Underworld Turns

Scenes of Escalating Violence, Chaos, and Resistance in Minneapolis

Minneapolis remains on edge after the ICE killing of Renée Good last Wednesday. As ICE and Border Patrol operations intensify—Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Sunday that “hundreds more” agents are being sent to the city—residents continue to spill into the streets, filming, heckling, and tracking federal vehicles, block by block. Following this drama closely […]
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Abandoned Southern California mall overrun by vandals; 402 police calls since October

Authorities in Westminster, a suburb of Los Angeles in Orange County, are looking to spread awareness of vandalism at the Westminster Mall, which closed last October but has since become a hotbed of illicit activity.  According to the Westminster Police Department, the mall has been boarded up since its closure; however, people still are finding ways […]
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CEO charged with embezzling $5.2M from Paul Newman-founded organization for children

The former CEO of a Southern California nonprofit camp for children with serious medical conditions has been charged with embezzling more than $5 million from the organization, prosecutors said. Christopher L. Butler, 49, is charged with 15 felony counts, including nine counts of grand theft, five counts of forgery and one count of fraudulent use […]
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Billboard next to Southern California highway hijacked with pro-ICE messaging 

A billboard next to a Southern California freeway was hijacked with pro-ICE messaging and a chilling remark about the fatal federal officer-involved shooting of Renee Good. A KTLA viewer sent in a photo showing a billboard alongside the 215 Freeway in Riverside, near the Central Avenue/Watkins Drive exit. Per the photo, the billboard had been […]
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Video: 5 people taken into custody after pursuit through Los Angeles 

Video shows the moment five people inside a stolen sedan were taken into custody after a pursuit through Los Angeles overnight. According to a California Highway Patrol spokesperson, the pursuit was initiated by deputies from the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department’s Carson Station on the 105 Freeway near Wilmington Avenue in Willowbrook at 2:21 a.m. Monday. […]
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Fairness and safety for female athletes

Tomorrow, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in two cases which, combined, bring to a head one of the major conflicts of the culture wars that have preoccupied much of the country in recent years. As some of the first to champion the fight for women’s sports, we know firsthand the profound implications the high court’s decision in these cases could have for a broad spectrum of American life, and, in particular, for the future of women in our society.
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