California farmers and Mexican cheese sales, U.S. trade war takes a toll
Stephen Mancebo, a fourth-generation California dairy farmer with 2,300 cows, has battled ups and downs in his temperamental industry for a quarter-century only to find himself a casualty of a U.S trade war with one of his biggest customers – Mexico.
U.S. judge denies gun control groups’ attempt to block 3-D gun blueprints
A U.S. judge on Friday rejected a last-ditch effort by gun control groups to block the Trump administration from allowing the public to download blueprints for 3-D printable guns, declining to intervene just days before the designs are expected to go o…
U.S. says data on separated families not readily available: court filings
The U.S. government said in court filings on Thursday that it lacked the technical capability to quickly provide states with information about children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border under President Donald Trump’s “zero toleran…
Gun control groups urge U.S. judge to block 3-D gun blueprints
Gun control groups on Friday made a last-ditch effort to block the Trump administration from allowing Americans access to blueprints for 3-D printable guns on the internet, urging a federal judge to intervene days before the designs are expected to go …
Ex-N.Y. Assembly Speaker Silver sentenced to seven years in prison
Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was sentenced to seven years in prison on Friday by a federal judge in Manhattan after he was convicted for the second time of corruption charges in May.
U.S. judge skeptical of bid for gag order on Stormy Daniels’ lawyer
A federal judge expressed skepticism on Friday at a request for a gag order from the former personal lawyer for U.S. President Donald Trump against the lawyer for adult film actress Stormy Daniels, who is suing the president.
California ‘Tasmanian devil’ fire kills 2 firefighters, thousands flee
A fast-growing northern California wildfire killed a second firefighter on Friday after high winds drove it into the city of Redding, prompting mass evacuations, destroying scores of homes and threatening some 5,000 other dwellings and businesses, offi…
Immigrants’ advocates struggle to confirm U.S. met deadline on families
Rights activists said on Friday they were struggling to find immigrant families to confirm the U.S. government had met a court deadline to reunite “eligible” parents and children who had been separated after illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in…
NY judge awards damages over ‘Nina’ caricaturist Hirschfeld’s works
A federal judge has ordered a Manhattan gallery to pay $330,982 in damages to a foundation representing art by the late theater and screen caricaturist Al Hirschfeld for losing 19 of his works and selling reproductions of others without permission.
Judge to hear request for gag order against Stormy Daniels’ lawyer
Attorneys for Michael Cohen, the former personal lawyer for U.S. President Donald Trump, are expected to ask a federal judge in Los Angeles on Friday to issue a gag order against the lawyer for adult film actress Stormy Daniels.
