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Video captured a homeless man jumping on the hood of a car before smashing its windshield at the corner of Hollywood and Highland, and it’s just one of the countless scenes across Los Angeles and California in which homeless people suffering from addiction or mental illness vandalize property, assault people or sometimes even commit murder. The woman who shot the video happens to be a therapist wh...

An outgoing BART board director known for conservative stances and tense standoffs with her Democratic colleagues handed each of them a parting gift at the last meeting of her term: MAGA hats. Director Debora Allen, who decided not to run for re-election, put the hats in gift bags that she passed out during a board meeting Thursday, which also included a letter to each board member. The meeting op...

Target has failed to persuade a judge in Florida to dismiss a lawsuit that accused the retailer of deceiving shareholders after its sales of LGBTQ-themed merchandise for Pride Month sparked a backlash and a customer boycott.

Just days after losing the backing of Thornton Township Democrats, embattled supervisor Tiffany Henyard criticized the process that led to her replacement and vowed to continue fighting to keep her job. "Put some respect on my name because I am loved throughout Thornton Township. That's why I keep going. That's why I have never ever gave up," Henyard said during a rally Saturday, surrounded by abo...

A doll-faced killer will get thrown in the box. A sultry 23-year-old Colombian woman known as “The Doll” and labeled a “dangerous hitwoman” was arrested in connection to several targeted gangland killings — including the recent ambush murder of her ex-lover, according to local reports. Karen Julieth Ojeda Rodriguez — known to police by the alias “La Muneca” (“The Doll”) — was cuffed for her allege...

A Missouri lawmaker wants to create a program which would give residents $1,000 payouts for reporting illegal immigrants in their communities to authorities. The bounty-hunter-style system was proposed by Senator-elect Davod Gregory, who wants to allow regular bail bond agents to be certified to go after those who crossed the border illegally. Gregory introduced Senate Bill 72 on December 1, and i...

It's only Thursday, but Dolton Mayor and Thornton Township Supervisor Tiffany Henyard has had quite the week—with turmoil, yelling, and political maneuvering in both of her jobs. On Thursday night, some of Henyard's opponents called her a hypocrite—as she fights to stay on one ballot herself while supporting those opponents getting thrown off another. This past Tuesday night, a Democratic Party Ca...

Leaders of the Greater Idaho movement said Wednesday they are asking President Trump and his incoming administration to get involved in supporting border talks between Idaho and Oregon. In a letter released Wednesday ( see below ), Citizens for Greater Idaho praised the former and future President as a "practical problem-solver" whose support could bring a "peaceful resolution to Oregon's longstan...

California’s fast food industry shed more than 6,000 jobs after Democratic lawmakers passed a bill mandating a $20 minimum wage for most fast food and counter service restaurants in the state, according to a new analysis of labor data. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data show that between September 2023, when California governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1228, and June 2024, Golden State...

British rock band Sports Team was robbed at gunpoint in broad daylight on Monday when they had stopped for coffee in California on the first day of their US tour. The band — consisting of frontman Alex Rice, guitarists Rob Knaggs and Henry Young, bassist Oli Dewdney, drummer Al Greenwood, and keyboardist Ben Mack — touched down in California ahead of their first gig in Sacramento on Tuesday. But a...

With Eileen O'Neill Burke now officially sworn in as Cook County State's Attorney, big changes are expected in how retail theft cases are charged and handled. The $1,000 threshold to make retail theft a felony crime—which was set by O'Neill Burke's predecessor, Kim Foxx—will be dropping to $300, effective immediately. This change in how retail theft cases are charged is music to the ears of small...

Redmond police believe two defendants busted in a home burglary in Redmond in October are linked to an organized crime ring. The department believes the international group is responsible for multiple burglaries in Redmond and neighboring communities. "The suspects in this case specifically are tied to a larger transnational organized crime ring that a lot of agencies on the Eastside have been tra...

