Biden DOJ Received Gag Order Preventing NYT from Notifying Journalists of Government Phone, Email Surveillance

During the remaining weeks of the Trump administration and the beginning of the Biden administration, the Department of Justice (DOJ) attempted to seize the communication records of four New York Times reporters in a quest for their sources. The Biden administration maintained the pursuit that Trump began and informed some top Times executives about the record-collection initiative. However, the Biden DOJ implemented a gag order prohibiting any public discussion of the matter, the New York Times reported Friday, citing the disclosure of one of its top attorneys David McCraw.

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  U.S. Justice Dept says it will no longer seize reporters' records in leak investigations

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  DOJ Will No Longer Seize Reporters’ Data in Leak Investigations

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Op-Ed: A nutty court ruling on California's assault weapons ban makes us less safe

Would anyone really compare an AR-15 assault rifle, which has been used in so many recent mass killings, to a Swiss Army knife? Such a comparison is ludicrous, yet that is exactly what a federal judge in San Diego did on Friday in striking down California's 32-year-old ban on assault weapons. Judge Roger Benitez began his decision by declaring, “Like the Swiss Army Knife, the popular AR-15 rifle is a perfect combination of home defense weapon and homeland defense equipment.”

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  Judge overturns California’s 32-year ban on assault weapons

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  California's 32-yr assault weapons ban overturned

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Exclusive: Tory foreign aid rebels like Theresa May are out of touch with Red Wall, says ex cabinet minister

Conservative rebels have been warned not to return to the "dark" days of 2019  by "messing around with legislation and breaking conventions" to "make a political point". Government sources compared a looming rebellion over foreign aid spending to the parliamentary coups at the height of Brexit, that saw backbenchers seize control of the Commons order paper with the help of opposition parties. The warning came as Esther McVey, the former cabinet minister, today suggests the rebels, including Theresa May, the former Prime Minister, were out of touch with public opinion and should return to "Conservative principles".

A Florida 86-year-old pleaded for his job. Now, he’ll enter a plea on a murder charge

A senior citizen nightmare, losing a long held job when you still need the money, descended a couple of circles when a Belle Glade octogenarian shot the man firing him Friday. PBSO said Cabrera asked his supervisor “to continue to work for another year due to financial reasons.” When the supervisor denied Cabrera's request, PBSO said, “Cabrera became upset, pulled the gun out of his pocket and shot the victim several times, killing him.”

Mother eulogizes Southern California boy killed in road rage

The mother of a Southern California boy killed in a road rage shooting remembered him Saturday as 6-year-old with a vocabulary beyond his years who exuded warmth and tenderness. The boy was fatally shot in the abdomen on May 21 while seated in the back seat of a car driven by Cloonan, on State Route 55 in the city of Orange. A reward for information leading to the arrest of a suspect has grown to at least $500,000, Southern California News Group reported.

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Trump to GOP: Support candidates who 'stand for our values'

Donald Trump on Saturday pushed Republicans to support candidates who are loyal to him in next year's midterm elections as the former president launched a new more active phase of his post presidency. Trump, 74, teased the prospect of another presidential bid of his own in 2024, but vowed first to be an active presence on the campaign trail for his allies in next year's fight for control of Congress. “The survival of America depends on our ability to elect Republicans at every level starting with the midterms next year,” Trump charged early in a rambling speech that spanned more than an hour and 20 minutes.

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  Trump to deliver speech at North Carolina GOP convention

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  Trump to speak at Republican event in North Carolina

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19-year-old tourist from California dies in stabbing on Hawaii beach, police say

A 19-year-old man from California was stabbed to death after an altercation on Waikiki beach, according to Hawaii police. Elian De La Cerda who was visiting from California with a friend, was confronted by a group of people early Tuesday on Kuhio beach, police said, according to Honolulu Star Advertiser. Honolulu police said a fight occurred and De La Cerda was stabbed “with a dangerous instrument” and died at the scene, according to a news release.

Live updates: Early results show Parker ahead of Peoples in race for Fort Worth mayor

Mattie Parker took an early lead over Deborah Peoples in the race for Fort Worth mayor. Early voting results in Tarrant County showed Parker with 53% of the vote compared to Peoples who had 47%. In Parker County, where 160 people voted earlier, Parker led with 79% of the vote, and in Denton where 510 voters cast early ballots, Parker had 81% of the vote.

Transgender Salvadoran killed despite long search for safety

She moved away from San Miguel then back again in a series of forced moves until the 27-year-old was shot dead on April 25, sending shockwaves through the close-knit LGBTQ community in San Miguel, the largest city in eastern El Salvador. Zashy was desperate; her family didn't want her because of her sexual preference and the gangsters had threatened her,” said Venus Nolasco, director of the San Miguel LGBTQ collective “Pearls of the East. She knew they were going to kill her.

Trump on idea to run for House seat in 2022 in a bid to become Speaker and launch an impeachment inquiry against Biden: 'It's very interesting'

A radio host suggested to Trump that he should run for a House seat in 2022 and become Speaker. Trump responded that it was a "very interesting" idea and might be better than running for Senate. Trump could, theoretically, become House Speaker - but experts say it is very unlikely.

