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Feds face trial over abuse of incarcerated women by guards at now-shuttered California prison

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The federal Bureau of Prisons will go to trial next year over claims it allowed an environment where guards at a now-shuttered California prison sexually abused incarcerated women, a judge ordered Wednesday. In the first public hearing since FCI Dublin closed last month, U.S. District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers also

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UCLA Police Department chief temporarily reassigned, vice chancellor says

By Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — The police chief for the University of California, Los Angeles Police Department has been temporarily reassigned weeks after violence erupted at a pro-Palestine encampment on the campus. “John Thomas has been reassigned temporarily, pending an examination of our security processes,” Mary Osako, vice chancellor for strategic communications, said

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Top Apple exec acknowledges shortcomings in effort to bring competition in iPhone app payments

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Longtime Apple executive Phil Schiller on Wednesday acknowledged a court-ordered makeover of the U.S. payment system in its iPhone app store hasn’t done much to increase competition — a shortcoming that could result in a federal judge demanding more changes. Schiller, who has been overseeing

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South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is now banned from all tribal lands in her home state

By Daniel Strauss, CNN (CNN) — All of South Dakota’s nine indigenous tribes have voted to ban Gov. Kristi Noem from their lands. On Tuesday, the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe executive council ruled in favor of barring the Republican governor from its reservation. In response to a request for comment on Wednesday, the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe sent a readout

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Federal judge found ‘strong evidence’ of crimes before Trump was charged in classified documents case

CNN By Tierney Sneed, Katelyn Polantz, Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Months before Donald Trump was indicted for mishandling classified documents, a federal judge said that investigators had “strong evidence” that the former president “intended” to hide classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago resort, according to newly released court documents. Judge Beryl Howell cited,

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Federal judge found ‘strong evidence’ of crimes before Trump was charged in classified documents case

CNN By Tierney Sneed, Katelyn Polantz, Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Months before Donald Trump was indicted for mishandling classified documents, a federal judge said that investigators had “strong evidence” that the former president “intended” to hide classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago resort, according to newly released court documents. Judge Beryl Howell cited,

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