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LIVE NOW: NTD News Today (June 19): Blinken Meets China’s Xi Jinping in Beijing; Lawmakers Aiming to Expand Abraham Accords

U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on June 19 during his high-profile visit to Beijing. Both sides pledged to stabilize the badly deteriorating relationship between the two countries. Blinken’s trip marked the highest-level visit to China by a U.S. official in nearly five years. Lawmakers from both sides of…


NTD News Today (June 19): Blinken Meets China’s Xi Jinping in Beijing; Lawmakers Aiming to Expand Abraham Accords

U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on June 19 during his high-profile visit to Beijing. Both sides pledged to stabilize the badly deteriorating relationship between the two countries. Blinken’s trip marked the highest-level visit to China by a U.S. official in nearly five years. Lawmakers from both sides of…


California Governor Proposes Rolling Back Access to Police Misconduct Records

SACRAMENTO, Calif.—California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration has proposed an end to public disclosure of investigations of abusive and corrupt police officers, handing the responsibility instead to local agencies in an effort to help cover an estimated $31.5 billion budget deficit. The proposal, part of the governor’s budget package that he is still negotiating with the…


One Dead, One Injured in Shooting at San Diego Juneteenth Event

SAN DIEGO—Police were asking for help June 18 from anyone who witnessed a fight and a subsequent fatal shooting last night at a Juneteenth celebration at the sprawling Liberty Station complex in Point Loma. The shooting took place around 6:45 p.m. Saturday in NTC Park at 2455 Cushing Road in the Liberty Station neighborhood, according…


Man Killed in North Hills Shooting

LOS ANGELES—A man was shot to death June 17 in the North Hills area of Los Angeles. The shooting was reported at 4:20 p.m. in the 8600 block of Parthenia Place, near Burnet Avenue, Los Angeles Police Department Officer Drake Madison told City News Service. The victim, a man in his 40s, was pronounced dead…


Man Arrested in Fatal Long Beach Crash Allegedly Caused by SUV Doing ‘Donuts’

LONG BEACH, Calif.—A 20-year-old Carson man turned himself in to police and was arrested for allegedly causing a fatal crash while driving his SUV in circles at a Long Beach intersection, authorities said June 18. The crash occurred at 10:57 p.m. Friday at Willow Street and Caspian Avenue, west of the Los Angeles River, according…


Judge Approves $3.5 Million Accord For Abused Former LAUSD Special Needs Student

VAN NUYS, Calif.—A judge has approved a $3.5 million settlement between the Los Angeles Unified School District and a former special needs student who alleged he was sexually abused and provided alcohol by a teacher’s aide whose job was to assist him in getting to and from class during the 2018–19 school year. The plaintiff…


Thousands Protest at Dodgers Stadium as Team Honors Anti-Catholic Drag Group

Thousands of protestors gathered at the gates of Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on June 16 amid backlashes from religious groups after the baseball team invited an anti-Catholic drag queen group to be honored at the venue for its annual LGBT “Pride Night.” The protest, which was co-sponsored by nonprofits Catholic Vote and Catholics for…


Thousands Protest at Dodger Stadium as Team Honors Anti-Catholic Drag Group

Thousands of protestors gathered at the gates of Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on June 16 amid backlashes from religious groups after the baseball team invited an anti-Catholic drag queen group to be honored at the venue for its annual LGBT “Pride Night.” The protest, which was co-sponsored by nonprofits Catholic Vote and Catholics for…


Cumulative Impacts From California Exodus Costs State Nearly $500 Billion, Will Get Worse: Economist

Recent Internal Revenue Service data showing a net loss of more than 425,000 people between 2021 and 2022 indicates California is losing residents to states with lower or no income tax, according to a Chapman University professor. “We are losing more of the high-income earners than the low-income earners, and it’s an increasing proportion of…