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The son of Maribel Guardia and the late Joan Sebastián died over the weekend at age 27, his mom wrote on Instagram. He was found in his Mexico City home. The telenovela community is mourning the loss of a star.Julián Figueroa, the son of telenovela actress Maribel Guardia and late Mexican singer Joan Sebastián, died over the weekend, his mom shared on social media. He was 27.Figueroa, who had been acting on series "Mi Camino es Amarte" since 2022, was found "unconscious" in his Mexico City home April 9, Guardia wrote on Instagram in Spanish."They called 911 and when the...

Two Boston police officers were wounded in a shooting late Wednesday and the suspect was dead. The shooting occurred in the East Boston neighborhood at around 10:50 p.m. while officers were responding to reports of someone with a gun, police said.

<p>PHOENIX (AP) – An Arizona police detective was forced to resign after confronting her mom and discovering that she is actually an undocumented immigrant, born in Mexico and brought into the U.S. when she was young.</p> <p>Carmen Figueroa apparently was told by her family that she was born in the U.S. though she was actually born in Sinaloa, Mexico, Arizona Department of Public Safety spokesman Bart Graves said Wednesday.....</p>

A DEA agent has died in an apparent robbery attempt in Colombia, U.S. Ambassador Michael McKinley said Friday. Colombian authorities said the American agent was stabbed four times.

RIVERSIDE: RCC student body president is registered sex offender It was no April Fools’ joke. On Monday, April 1, anonymous black-and-white fliers were found pinned to billboards at Riverside City College saying the student body president is a registered sex offender. Students at first thought it was a cruel prank, but once it was confirmed, the revelation left them asking whether RCC administrators, who acknowledge they knew about it before the election, should have disclosed the information to the campus community. Doug Robert Figueroa, 40, of Riverside, was sentenced to five years in prison for admitting that in 2005 he...

Aug 01, 2006 - A routine traffic stop turned tragic Monday night, when the occupants of the vehicle opened fire on a Fresno police officer in Central Fresno. According to police, as the officer pulled over the vehicle the driver fired several shots at the him. A second officer returned fire, but the suspects were able to get away.

Welcome to the live thread for the California Primary Election. Polls are open until 8pm tonight. If you are a registered voter, it is your duty to vote and defend your rights and civil liberties, protect your pocketbook, and vote the bums out where applicable. Feel free to discuss issues key to your local area that others may be interested in. Post your polling place experiences if you like. And post numbers as they come in later tonight.

Field Poll link Lt. Governor (Democratic): In the contested Democratic primary for Lt. Governor, State Senator Jackie Speier has pulled ahead of State Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi and State Senator Liz Figueroa. The current poll finds Speier the choice of 30% of likely Democratic primary voters, with Garamendi at 25% and Figueroa far behind at 8%. More than one in three voters (37%) are undecided. The current findings are a reversal of voter preferences from April when Garamendi held the lead over Speier. • Attorney General (Democratic): Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown continues to hold a comfortable lead over Los Angeles...

Mexico acknowledges that it is a sovereign faculty of any state to protect its borders and to enforce its migratory legislation. That is precisely why the government of Mexico has condemned the activities of civilians guarding the border and stopping undocumented migrants from entering the United States. .......... armed militias, who proclaim that their mission is to ``spot and report'' immigrants, have brought tension along the border, and may even trigger violence. In our view, actions of this kind do not contribute to a long-term solution to the immigration issue and could even endanger the security of our common border....

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Police said they believe remains recovered outside Philadelphia are those of a pregnant woman missing for a month, and a person was in custody in the case. Inspector William Colarulo said Saturday that he could not confirm that the remains were those of 24-year-old LaToyia Figueroa, but investigators believed that to be the case. "We have strong reason to believe that it is her," Colarulo said. Colarulo said the person in custody had not been arrested or charged. He said he could not comment on whether the person had any connection to the property where the remains...

SACRAMENTO — Democratic majority lawmakers rebelled Monday against Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan to ram through his government reform plan in a special legislative session, opting to launch their own effort that sets up a partisan showdown. Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata, D-Oakland, named Sen. Liz Figueroa, D-Fremont, as chairwoman of a new reorganization committee that will immediately begin holding its own hearings throughout the state. Perata, who holds the second-most-powerful political job in the state after the governor, said during a Capitol news conference that the Legislature will cooperate with Schwarzenegger "where we can" on reforming deficit-ridden state...

Milwaukee Mayor John O. Norquist announced this afternoon that he will dissolve his campaign fund and pay the entire $375,000 settlement in Marilyn Figueroa's sexual harassment complaint against the city. If his campaign funds do not cover the entire settlement amount, Norquist said, he will pay the remainder out of his own pocket. In his latest campaign finance report in February, Norquist reported that he had $245,166 in his campaign fund through December 2001. "There will be no cost to the taxpayers," Norquist said at a short news conference Monday afternoon. "I believe this is the right thing to do....

The city has reached a tentative agreement with former mayoral staffer Marilyn Figueroa that will pay her at least $350,000 to settle her allegations of sexual harassment by Mayor John O. Norquist. Norquist-Figueroa Photo/FileMilwaukee Mayor John Norquist, his wife, Susan Mudd, by his side outside their house, admits to a sexual relationship with a former staff member. Photo/File Ex-mayoral staffer Marilyn Figueroa. What's Next The Common Council is to meet at noon Monday in closed session to be briefed by City Attorney Grant Langley. A hearing in the case before a state administrative law judge that was set to begin...