While investigators work to find out what caused multiple wildfires in the Los Angeles area, some conspiracies about the fires' origins have spread on social media platforms. Posts about baseless theories — ranging from celebrity involvement to secret government weapons…[Continue Reading...]
The Church of Scientology has been exploiting the raging wildfires torching Los Angeles for photo ops, recent social media posts claim. Several posts, including one shared on Reddit Friday, have accused Scientologists of invading relief centers in Pasadena, Santa Anita…[Continue Reading...]
The Manson Family was a cult of around one hundred disaffected young people led by Charles Manson, who encouraged his followers to murder the rich and famous in Los Angeles in 1969. The notorious group was convicted for nine murders after embarking on…[Continue Reading...]
After a protracted legal battle — involving dismissals, appeals and extradition from Romania — the co-founder of a California white supremacist group accused of inciting violence across the state will be freed from federal custody, a judge ruled Friday. U.S.…[Continue Reading...]
Danny Masterson is seeking to overturn the verdict in his 2023 jury trial, which ended with him being convicted on two counts of rape by force or fear and sentenced to 30 years in prison. The actor claimed “fundamental flaws”…[Continue Reading...]
SANTA ANA, Calif. (CNS) -- The Diocese of Orange has settled a sex abuse lawsuit involving a former vice principal of Mater Dei High School in 1978 for $3.5 million, a spokesman said Tuesday. The settlement was reached last month…[Continue Reading...]
A California Christian college is vowing to stay open despite a state judge’s ruling that bars the school from enrolling new students and requires current students to be sent to other schools. California is the second state to bar Olivet…[Continue Reading...]
A California judge has ordered Olivet University to be shut down for violating education regulations, dealing a major blow to the Christian sect that runs the college and its controversial leader David Jang. The university and Jang followers are also…[Continue Reading...]
The leader of a Southern California white supremacist group has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for inciting violence at California political rallies in 2017. The U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles said in a statement Friday that…[Continue Reading...]
The lawyers for actor and convicted rapist Danny Masterson have come under fire for allegedly harassing jurors from his trial at their homes and places of employment, reports say. According to documents filed this month by the Los Angeles County…[Continue Reading...]
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