Underworld Turns

Officials identify woman who fell to her death on Carnival cruise ship near Catalina Island

Officials have identified the woman who died after falling from a balcony aboard a Carnival cruise ship near Catalina Island. The passenger, Briana Miller, 24, was identified by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner on April 30. An official cause of death was not listed. On April 27, Miller was aboard the Carnival Firenze, a […]
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Southern California man found guilty of murdering girlfriend, her sister and brother-in-law

A Southern California man was convicted by a jury of first-degree murder in a triple shooting that killed his girlfriend, her twin sister and her brother-in-law. Eric Otto White, 63, was found guilty of three counts of first-degree murder on April 30 in the deaths of Kavina Madison Brooks, 39, Kavona Kimberly Brooks-Lee, 39, and […]
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A Right-Wing Court Just Moved to Choke Off Abortion by Mail

A federal appeals court packed with conservatives has handed abortion opponents a major victory against the US Food and Drug Administration, reinstating an in-person dispensing requirement for the abortion medication mifepristone and shutting down telemedicine providers—at least temporarily—from prescribing the abortion pill across the US. In a 3-0 order issued Friday afternoon, the Fifth Circuit […]
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Appeals court blocks mail-order mifepristone, restricting abortion access nationwide

A federal appeals court late Friday blocked the ability of doctors to prescribe the abortion pill mifepristone through telehealth and dispensed through the mail. A three-judge panel on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with Louisiana in a lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The court issued a temporary nationwide injunction […]
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O.C. mom’s charges upgraded to manslaughter after e-motorcycle crash death

An Orange County mother previously charged with felony child endangerment and felony accessory after her teenage son struck an elderly pedestrian while riding an illegal e-motorcycle is now facing a more serious charge after the victim died. Prosecutors announced that 50-year-old Tommi Jo Mejer of Aliso Viejo has been charged with felony involuntary manslaughter following […]
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LAPD shoots knife-wielding suspect during burglary call in South L.A.

Police shot a knife-wielding suspect during a reported burglary early Friday morning in South Los Angeles, authorities confirmed. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, officers from the department’s 77th Division responded around 4:55 a.m. to a burglary-in-progress call in the 7600 block of Normandie Avenue. When officers arrived, they heard screaming coming from inside […]
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