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Lancaster family of 4 arrested in Sinaloa Cartel drug and gun trafficking case

Four members of a Lancaster-area family with ties to the Sinaloa Cartel were arrested Tuesday on a 29-count federal indictment charging them with trafficking fentanyl, methamphetamine and firearms -- including ghost guns -- in the Los Angeles area, federal prosecutors announced.

April 15, 2026

Brooklyn apartment converted into fentanyl manufacturing operation, feds say

Federal authorities announced the arrests of two men accused of operating a fentanyl manufacturing operation out of a Brooklyn apartment, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York.

April 15, 2026

Allbirds stock soars as company bets its future on AI

Allbirds' stock is suddenly back in the spotlight, not because of sneakers, but because of silicon.

April 15, 2026

Caitlyn Jenner reconsiders 2015 ‘Woman of the Year’ honor, calls decision a ‘mistake’

Caitlyn Jenner is revisiting one of the most defining moments of her public transition, now saying she regrets accepting Glamour's "Woman of the Year" award in 2015.

April 15, 2026

Jury orders Carnival Cruise Line to pay $300,000 to guest over-served 14 tequila shots

A federal jury in Miami has ordered Carnival Corporation to pay $300,000 in damages to a passenger who was served at least 14 shots of tequila in a single day.

April 15, 2026

Streamer Clavicular hospitalized after suspected overdose during Kick livestream

Braden Peters, the 20-year-old online personality known as Clavicular, was hospitalized Tuesday night after suffering a suspected overdose during a live broadcast on Kick, according to multiple reports.

April 15, 2026

Rapper T.I.’s son, King Harris, arrested on drug, obstruction charges in Georgia

King Harris, the son of rapper T.I., was arrested early Sunday morning in Gwinnett County, Georgia, on multiple charges stemming from a traffic stop -- an encounter that drew widespread attention after he was taken into custody wearing a full-body Pikachu onesie.

April 14, 2026

Dianna Russini quits The Athletic amid Mike Vrabel photo scandal

NFL reporter Dianna Russini resigned from The Athletic on Tuesday, less than a week after the New York Post's Page Six published photos of her alongside New England Patriots coach Mike Vrabel at an Arizona resort, triggering an internal investigation at the New York Times-owned outlet.

April 14, 2026

Alec Baldwin says ‘Rust’ tragedy left him wanting to retire, stay home

Alec Baldwin says the years-long fallout from the fatal 2021 shooting on the set of "Rust" has left him wanting to abandon acting entirely.

April 14, 2026

Guy Fieri draws backlash after greeting Andrew Tate at UFC 327

Food Network star Guy Fieri is facing criticism on social media after video of him greeting controversial influencer Andrew Tate at a UFC event in Miami circulated online over the weekend, though Fieri has since issued a statement saying he did not know who the Tate brothers were at the time.

April 14, 2026

N.Y. nurse practitioner pleads guilty to distributing opioids collected from patients

A New York nurse practitioner faces more than four years in federal prison after pleading guilty to unlawfully possessing controlled substances with intent to distribute them, prosecutors said.

April 14, 2026

5 questions about Zelenskyy’s Berlin visit and the state of Ukraine’s war

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to maintain ties with one of Ukraine's biggest military and financial supporters.

April 14, 2026

‘Dr. Pimple Popper’ Sandra Lee reveals stroke while filming new season

Dr. Sandra Lee, the viral dermatologist known as Dr. Pimple Popper, has disclosed that she suffered a stroke last November while filming the upcoming second season of her show on Lifetime.

April 14, 2026

Rights groups demand Meta cancel Ray-Ban facial recognition

A coalition of 75 civil liberties, domestic violence, LGBTQ+, labor and immigrant advocacy organizations is calling on Meta to abandon plans to add facial recognition technology to its Ray-Ban and Oakley smart glasses, warning the feature would endanger abuse survivors, immigrants and LGBTQ+ people.

April 14, 2026

DOJ begins compensation process for OneCoin victims defrauded of $4B

The Justice Department has announced the start of a compensation process for victims of OneCoin, an international cryptocurrency investment scheme that defrauded investors of more than $4 billion between 2014 and 2019.

April 14, 2026

Two Las Vegas men charged with trafficking fentanyl, meth and laundering drug money to Mexico

Two Las Vegas men have been arrested and charged with trafficking tens of thousands of fentanyl pills, fentanyl powder and methamphetamine, and laundering drug proceeds to Mexico, federal prosecutors announced.

April 14, 2026

Actor John Cleese decries silence on Easter massacre of Nigerian Christians

"Monty Python" actor and comedian John Cleese drew attention to the international community's muted response to a string of deadly attacks on Christian worshippers in Nigeria over Easter weekend, drawing a pointed contrast with the Black Lives Matter movement.

April 14, 2026

Home distilling ruling changes the rules — but not all of them

A landmark federal appeals court ruling last week struck down the 158-year-old ban on home distilling -- but for the millions of hobbyists eager to set up a still, the path forward is more complicated than the headlines suggest.

April 14, 2026

Gabbard drops a bombshell: The Trump impeachment case was rigged from the start

Newly declassified files show the 2019 Trump impeachment relied entirely on secondhand testimony. Here's what the documents reveal.

April 14, 2026

Elizabeth Warren accuses Amazon MGM of ‘bribery’ over ‘Melania’ documentary deal

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is accusing Amazon MGM Studios of committing "bribery in plain sight" after the company paid $40 million to acquire a documentary about first lady Melania Trump, a sum the Massachusetts Democrat says far exceeded competing bids and raises questions about federal anti-bribery law.

April 14, 2026