Durk Banks' trial, playing out in a downtown federal courthouse, has drawn rappers like Ye and Machine Gun Kelly, along with swarms of fans. Banks, 33, has pleaded not guilty to conspiracy, stalking r...

In rapper Lil Durk's murder-for-hire trial, prosecutors painted him as a man "consumed with revenge," after the death of his close friend Dayvon Bennett, known as King Von. Durk Banks' defense attorne...

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that the Department of Justice cannot keep an official who has not been confirmed by the Senate in charge of a U.S. attorney’s office simply by giving tha...

In a newly unsealed order, a California federal judge held the government in civil contempt for violating a court order requiring them to forensically image any cell phone used by agents present more ...

Body camera footage and forensically recovered texts, which provide a window into the mindset of agents who conducted raids throughout the L.A. area, were detailed in a 37-page motion for a preliminar...

The government on Monday filed a motion to dismiss the case against David Huerta, president of Service Employees International Union California. Huerta hailed the move as a victory.

The co-founder of the popular Tacos Rios Naomi stands and two other employees are charged with conspiring to kill a co-worker, whose burned body was found following a financial dispute. The investigat...

Federal authorities and L.A. police arrested and filed indictments against organized crime groups whose leaders are based in India and accused of drug trafficking, extortion and the assassination of a...

First Assistant U.S. Atty. Bill Essayli is waging an unusual campaign to find election fraud in California despite DOJ guidelines saying not to during vote counting.

Kenneth Iwamasa, who made $150,000 a year as a live-in assistant to Matthew Perry, is sentenced to 41 months in prison for his role in the actor's death.

DACA renewal delays are costing some recipients their jobs and exposing them to deportation risk as the Trump administration chips away at protections for immigrants brought to the U.S. as children.

Federal authorities alleged that Eileen Wang, the mayor of Arcadia, was cultivated to help promote pro-China policies, according to a plea agreement unsealed Monday.

The federal public defender's office in L.A. was 5 and 0 against prosecutors in trials related to immigration raids and protests. Trial No. 6 was last month.

The Trump administration has cited a more than 1,000% increase in assaults on immigration agents to justify aggressive tactics. But court records reviewed by The Times show the majority of the alleged...

Many of the problems the agency is facing now are not new, but staff and prisoners fear an exodus of officers could make life behind bars even worse.

Immigrant farmworkers toil, season after season, in jobs that most Americans wouldn't endure for a week. It's a rough life that takes a heavy toll.

During a congressional oversight hearing in L.A. Monday, more than a dozen elected officials, experts and community members laid bare the impact of the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration crackdown.

During a congressional oversight hearing in L.A. Monday, more than a dozen elected officials, experts and community members laid bare the impact of the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration cr...

A federal judge issued a split decision in response to a challenge over how the Trump administration installed acting U.S. Atty. Bill Essayli, declining to dismiss indictments he has overseen but find...

A federal judge issued a split decision in response to a challenge over how the Trump administration installed Acting U.S. Atty. Bill Essayli in his position as the region's top prosecutor.

Angel Minguela Palacios was arrested in Little Tokyo last month. He spent weeks in immigration detention, hoping to get home to the love of his life and their three children.

Angel Minguela Palacios was arrested in Little Tokyo last month. He spent weeks in immigration detention, hoping to get home to the love of his life and their three children.

A misdemeanor assault case against Brayan Ramos-Brito was the first to go to trial after dozens of people were accused of impeding or attacking federal agents during protests against immigration enfor...

Thousands of applicants turned out for a two-day hiring expo for Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Arlington, Texas, with many hoping to start a career as a deportation officer.

Angel Rodrigo Minguela Palacios was delivering strawberries to a tearoom in Little Tokyo when Border Patrol agents massed nearby where Gov. Gavin Newsom was holding a news conference. Minguela ended u...

The probe will look into whether California is violating the civil rights of cisgender girls by allowing transgender students to compete in school sports.

An L.A. County sheriff's deputy who was convicted of a felony for assaulting and pepper-spraying an unarmed woman will now face only a misdemeanor under a judge's ruling Tuesday.

Multiple federal prosecutors in Los Angeles submitted resignations after U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli offered a plea agreement to an L.A. County sheriff's deputy who had already been convicted of using ...

The attorney general has selected Riverside Assemblymember Bill Essayli — considered a rising and controversial Republican voice — to serve as interim U.S. Attorney for Los Angeles and surrounding are...

The recent firing of a federal prosecutor in L.A. who had criticized Trump and was leading a case against one of the president's supporters reflects a larger campaign against lawyers accused of opposi...

Eugene "Big U" Henley helped launch Nipsey Hussle's career and was called rap's godfather by Wiz Khalifa. Now federal authorities are accusing him of murder, kidnapping, robbery, extortion and fraud.

Nathan Hochman moved Monday to rescind a request by his predecessor to resentence Erik and Lyle Menendez for the murders of their parents, raising questions about the validity of the brothers' self-de...

When people want to get taller, they wind up on Dr. Kevin Debiparshad's operating table for leg-lengthening surgery.