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Oct 12, 2025 Judge shuts down California tribes’ latest bid to crush their casino rivals
Judge shuts down California tribes’ latest bid to crush their casino rivals

Over the years, casino-owning tribes have spent millions in court, in the Legislature and at the ballot box trying unsuccessfully to force their only competitors out of California’s casino business.

by Ryan Sabalow, CalMatters
International news   -   Oct 12, 2025 María Corina Machado’s peace prize follows Nobel tradition of awarding recipients for complex reasons
María Corina Machado’s peace prize follows Nobel tradition of awarding recipients for complex reasons

Machado has been in hiding since the fraudulent vote. And her courage in having participated in an unfair contest and in exposing Maduro’s fraud by publishing the true vote tallies on the internet, surely made Machado stand out to the Nobel committee.

by Aidan McGloin
Weekly editions   -   Oct 05, 2025 Bianco "threat" explained, Line Fire arsonist sentenced, birthright citizenship upheld
Bianco "threat" explained, Line Fire arsonist sentenced, birthright citizenship upheld

The threat to Sheriff Chad Bianco’s life that caused a 21-year-old Riverside college student to be arrested and served with a gun violence restraining order is a one-sentence Instagram caption: “We need to kill this guy ASAP.”

by Aidan McGloin
Your leaders   -   Oct 05, 2025 Instagram caption by unarmed student viewed as threat to Bianco, causes arrest, protective order

The threat to Sheriff Chad Bianco’s life that caused a 21-year-old Riverside college student to be arrested and served with a gun violence restraining order is a one-sentence Instagram caption: “We need to kill this guy ASAP.”

by Aidan McGloin
Immigration   -   Oct 05, 2025 Appellate court upholds Mass. judge’s ruling to protect birthright citizenship

The plaintiffs were likely to prove that the executive order violates the 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause, the judges ruled. Babies born on American soil receive American citizenship through the Constitution, Supreme Court precedent and statutory law.

by Aidan McGloin
Oct 05, 2025 Small district to pay $7.5 million as the latest to settle lawsuits over sexual abuse decades ago
Small district to pay $7.5 million as the latest to settle lawsuits over sexual abuse decades ago

On the eve of what was expected to be a long and gut-wrenching trial, a small school district in Santa Barbara County has settled a sexual abuse lawsuit for $7.5 million with two brothers, now 65 and 68 years old, who claimed a long-dead principal molested them in the 1970s.

by Thomas Peele, Ed Source
Crime   -   Oct 05, 2025 Inside the Menendez parole hearings: How fame and notoriety collide with justice
Inside the Menendez parole hearings: How fame and notoriety collide with justice

The outcome of each brother’s hearing was not surprising. Both received three-year denials, which are common. But when the list of attendees includes Gov. Gavin Newsom’s spokesperson Diana Crofts-Pelayo, a common event turns almost circus-like.

by Joe Garcia, CalMatters
Judge shuts down California tribes’ latest bid to crush their casino rivals
Oct 12, 2025 Judge shuts down California tribes’ latest bid to crush their casino rivals

Over the years, casino-owning tribes have spent millions in court, in the Legislature and at the ballot box trying unsuccessfully to force their only competitors out of California’s casino business.

by Ryan Sabalow, CalMatters
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Oct 12, 2025 Judge shuts down California tribes’ latest bid to crush their casino rivals
Judge shuts down California tribes’ latest bid to crush their casino rivals

Over the years, casino-owning tribes have spent millions in court, in the Legislature and at the ballot box trying unsuccessfully to force their only competitors out of California’s casino business.

by Ryan Sabalow, CalMatters
International news   -   Oct 12, 2025 María Corina Machado’s peace prize follows Nobel tradition of awarding recipients for complex reasons
María Corina Machado’s peace prize follows Nobel tradition of awarding recipients for complex reasons

Machado has been in hiding since the fraudulent vote. And her courage in having participated in an unfair contest and in exposing Maduro’s fraud by publishing the true vote tallies on the internet, surely made Machado stand out to the Nobel committee.

by Aidan McGloin
Weekly editions   -   Oct 05, 2025 Bianco "threat" explained, Line Fire arsonist sentenced, birthright citizenship upheld
Bianco "threat" explained, Line Fire arsonist sentenced, birthright citizenship upheld

The threat to Sheriff Chad Bianco’s life that caused a 21-year-old Riverside college student to be arrested and served with a gun violence restraining order is a one-sentence Instagram caption: “We need to kill this guy ASAP.”

by Aidan McGloin
Your leaders   -   Oct 05, 2025 Instagram caption by unarmed student viewed as threat to Bianco, causes arrest, protective order

The threat to Sheriff Chad Bianco’s life that caused a 21-year-old Riverside college student to be arrested and served with a gun violence restraining order is a one-sentence Instagram caption: “We need to kill this guy ASAP.”

by Aidan McGloin
Immigration   -   Oct 05, 2025 Appellate court upholds Mass. judge’s ruling to protect birthright citizenship

The plaintiffs were likely to prove that the executive order violates the 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause, the judges ruled. Babies born on American soil receive American citizenship through the Constitution, Supreme Court precedent and statutory law.

by Aidan McGloin
Oct 05, 2025 Small district to pay $7.5 million as the latest to settle lawsuits over sexual abuse decades ago
Small district to pay $7.5 million as the latest to settle lawsuits over sexual abuse decades ago

On the eve of what was expected to be a long and gut-wrenching trial, a small school district in Santa Barbara County has settled a sexual abuse lawsuit for $7.5 million with two brothers, now 65 and 68 years old, who claimed a long-dead principal molested them in the 1970s.

by Thomas Peele, Ed Source
Crime   -   Oct 05, 2025 Inside the Menendez parole hearings: How fame and notoriety collide with justice
Inside the Menendez parole hearings: How fame and notoriety collide with justice

The outcome of each brother’s hearing was not surprising. Both received three-year denials, which are common. But when the list of attendees includes Gov. Gavin Newsom’s spokesperson Diana Crofts-Pelayo, a common event turns almost circus-like.

by Joe Garcia, CalMatters
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