, justice reformers celebrated because the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors scrapped a controversial $1.7-billion plan to replace the county’s…
Justice Department sues TikTok for allegedly violating child privacy laws
The legal pressure on TikTok just got more intense.The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday sued TikTok and its Chinese parent ByteDance for allegedly breaking…
Justice Department, FTC sue TikTok, allege violations of children’s privacy laws
Tiktok CEO Shou Zi Chew speaks with the press after meeting with Sen. John Letterman, D-Pa., at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., in March.…
2 ex-FBI officials settle with Justice Department over leaked texts
WASHINGTON — Two former FBI officials have settled lawsuits with the Justice Department, resolving claims that their privacy rights were violated when the department leaked to…
Justice Department: TikTok collected U.S. user views on abortion, religion
WASHINGTON — In a fresh broadside against one of the world’s most popular technology companies, the Justice Department has accused TikTok of harnessing the capability to…
Commerce Department recommends $575 million for more coastal climate change resilience
Commerce Secretary Gia Raimondo Friday recommended $575 in funding for 19 projects to boost coastal climate resiliences. The funds will come from the Inflation Reduction…
Human smuggling operation cracked by Justice Department
A secondary border wall separating the United States and Mexico continues to be constructed at the border near Otay Mesa, California, on Tuesday, March 12,…
As doctors leave Puerto Rico in droves, a rapper tries to fill gaps
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — On a recent morning in an Afro-Caribbean community in northeast Puerto Rico, Dr. Pedro Juan Vázquez went door-to-door as part of…
L.A. sheriff investigated Times reporter with list of problem deputies
For at least three years, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department secretly investigated — and ultimately urged the state attorney general to prosecute — a…
Kaspersky announces it will close U.S. offices after Commerce Department ban
U.S. News // 17 hours ago Week after hurricane, 184K people remain without power in Houston area July 15 (UPI) -- Nearly 184,000 Houston-area residents…
House rejects GOP effort to fine Atty. Gen. Garland for refusal to turn over Biden audio
WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday rejected a GOP effort to fine Atty. Gen. Merrick Garland $10,000 a day until he turns over audio of President…
How California local governments are using opioid settlement payouts
Sacramento — Sonja Verdugo lost her husband to an opioid overdose last year. She regularly delivers medical supplies to people using drugs who are living —…
Analysis: LAPD still shoots people holding ‘edged weapon’ in a crisis
Los Angeles police officials have been trying for years to curb officer shootings of people in crisis who are holding a knife, machete or other…
Judge’s order restricts enforcement of rule protecting LGBTQ+ students
TOPEKA, Kan. — Enforcement of a federal rule expanding antidiscrimination protections for LGBTQ+ students has been blocked in four states and a patchwork of places elsewhere…
A court will enforce California-style climate goals in Hawaii
This week, 13 young Hawaiian plaintiffs were set to take the state’s Department of Transportation to trial for failing to make real headway on reducing…
‘Kind of bunk’: A closer look at the controversial case against a top L.A. D.A. official
One legal expert called it “kind of bunk.” Another said it simply raises more questions than it answers. But two months after state prosecutors announced…
Justice Department to monitor primary election in Queens, N.Y.
June 24 (UPI) -- The U.S. Justice Department on Monday announced it will monitor compliance with federal voting rights laws in Queens, N.Y., for Tuesday's…
Top US State Department official for Israel-Palestine affairs resigns | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Andrew Miller cited family reasons but resignation is latest in a string of departures from Biden administration since Israel’s war on Gaza began. A senior…
L.A. wants to make firing bad cops easier. Should the LAPD’s watchdog have a role?
The LAPD’s much-maligned disciplinary system is on the verge of a major transformation, and members of the Los Angeles Police Commission expressed concern Tuesday about…