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California Bans Police And ICE Officers From Wearing Masks

September 22, 2025 6:44 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed sweeping new legislation that prohibits most local and federal law enforcement officers, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), from wearing face masks while on duty. The measure, which will take effect on January 1, 2026, is aimed at curbing what Newsom has called “secret police” tactics and ensuring greater accountability in law enforcement.

The ban follows a series of controversial immigration raids in Los Angeles, where federal agents wore masks while detaining residents. Those raids sparked violent protests earlier this year and prompted President Donald Trump to deploy 700 US Marines and 4,000 National …

Nigerian Fraudster, Hushpuppi, To Be Sentenced On Sept 21

August 27, 2022 4:38 am

Nigerian internet fraudster and social media sensation, Ramon Abbass, popularly known as Hushpuppi, is set to be sentenced on September 21, 2022, according to the The United States Attorney’s Office for Central District of California, Los Angeles.

This was made known to newsmen yesterday by the court’s Director of Media Relations, Thom Mroze.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the Nigerian, who had defrauded many people of their hard earned money before now, running into millions of dollars, has had his sentence moved three times since getting convicted in 2021.

The first came on February 14, then postponed …

11 Firefighters Injured In Los Angeles Battling Blaze

May 17, 2020 10:15 am

Eleven firefighters were injured, three of them critically, in downtown Los Angeles when a fire in a commercial smoke shop sparked a major explosion and spread to nearby structures on Saturday evening, officials said.

Crews had entered the building to battle what was initially thought to be a minor blaze when they noticed that the smoke pressure was escalating and decided to evacuate, Los Angeles Fire Department chief Ralph Terrazas told reporters.

He said the blast occurred as the firefighters were leaving the building from the roof and the ground floor.

“A witness account is that our firefighters came down …

US Olympic Champion, Rape Survivor, Fights Sport Abuse

March 5, 2020 4:28 pm

Three years after the trauma of being raped by a stranger while jogging outside a university campus, American swimmer Nancy Hogshead-Makar lit up the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles by winning three gold medals and a silver.

Today, the 57-year-old lawyer, mother and activist devotes her life towards the fight for gender equality and the battle against sexual abuse in sport.

In an interview with AFP ahead of International Women’s Day on March 8, Hogshead-Makar says she remains “unrealistically optimistic” about her work and life in general.

“I guess you have to be in order to try to win …