Showdown looms after judge sets hearing to close L.A. juvenile hall

A Los Angeles County judge has reopened the door to closing Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall, a day after the Los Angeles County Probation Department rejected a state regulator’s order to close the long-troubled youth facility. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Miguel Espinoza ordered the Probation Department to close troubled Downey Hall and move the […]

Fraud charges strip Maricopa kid P.I. of license in state hearing

Maricopa’s most popular private investigator, who was hired on most of the city’s missing child cases, had his detective license revoked late last month after he was found responsible for fraud. Chris Castorena, owner of Phoenix-based Arizona Private Investigator Service, has worked on three Maricopa missing child cases this year. Talesa Predmore, Javier Alzuhair Sainz […]

Emergency hearing held on Phoenix Union race ballot error

A federal judge is seeking opinions from candidates on what to do next after an error was discovered in Maricopa County’s Phoenix Union High School District school board election ballots. The error stemmed from a decades-old consent decree enacted in 1990 after a court determined that the Phoenix union governing board’s previous method of conducting […]

GOP Lawmakers Move To Hold Blinken In Contempt After He Skips Afghanistan Withdrawal Hearing

A House committee moved to hold Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt for missing a Tuesday congressional hearing on the chaotic 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal despite being legally required to testify. Blinken is Subpoena He was scheduled to testify before the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) on Tuesday about the Afghanistan withdrawal that led to […]

Trump Assassination Attempt Task Force Reveals When They Will Hold First Hearing

The select congressional committee set up to investigate the first assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump is scheduled to hold its first hearing on September 26th. The hearing will focus on the Secret Service's role and perceived shortcomings in its reliance on state and local law enforcement for its protective missions. According to According […]

‘Demonstration Of The Hate’: Ted Cruz Singles Out Anti-Israel Protester For Yelling ‘F***ing Jews’ During Hearing

Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas specifically denounced anti-Israel protesters who interrupted a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday by yelling “fuck Jews” during witness questioning. This incident Hearing In his speech, titled “Threats to Justice Everywhere: Stemming the Tide of Hate Crimes in America,” Cruz asked Rabbi Marc Goldfeder, president of the National Jewish […]