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Vile "Celeste is a liar" sky message appears above Coachella after D4vd"s arrest for murder
8+ min ago (298+ words) A mysterious skywriting message reading "Celeste is a liar" appeared over the Coachella area shortly after singer D4vdwas arrested in connection with the killing of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. It is not known who arranged the aerial display, and authorities have…...
Judge blocks Nexstar-Tegna deal, throwing $6. 2-billion merger into doubt
35+ min ago (918+ words) A federal judge has blocked Nexstar Media Group's $6. 2-billion acquisition of its rival, upending the already consummated union of the nation's two largest television station groups. U. S. District Court Chief Judge Troy L. Nunley on Friday issued a preliminary injunction that forbids…...
Alec Baldwin to head back to court in LA as civil trial moves forward in fatal "Rust" shooting
2+ hour, 19+ min ago (536+ words) Actor Alec Baldwin will no longer face any criminal charges for his involvement in the fatal "Rust" movie set shooting, but he will be heading back to court once again. A Los Angeles judge ruled on Friday that a civil…...
Federal judge blocks $6 billion Nexstar-Tegna TV merger
2+ hour, 45+ min ago (518+ words) A federal judge on Friday blocked the $6 billion merger of Nexstar, the largest owner of TV stations in the United States, with its rival Tegna, until an antitrust lawsuit is resolved. Chief Judge Troy L. Nunley of the U. S. District Court for…...
Federal Appeals Court Opens Door to Moving Trans Inmates Under Trump Gender Order
9+ hour, 44+ min ago (205+ words) The Bureau of Prisons could soon move forward with the transfer of 17 incarcerated transgender women to men's facilities, after a federal appeals court on Friday vacated rulings by a district court judge that had been blocking the transfers for more…...
Prosecutor Withdraws From Trump Team's Investigation of Ex-C. I. A. Chief
9+ hour, 42+ min ago (913+ words) A senior federal prosecutor in Miami has withdrawn from an investigation into John O. Brennan, the former C. I. A. director, over concerns about the legal viability of a politically charged case Trump administration officials have tried to fast-track, people familiar with the matter…...
Racist monster who livestreamed torture of white disabled man is back behind bars
9+ hour, 35+ min ago (237+ words) One of the twisted brutes who livestreamed the racist torture of a white disabled man nearly a decade ago is back behind bars for chasing down and mugging a cyclist, according to police. Tesfaye Cooper, 30 " who spent roughly seven years…...
Brush fire in Riverside County triggers evacuations, damages at least one home
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (404+ words) A vegetation fire that ignited in Riverside County on Wednesday afternoon damaged at least one home and triggered evacuations in Jurupa Valley. The Yearling fire was reported in the 8500 block of Yearling Way in Pedley around 4 p. m. and grew to about…...
Newport Beach business scammed by phony Bieber staff who claimed the pop star needed rentals for Coachella, then drove them to M
2+ day, 32+ min ago (617+ words) A Newport Beach rental company says it has been left reeling after four of its compact Moke-style buggies, worth more than $200, 000, allegedly vanished in what appears to be a carefully orchestrated scam tied to pop star Justin Bieber. Newport Beach…...
The Hunger Games" Alum Ethan Jamieson Arrested For Assault With a Deadly Weapon With Intent to Kill
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (269+ words) Ethan Jamieson, who appeared alongside Jennifer Lawrence in 2012s "The Hunger Games," was arrested on charges of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill in Raleigh, N. C. Per a spokesman for the Raleigh Police Department, Jamieson, 27, was arrested after officers…...