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En un momento de intensa división política, la confianza de los estadounidenses en el sistema judicial y los tribunales de su país cayó a un mínimo histórico del 35% este año, según una nueva encuesta de Gallup. Estados Unidos experimentó una fuerte caída de 24 puntos porcentuales en los últimos cuatro años, lo que distingue al país de otras naciones ricas donde la mayoría de las personas aún expresan confianza en sus sistemas. Los resultados llegan después de un período accidentado que incluyó la anulación del derecho nacional al aborto, la acusación del expresidente Donald Trump y la posterior retirada de los cargos federales, y sus ataques a la integridad del sistema judicial. La caída no se limitó a un extremo del espectro político. La confianza disminuyó entre las personas que desaprobaron el liderazgo del país durante la presidencia de Joe Biden y entre aquellos que lo aprobaron, según Gallup. A los encuestados no se les preguntó sobre sus afiliaciones partidarias. Se ha vuelto normal que las personas que desaprueban el liderazgo del país también pierdan al menos algo de confianza en el sistema judicial.

Kawhi Leonard walked past the media in the Clippers’ locker room with a plate of food in his hands, his mood seemingly good. He even spoke to the media — as short as it was. “What’s up?” Leonard said. “What’s up? What’s up?” Indeed, what is up with Leonard and when will he make his season debut after missing the first 27 games of the season because of a right knee injury? Before the Clippers’ 144-107 win over the Utah Jazz at the Intuit Dome on Monday night, Clippers coach Tyronn Lue was asked about the team’s practice plans for Leonard and whether he would join them on their upcoming trip to Dallas and Memphis. “Um, not sure about traveling right now,” Lue said. “It hasn’t been determined yet. So, we’ll see going forward after tonight, tomorrow, kind of get a chance to reassess everything and kind of go after tomorrow. See what happens.” The Clippers, who saw James Harden blast off for 41 points on 11-for-17 shooting, including seven for 11 on three-pointers against the Jazz, are off the next two days before playing

Updated on: December 17, 2024 / 3:08 AM EST / CBS/AP Wellington, New Zealand — Injured people were arriving at a hospital in Vanuatu as unconfirmed reports of casualties emerged after the South Pacific island nation was rocked by a powerful magnitude 7.3 earthquake that struck just off the coast on Tuesday. A tsunami warning was called off less than two hours after the quake. With communications still down hours after the jolt and official information scarce, witness accounts of casualties began to surface on social media and through patchy phone calls. The quake occurred at a depth of 35 miles and was centered 18 miles west of Port Vila, the largest city in Vanuatu, a group of 80 islands that is home to about 330,000 people. The jolt was followed by a magnitude 5.5 aftershock near the same location. It wasn’t immediately clear how much damage was caused as phone lines and government websites remained down and official channels hadn’t been updated, but reports of widespread destruction filtered out on social media and in interviews. Rescue workers are seen at the site of a

Authorities and loved ones are asking for the public’s help finding an at-risk woman who was last seen about 20 days ago in Los Angeles County, LAPD said. Although 47-year-old Myrisa Newson Holcomb was purportedly last seen on Nov. 26, her family last had contact with her on March 1, 2023. LAPD described Holcomb as a Black female who stands 5 feet and 7 inches tall and weighs 120 pounds. She also has short black hair, brown eyes and a tooth gap. Myrisa Newson Holcomb, seen here in an undated photo that was taken when she was 46, was last seen on Nov. 26 in the city of Pico Rivera. (LAPD) On Nov. 26, Holcomb was last seen on the 6000 block of Rosemead Boulevard in the city of Pico Rivera, according to LAPD. LAPD said Holcomb has a mental health disorder, and that her family is concerned for her well-being. Details are limited and officials did not immediately provide any further information on the missing woman’s condition or possible whereabouts. Officials encourage anyone with information about this incident to contact the Los Angeles County

A man has died after a report of trespassing escalated to a lethal force encounter with a deputy on Monday morning, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department confirmed to KTLA. At 7:26 a.m., SBSD said a deputy responded to the Metrolink rail lines between Nevada and California streets for the trespassing call and found a man, later identified as 37-year-old Jefte Vargas Ramirez of Redlands, on the tracks. The deputy purportedly told Ramirez to leave the tracks “due to the danger of trains traveling the rail line.” According to the department, Ramirez refused to comply. Instead, SBSD said Ramirez immediately became confrontational with the deputy.  “Ramirez armed himself with rocks in both hands, approached the deputy in an aggressive manner, and a lethal force encounter occurred,” SBSD detailed. Details are limited and authorities did not immediately provide further information on this confrontation other than the fact that it ended with Ramirez being struck by gunfire. The department said medical aid was rendered at the scene before Ramirez was transported to a nearby hospital where, despite life-saving measures, he died from his wounds. SBSD noted that

The UCLA women’s basketball team went into the locker room at halftime of Monday’s contest with a 21-point lead over visiting Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, but coach Cori Close was far from pleased with her team’s performance. The Bruins had looked sloppy with seven first-half turnovers and an offense that looked out of sync without its best player. Close needed to see more from the No. 1-ranked team in the nation, and she let them know it in the locker room at halftime. After the game, Close recalled what she told her players: “Look, we need to become more disciplined now. And if you don’t, you’re going to either have the pain and discomfort of what it takes to become disciplined, or you’re going to choose the pain and discomfort that comes with regret. That’s the choice before us right now.” The Bruins wasted no time responding. While the outmatched Mustangs hung around for most of the first half, any hope of a comeback was wiped out once UCLA guard Londynn Jones hit a fastbreak three to give UCLA a 31-point lead within the

The state Department of Motor Vehicles is “reviewing and strengthening its internal processes for evaluating personalized license plate applications,” in response to the issuance of a plate criticized as antisemitic, a department spokesman said Monday. A son of the man with the plate LOLOCT7 said Friday it was merely an attempt by the owner of the Tesla Cybertruck to say he has seven grandchildren and make reference to the vehicle — but the plate has drawn criticism for appearing to mock the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel. After the truck was seen at the intersection of Jefferson and Sepulveda boulevards in Culver City, the watchdog group StopAntisemitism demanded Thursday the DMV recall the plate, saying in a post on X that “LOL” stood for “laugh out loud” and that the plate celebrated “the October 7th terrorist attack — a vile mockery of the 1,200 innocent lives lost and the countless others scarred.” Replying to an inquiry from City News Service, Chris Orrock, an information officer with the DMV’s Office of Public Affairs, said Monday, “The DMV is aware of the concerns raised regarding

A doctor for a Rancho Cucamonga-based company with ties to a former Orange County prosecutor who is now a state judge has agreed to plead guilty to millions of dollars in workers’ compensation fraud, federal prosecutors said Monday. Dr. Kevin Tien Do, 59, of Pasadena, agreed last month to plead guilty to single counts each of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and subscribing to a false tax return, prosecutors said. Do, who worked with Liberty Medical Group Inc., is accused of conspiring with a former Orange County District Attorney’s Office prosecutor who is now an Orange County Superior Court judge, federal prosecutors alleged. The alleged co-conspirator was not named, but Orange County Superior Court Judge Israel Claustro has ties to Liberty Medical Group, according to psychologist Nhung Phan, who sued Liberty Medical Group in October for about $100,000 in unpaid bills she prepared for workers’ compensation claims. Phan told City News Service that when she alerted the medical group she was not paid for 84 reports she prepared for the company from Aug. 2, 2016, to Jan. 31, 2017, Claustro initially said in an email

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