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FILE – A police officer inspects the exterior of a federal courthouse with the aid of a canine on Sept. 5, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Court-appointed lawyers and their clients face fallout from government shutdown, funding crisis

November 15, 2025 at 12:46 p.m.

The longest U.S. government shutdown in history is officially over, but the fallout will continue to hit two groups particularly hard for months to come: federally funded defense lawyers and...

FILE – An aerial view shows the devastation left by the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades section of Los Angeles, Jan. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, file)

Authorities charge man with sparking deadly January wildfire that leveled LA neighborhoods

October 8, 2025 at 3:40 p.m.

A 29-year-old man charged with sparking the most destructive blaze in Los Angeles history likely used a lighter to start a fire on New Year’s Day that smoldered underground and...

Lyle Menendez appears before the parole board via teleconference on Friday, Aug 22, 2025, at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego. (California Department of Corrections via AP)

The Menendez brothers were denied parole. They have to wait at least 18 months for their next chance.

August 23, 2025 at 3:58 p.m.

Erik and Lyle Menendez have both been denied parole by a California board after decades in prison for killing their parents in 1989 at their Beverly Hills mansion.

FILE – This combination of two booking photos provided by the California Department of Corrections shows Erik Menendez, left, and Lyle Menendez. (California Department of Corrections via AP, File)

Menendez brothers to be evaluated by parole board for release after 30 years in prison

August 19, 2025 at 8:07 a.m.

The Menendez brothers are set to make their cases for parole starting Thursday, marking the closest they’ve been to winning freedom from prison since their convictions almost 30 years ago...

Alicia Arden, who accused Jeffrey Epstein of sexual battery in 1997, reads a statement alongside her attorney, Gloria Allred, during a news conference in Los Angeles Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Victims feeling exhausted and anxious about wrangling over Epstein files

August 6, 2025 at 9:15 p.m.

In letters addressed to federal judges in New York this week, several victims or their attorneys said they would support the public release of grand jury testimony that led to...

FILE – People wait outside of Glass House Farms, a day after an immigration raid on the facility, Friday, July 11, 2025, in Camarillo, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Appeals court keeps order blocking Trump administration from indiscriminate immigration sweeps

August 2, 2025 at 10:29 a.m.

A three-judge panel of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday night.

An area is roped off after a vehicle rammed into a crowd of people waiting to enter a nightclub along a busy boulevard in Los Angeles early Saturday, July 19, 2025, injuring several people. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Driver accused of ramming into crowd outside LA nightclub charged with 37 counts of attempted murder

July 23, 2025 at 7:22 a.m.

The driver accused of ramming his car into a crowd outside a Los Angeles nightclub was charged with 37 felony counts of attempted murder, prosecutors said.

Lawyer seeks release for Erik Menendez, citing medical condition

July 22, 2025 at 8:14 p.m.

Erik Menendez has been hospitalized, prompting his attorney to seek his release from prison ahead of an upcoming parole hearing.

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., right, punches Jake Paul during their cruiserweight boxing match on June 28, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)

Mexican boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. arrested by ICE for deportation, federal officials say

July 3, 2025 at 2:52 p.m.

Famed Mexican boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. has been arrested for entering US illegally and will be deported to Mexico, where he faces organized crime charges, federal officials said Thursday.

Anamaria Baralt, left, cousin of Erik and Lyle Menendez, left, gets a hug as she leaves the courthouse after the brothers’ resentencing hearing Tuesday, May 13, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

The Menendez brothers had their sentences reduced. What’s next?

May 14, 2025 at 9:42 a.m.

On Tuesday, the brothers were granted their first chance at freedom in decades. A Los Angeles judge reduced the brothers’ sentences from life in prison without parole to 50 years...

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