Embattled south suburban politician Tiffany Henyard could be out of one of her political positions after some deft political maneuvering by her opponents. Henyard lost the Democratic nomination for Thornton Township supervisor Tuesday night, paving a path toward losing one of the two political positions she currently holds. Henyard is also the mayor of Dolton.

Texas is looking at a plan to ramp up migrant buses again — but instead of sending them to sanctuary cities, officials would ship newly arrived illegal migrants directly to ICE holding centers so they can be processed quickly for deportation, a Lone Star State source told The Post. The proposal, which has not been approved by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, is meant to continue Operation Lone Star, which...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams says he is open to deporting migrants who have been charged with crimes ahead of a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump’s new Border Czar Tom Homan. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Adams said he has requested a meeting with Homan to talk about the incoming Trump administration's plans for dealing with the influx of immigrants that have overwhelmed the city's e...

It was another eventful village board meeting in south suburban Dolton Monday night as Mayor Tiffany Henyard once again told residents she’ll be victorious in her run for a second term. Many in the audience left or stood with their backs to the mayor when she spoke. “Know this – I am going to come through on a landslide just like Trump did,” Henyard said. “Like it or not, I am your mayor.” But in...

A “bombogenesis,” commonly known as a “bomb cyclone,” pounded the Pacific Northwest earlier this week with destructive winds and torrential rain. At higher altitudes, heavy snow and strong winds unleashed blizzards. This once-in-a-decade storm caused widespread power outages across the Seattle metropolitan area, leaving electric vehicle owners in a panic. At the peak of widespread outages, more th...

The federal government has the authority to deport foreign nationals in the U.S. illegally over the objection of local authorities, a panel of three judges on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled. The 29-page ruling was written by Judge Daniel Bress, with judges Michael Hawkins and Richard Clinton concurring. At issue is an April 2019 executive order issued by King County Executive...

Los Angeles residents are panicking over copper wire thieves knocking out their phone service and leaving them with the bill. Over the last few months, Hacienda Heights neighbors have lost most of their landline services after thieves have been tampering with utility poles and other parts of the city infrastructure. Seventy-nine-year-old Michael Weiner told the Los Angeles Times that he’s still be...

I pointed out recently that San Francisco police had arrested a group of teens for a string of thefts at various SF Walgreens stores. One of the shoplifters wasn't even a teen, he was 12 but had apparently been involved in numerous thefts and at least one assault of a store employee. Today the NY Times has a story that looks at another common type of shoplifter that has been making news for the pa...

A South Carolina mayor died while being pursued by law enforcement on Tuesday, just days after the town’s entire police force quit due to a “hostile work environment.” McColl Mayor George Garner II veered into eastbound traffic and collided head-on with an 18-wheeler during the police chase. Garner was connected to an active investigation by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, sources tol...

A 24-year-old migrant was stabbed during a fight with another resident at a Big Apple shelter Wednesday — with the suspected attacker now in custody, police sources said. The victim was plunged in the stomach and neck with an unknown object around 11:30 a.m. inside the Lincoln Center site at 31 Central Park North near 110th Street in Harlem, according to sources.

Mexican immigration authorities have broken up two small migrant caravans headed to the U.S. border, activists said Saturday. Some migrants were bused to cities in southern Mexico, and others were offered transit papers. The action comes a week after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatened to slap 25% tariffs on Mexican products unless the country does more to stem the flow of migrants to the...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Austin's Sunrise Homeless Navigation Center, alleging that it fosters criminal behavior and threatens the safety of local residents. The center, located near an elementary school, has been linked to reports of drug use, public indecency, and violence. Paxton argues that the center's operations, which include distributing harm-reduction...

Brookfield’s Bank of America Tower in downtown Los Angeles has seen its appraised value plummet by 69%, mirroring broader commercial real estate struggles in urban cores post-pandemic. Once valued at $605 million, the property is now appraised at just $188 million, burdened by $400 million in debt. This sharp decline is part of a broader trend fueled by soaring vacancy rates, now at 38% in Los Ang...