Federal authorities subpoena NYC mayor’s director of asylum seeker operations
Federal prosecutors have subpoenaed the director overseeing New York City’s office for asylum seekers, the latest sign of ...
Police arrest 15-year old for making social media threats against DC schools
Police on Friday arrested a 15-year-old boy on charges related to threats on social media that prompted an increased police presence at multiple schools in Washington, D.C.
Colorado supermarket shooter was sane when he killed 10 people, prosecutor says
A mentally ill man carefully amassed the guns and ammunition to kill as many people as possible before pursuing and fatally ...
Huge penguin chick ‘Pesto’ a social media heavyweight
In this photograph provided by SEA LIFE Melbourne, Pesto, a huge king penguin chick who weighs as much as both his parents ...
Coroner IDs woman who was struck by a vehicle while intervening a fight
According to the Bakersfield Police Department, Fuller was intervening in a fight in the roadway. Multiple subjects were allegedly involved in the altercation.
Coroner ID’s woman who died in KCSO custody in July
The Kern County Coroner’s Office identified a woman who died while in sheriff’s office custody back in July. Coroner officials say Courtney Nichole ...
What to know about the growing conflict between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah
This week saw a dizzying escalation in the 11-month-old conflict between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah. First came two days of exploding pagers and walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah — ...
Arundhati Roy’s first memoir, ‘Mother Mary Comes to Me,’ to be published in September 2025
Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy’s first memoir is coming out next fall, a book inspired by the death of her mother.
Why does ‘The Babadook’ still haunt? Its director, Jennifer Kent, has some answers
The Babadook,” when it was released 10 years ago, didn’t seem to portend a cultural sensation. It was the first film by a little-known Australian filmmaker, Jennifer ...
Bakersfield’s 2024 Walk like MADD aims to combat impaired driving
The 2024 Bakersfield Walk like MADD & MADD Dash 5K, hosted by Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), aims to raise funds and awareness to fight impaired ...
Takeaways from AP’s report on churches starting schools in voucher states
Some churches are launching new Christian schools on their campuses, seeking to give parents more education options that ...
North Dakota US Sen. Kevin Cramer’s son pleads guilty in car-chase death of a deputy
The adult son of U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer pleaded guilty on Friday to all the charges he faced in connection with a car-chase crash that killed a North Dakota sheriff’s deputy.