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Nick Reiner believes he's victim of a 'conspiracy,' new documentary claims
Nick Reiner, accused in the brutal slayings of his parents Rob and Michele Reiner, allegedly believes he’s the victim of a “conspiracy,” according to a new documentary.
In TMZ’s “The Reiner Murders: What Really Happened,” airing Friday night on Fox and streaming Saturday on Hulu, sources say the 32-year-old knows he killed his ...Read more
Feds seek 20-year prison sentence for 'hub of child porn,' ex SC Rep. RJ May III
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Federal prosecutors want disgraced former GOP state Rep. RJ May to spend 20 years in prison for distributing child porn on the internet, according to filings made ahead of his Jan. 14 sentencing.
Twenty years is near the maximum May could get based on the charges against him and federal prison sentencing guidelines. The ...Read more
Transcript: ICE agent Jonathan Ross' law enforcement, military career dates back two decades
MINNEAPOLIS — The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who shot and killed Renee Good on a south Minneapolis street served in a multitude of law enforcement roles during a two-decade career that also included military service.
Federal court records show Jonathan Ross’ career includes U.S. military experience and mostly high-level ...Read more
Parents stand watch for ICE outside Minnesota schools
MINNEAPOLIS — Parents, neighbors and school staffers are ramping up mobilization efforts to stand guard outside schools as thousands of federal immigration agents descend on the Twin Cities.
While parent-teacher organizations have organized watches outside schools during pick-up and drop-off times for months, the ICE killing of Renee Nicole ...Read more
Hundreds rally in southwest Detroit in opposition to ICE, Trump
DETROIT — Hundreds of protesters gathered Friday evening to passionately and peacefully protest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and to mourn a Minnesota woman killed by an ICE agent.
Assembled at Clark Park in southwest Detroit, protesters carried signs and chanted slogans critical of President Donald Trump and his aggressive ...Read more
Political expression or vandalism? High-profile Stanford felony trial opens
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Opening arguments in a Stanford felony vandalism case began Friday amid sharp disputes over whether political views tied to Israel’s war in Gaza should factor into the trial — an issue that has shaped the case from its earliest stages.
Almost two years after 13 people were arrested for allegedly damaging Stanford ...Read more
SpaceX launches 2nd Space Coast mission of 2026
SpaceX knocked out Friday the first of a series of afternoon launches in the coming week with another Starlink mission from Florida's Cape Canaveral.
A Falcon 9 on the Starlink 6-96 mission with 29 more of the internet satellites lifted off at 4:41 p.m. Eastern time from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40.
This was ...Read more
Federal judge blocks Trump administration's freeze of $10 billion in child care funds
A federal judge in New York has temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s move to freeze $10 billion in child care funds in five Democrat-led states including California.
The ruling Friday afternoon capped a tumultuous stretch that began earlier this week when the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services told California officials and...Read more
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There are many crowdfunding campaigns online tied to Renee Good’s killing, but are any legit?
MINNEAPOLIS — There is an increasing number of campaigns being hosted by one of the nation’s leading crowdfunding platforms claiming to be collecting money on behalf of the family of Renee Good, the woman killed by an ICE agent this week in ...Read more
California is free of all drought, dryness for first time in 25 years. Inside the remarkable turnaround
LOS ANGELES — After experiencing one of the wettest holiday seasons on record, still soggy California hit a major milestone this week — having zero areas of abnormal dryness for the first time in 25 years.
The data, collected by the U.S. Drought Monitor, are a welcome nugget of news for Golden State residents, who in the last 15 years alone...Read more
Disneyland Monorail rider climbs on roof before firefighters evacuate stalled ride
ANAHEIM, Calif. — A rider stuck on a stalled Disneyland Monorail climbed on the roof of the train before firefighters arrived to evacuate the ride that had been stalled on the track for more than an hour, according to social media posts.
About 60 people were evacuated by ladder from the Disneyland Monorail Thursday evening after a technical ...Read more
AI windfall helps California narrow projected $3-billion budget deficit
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California and its state-funded programs are heading into a period of volatile fiscal uncertainty, driven largely by events in Washington and on Wall Street.
Gov. Gavin Newsom's budget chief warned Friday that surging revenues tied to the artificial intelligence boom are being offset by rising costs and federal funding ...Read more
Immigration judge issues ruling in Maryland woman's deportation case
BALTIMORE — A federal immigration judge on Friday denied bond for an Eastern Shore woman arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in December, keeping her detained as deportation proceedings move forward, her attorney said.
Vanessa Parrazal, 24, has been in federal immigration custody since Dec. 17 and is currently held at the ...Read more
EPA opposes Colorado plan to close coal-fired power plants
DENVER — The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday determined Colorado cannot order the closure of coal-fired power plants under the Clean Air Act, and, therefore, the agency will deny the state’s plan to reduce the haze that clouds views at Rocky Mountain National Park and other federal lands.
The move is part of the Trump ...Read more
Conan O'Brien's party guests likely to testify at Nick Reiner's trial
Some of the celebrities and high-powered executives who gathered at Conan O’Brien's annual holiday party on Dec. 13 are likely to be called to testify in the first-degree murder trial of Nick Reiner, especially if he pleads not guilty by reason of insanity in the fatal stabbing of his parents, legendary director Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner. ...Read more
Filmmaker who killed man in Miami now gets to make pizzas in Italy
MIAMI — An Italian filmmaker who gunned down an Australian hotelier on Miami’s Virginia Key in the '90s can now leave prison to make pizzas and windsurf in Italy, thanks to the Italian judicial system and the U.S. push to return him to his native country to serve out his life sentence.
The Italian courts recently granted work release to ...Read more
Trump considering visit to Michigan next week
DETROIT — Planning is underway for a potential visit by President Donald Trump to Michigan on Tuesday, according to four sources familiar with the behind-the-scenes preparations.
The sources requested to speak on the condition of anonymity because the plans weren't finalized as of Friday afternoon and because they weren't authorized to ...Read more
Illinois AG says National Guard case should be resolved in its favor following Supreme Court ruling
Calling a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling a “straightforward path” to a legal victory, lawyers for the state of Illinois said Friday they hope to quickly resolving ongoing litigation over President Donald Trump’s controversial efforts to deploy National Guard troops to the Chicago area to bolster immigration enforcement.
The status ...Read more
FAU professor, suspended over Charlie Kirk comments, will not be reinstated ahead of spring semester
A Florida Atlantic University professor who was suspended in September over social media comments she made about Charlie Kirk will remain under investigation heading into the spring semester.
Kate Polak, an English professor in the university’s College of Arts and Letters, said her department chair informed her on Thursday that she would not ...Read more
Mayor Mamdani's administration reconsidering funding legal defense for ex-Adams aide Tim Pearson
NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration is revisiting a decision by his predecessor to let ex-City Hall adviser Tim Pearson get taxpayer-funded legal representation against four lawsuits accusing him of sexual harassment and professional retaliation.
As reported by the Daily News earlier this week, Pearson, who served as a top ...Read more
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