ICE detention kept father from his son’s funeralMaher Tarabishi has been in ICE detention since October. He was not allowed to attend the funeral of his 30-year-old son Wael Tarabishi, who had been battling health complications from a serious and rare inherited disorder. CNN has reached out to the Department of Homeland Security for comment about the decision.
Hottest travel trends for 2026 Megan Spurrell, an associate director at Condé Nast Traveler, breaks down some of the biggest travel trends for the year ahead.
Rachel McAdams and Dylan O’Brien on ‘Send Help’ Actors Rachel McAdams and Dylan O’Brien talk about their new thriller “Send Help” that’s already getting high scores on Rotten Tomatoes.
Washington —Democratic election officials are preparing for potential federal government intrusion in the midterms, as President Donald Trump’s appointees escalate their efforts to find evidence for his long-debunked election fraud claims. The Trump administration has pushed to alter election ground rules ahead of the midterms, including with an executive order last year that has been partially blocked in court. The erosion of bipartisanship has cut both ways among the state election community. Republican West Virginia Secretary of State Kris Warner told CNN he has “no fear” of federal interference in the 2026 elections. His brother, former West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner, joined the Trump administration last year as a senior Justice Department official.
A former software engineer at Google has been convicted of stealing artificial intelligence trade secrets for the benefit of China, the U.S. Department of Justice said. A federal jury on Thursday convicted Linwei Ding, 38, of seven counts of economic espionage and seven counts of theft of trade secrets after an 11-day trial in the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of California. He told potential investors that he could build an AI supercomputer by copying Google’s technology, court documents state. Ding downloaded the trade secrets to his personal computer less than two weeks before he resigned from Google in December 2023, prosecutors said. “We’re grateful to the jury for making sure justice was served today, sending a clear message that stealing trade secrets has serious consequences.” Lee-Anne Mulholland, vice president of regulatory affairs for Google, said in a statement.
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If you want to see what a top 15-year-old girls' soccer player looks like, go watch freshman Mia Rizo of St. Genevieve. She has scored 19 goals and contributed six assists for the Valiants while earning universal respect for her play. "Mia has an impeccable soccer IQ at such a young age," Archey said. This is a daily look at the positive happenings in high school sports. AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementSign up for the L.A. Times SoCal high school sports newsletter to get scores, stories and a behind-the-scenes look at what makes prep sports so popular.
Attorney Michael Coard makes a social media post at the now removed explanatory panels that were part of an exhibit on slavery at President's House Site in Philadelphia. via Associated PressPHILADELPHIA (AP) — A federal judge warned Justice Department lawyers on Friday that they were making “dangerous” and “horrifying” statements when they said the Trump Administration can decide what part of American history to display at National Park Service sites. It doesn’t work that way,” said Senior U.S. District Judge Cynthia Rufe, an appointee of President George W. Bush. AdvertisementIn den Berken said the Park Service routinely changes its exhibits and tours, and argued that the government cannot be forced to tell a certain story. Residents who have visited the site have shed tears, left flowers and left a handmade sign that said “Slavery was real.”
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Marty ZwebenPalos Verdes EstatesWhen are the Rams and coach Sean McVay going to stop ignoring special teams? Open the checkbook and hire the best special teams coach available. So Bill Plaschke wants to put the blame on the Rams’ loss in the NFC title game solely on Sean McVay? Danny Balber Jr.PasadenaBill Plaschke in his column blames the decisions made by coach McVay, which have some merit, for the Rams losing in the NFC championship game. The Rams and McVay never had a real chance being under the Plaschke curse.
Former CNN news anchor Don Lemon has been released from custody after he was charged over an anti-ICE church protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church. Image: Don Lemon outside federal court. She wrote: "At my direction, early this morning federal agents arrested Don Lemon, Trahern Jeen Crews, Georgia Fort, and Jamael Lydell Lundy, in connection with the coordinated attack on Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota. 'Unprecedented attack on First Amendment'Defence attorney Marilyn Bednarski said Lemon plans to plead not guilty and fight the charges in Minnesota. In a statement, CNN also criticised the arrest of their former presenter, and said it "raises profoundly concerning questions about press freedom".
For a brief moment following the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, President Donald Trump appeared to recalibrate. That chaotic 12-hour span summed up an extraordinary week of whiplash within the Trump administration, as officials raced to stamp out one raging political fire just as two more cropped up elsewhere across the federal government. People light candles at a makeshift memorial in the area where Alex Pretti was killed by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis on Monday. It was the tighter, more focused Trump that advisers had hoped to see for months. “Stuff happens, and we’ve got a lot of time between now and the midterms,” one Trump adviser said.
Liz Truss on the Telegraph podcast. X/TelegraphLiz Truss has been slammed online after she claimed that “the extreme left are mounting an armed insurrection” in America. But the former Tory leader said: “What you do have is an armed insurrection, and that is a very difficult thing to deal with. “It’s a very serious situation in America, I don’t want it to get anything like that in Britain.”The extreme left are mounting an armed insurrection. https://t.co/tOAGvK0cqx — (((Dan Hodges))) (@DPJHodges) January 30, 2026AdvertisementLiz Truss claims Trump administration faces an armed insurrection.
AdvertisementThe agreement is intended to give lawmakers more time to address Democratic demands to curb ICE tactics while averting a partial government shutdown. The Senate finalized the deal Friday evening on a 71-29 vote, hours before a midnight deadline to avert a government shutdown. Both of California’s Democratic senators, Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla, voted against the Senate deal. Other Republican lawmakers have already signaled the possible hurdles Democrats will face as they try to rein in ICE. The last government shutdown tied to a debate over healthcare exposed how quickly negotiations can collapse when no agreement is reached.
It is painful to have to write about Catherine O’Hara, so alive and lively a presence, in the past tense. — from “SCTV” to “Schitt’s Creek” to “The Studio,” on whose second season she was scheduled to start work, when she died, Friday at 71. Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara in scene from “Schitt’s Creek.” The actors worked together frequently over the years. (PopTV)“I like to think she’s really threatened by this small-town life — because she’s been there, you know?” O’Hara said back when the series began. I had the luck to speak with O’Hara several times over the run of the series.