Puppies are literally born to be our best friends, study finds. Here’s why

Turns out genetics can explain more than 40% of the discrepancy in how tested puppies performed on social tasks, such as responding to pointing gestures and maintaining eye contact with people, than others. University of Arizona researchers didn't just want to play with fluffy puppies all day; they say now they can focus on finding the specific genes responsible for these social traits that can help identify dogs that would be good service animals before they are even born. “People have been interested in dogs' abilities to do these kinds of things for a long time, but there's always been debate about to what extent is this really in the biology of dogs, versus something they learn by palling around with humans,” study co-author Evan MacLean, an assistant professor of anthropology and director of the Arizona Canine Cognition Center at the University of Arizona, said in a statement.

USA Today refuses to give FBI data on which readers accessed story about agents’ killing

The publisher of USA Today is fighting a legal battle against the FBI over data on who read an online story about a deadly shooting in Florida that left two agents dead. In April the outlet's parent company Gannett was served with a subpoena from the bureau to hand over internet addresses and mobile phone numbers of individuals who accessed the article in a 35-minute window on the day of the attack in February, according to Politico which first reported on the filing. The shooting near Fort Lauderdale resulted in the deaths of two FBI agents as well as injuries to three others when they were serving a warrant for alleged child sex abuse image offences.

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  FBI drops demand for newspaper readers' data

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  FBI Wants USA Today To Turn Over The ID Of People Who Read Child Porn Case Article

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5.3-magnitude earthquake rattles Southern California; felt in cities over 90 miles away

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake was felt across parts of Southern California on Saturday morning. The temblor was a part of a cluster of earthquakes that have been reported in Southern California, according to United States Geological Survey. People in Chula Vista, San Diego, El Centro and Indio felt the 5.3 quake, according to the USGS, Did You Feel It reports.

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  5.3 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Southern California, Epicenter East Of San Diego

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  Recent earthquakes may not be predictors of larger quakes, experts say

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Capitol riot attendee argued she was allowed inside the building on January 6 because she looked up the hours online and it said it was open

A California woman was arrested and charged in connection to the Capitol riot on Friday in Alabama. Stephanie Baez boasted about her attendance on her Instagram during and after the insurrection, prosecutors allege. An alleged Capitol riot attendee, who prosecutors say boasted about her presence at the pro-Trump insurrection on social media, told authorities that she had permission to be in the Capitol on January 6 because she had previously looked up the building's operating hours to confirm it was open so she could tour the site.

A timeline of the allegations against Sienna Mae Gomez, including the video that shows her kissing Jack Wright

Sienna Mae Gomez and Jack Wright are members of the TikTok collective the Hype House. The two of them appeared to date until Gomez was accused of sexual assault, which she denies. Wright has yet to acccuse Gomez himself, but two others have posted claims and a video.

Family captures convicted killer lurking in yard, peering in teen’s bedroom window

A convicted killer was arrested after he was videoed peeking into a 17-year-old's bedroom and into the windows of a family home in Polk County, Florida. According to the Polk County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday, Santos Pantoja visited the home on 24 May and on 28 May, and was caught on camera. Sarah Martinez, the victim, said she “saw the man surreptitiously looking into her windows” and went out to confront Pantoja, but he drove away in a truck.

The GOP is failing to make a villain out of Biden and has run out of ideas - so now they're getting desperate and turning on their own.

Biden's popularity has left Republicans in a state of chaos. Joe Biden is a popular president and Republicans are losing their minds. Biden, a 78-year-old moderate Democrat, has a job approval rating hovering around 60% of Americans.

Videos shows a man who allegedly tried to hijack a Delta flight being restrained and zip-tied by passengers and flight attendants

A man attempted to breach the cockpit of a Delta Air Lines flight from LA to Nashville. The plane had to make an emergency landing in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Videos show passengers and flight attendants working together to restrain the man.

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  Delta flight diverted after attempted cockpit breach

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  Flight Diverted to Albuquerque After 'Unruly' Passenger is Restrained

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California police arrested two parents who went to a casino hours after their disabled kid starved to death

Two parents were arrested Friday in California after allegedly neglecting their three adopted kids. One of the kids - 15-year-old Karreon Franks - was disabled and died from starvation, the Oregonian reported. Two parents from Vancouver, Washington, were arrested Friday in California on suspicion of second-degree murder and homicide by abuse in the death of their adopted disabled son Karreon Franks.

A homeless woman in Oregon died while more than $800,000 of inheritance funds remained in a state bank, report says

A homeless woman, Cathy Boone, died while hundreds of thousands of unclaimed money was held in the state bank. Boone's mother died in 2016, and her mother's estate tried to contact her multiple times but failed, KGW reported. A homeless woman in Oregan died while nearly $900,000 of inherited funds was being held by the state, according to KGW.

13-year-old admits to murdering Uber Eats driver in car jacking

A 13-year-old girl pleaded guilty on Thursday to a murder charge in a carjacking incident in March in which a 66-year-old Pakistani-origin Uber Eats driver was tasered and killed. Two teenage girls — 15 and 13 — assaulted Mohammad Anwar of Springfield, Va, with a taser at about 4.30 pm in Washington DC on 23 March. The Uber Eats driver died in a crash in Southeast DC near the Nationals Park.