Sarmad Ghaled Dafar, 33, of Houston, Texas, was sentenced on April 18 to four months in federal prison and ordered to pay $23 ...

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A judge in San Diego has issued a temporary halt on a recent federal order that requires money services businesses in 30 ZIP ...

Dr. Kim Carter-Tillman, founder of the Time for Change Foundation, has been named Nexstar’s 2025 Remarkable Woman of the Year for her transformative work in San Bernardino, California.

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Texas will play Stanford on Sunday, Sept. 7, in the first “home” match of the season. The match comes after a big opening ...

Two service members deployed to the U.S. southern border are dead and a third is in serious condition after a vehicle ...

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Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts welcomed Shohei Ohtani back to his lineup Sunday, speculating that “dad strength” ...