OXNARD, Calif. (KEYT) – A 51-year-old Oxnard man died after being struck by a vehicle while crossing Wooley Road late Saturday night.

The identity of the deceased is being withheld pending notification of his next of kin.

On May 2, around 11:31 p.m., officers were dispatched to an injury collision between a vehicle and a pedestrian near the intersection of Wooley Road and Commercial Avenue stated a press release Sunday from the Oxnard Police Department.

Oxnard Police shared that arriving first responders found a 51-year-old man lying in the eastbound lanes of Wooley Road with major injuries and despite life-saving attempts, he died from his injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.

A preliminary investigation showed that the 51-year-old pedestrian was walking across Wooley Road, just west of Commercial Avenue when he was hit by a Ford Expedition westbound on Wooley Road and the force of the impact sent the pedestrian into eastbound lanes of Wooley Road explained the Oxnard Police Department.

The 21-year-old driver of the vehicle remained on the scene and cooperated with investigators noted the Oxnard Police Department.

While impairment is not currently suspected, the investigation into the fatal incident is ongoing added the Oxnard Police Department.

Anyone with more information is asked to contact Traffic Officer Joseph Clarke at 805-385-7749 or 805-200-5668 or via email at [email protected].

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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – Two Santa Barbara men were taken into custody for vehicle theft and narcotics charges after stealing a vehicle from City Lot 11 on Anacapa Street Friday morning.

On May 1, around 9:20 a.m., officers were called to City Lot 11 in the 500 block of Anacapa Street for a stolen vehicle report stated a press release from the Santa Barbara Police Department.

Arriving officers spoke with the owner of the missing vehicle, shared the owner's description with units in the area, and located the stolen vehicle driving nearby detailed the Santa Barbara Police Department.

According to Santa Barbara Police, officers followed the vehicle as it returned to City Lot 11, watched two men exit the vehicle and begin to walk away before officers contacted the duo, later identified as a 33-year-old man and a 43-year-old man both from Santa Barbara, and took them into custody without incident.

The men were booked into the Santa Barbara County Jail on vehicle theft and narcotics-related charges shared the Santa Barbara Police Department.

Officers were able to return the vehicle to its owner added the local law enforcement agency.

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Análisis por Tim Lister, CNN

Prácticamente no pasa una semana sin que surja alguna nueva disputa entre la administración de Trump y Europa.

Pero en un año marcado por una importante disputa sobre aranceles, la amenaza del presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, de anexionarse Groenlandia y desacuerdos sobre la ayuda a Ucrania, la amenaza más acuciante a la que se enfrenta Europa es la actual división transatlántica en torno a la OTAN.

Trump ha declarado que Estados Unidos retirará 5.000 soldados, y probablemente muchos más, estacionados en Alemania, después de que el canciller alemán, Friedrich Merz, criticara la gestión estadounidense del conflicto con Irán, y afirmara que Teherán había humillado a Washington.

Trump también criticó a España e Italia por no ayudar en la campaña estadounidense contra Irán. Al ser consultado sobre si consideraría retirar las tropas estadounidenses de esos países, Trump respondió: “Probablemente… miren, ¿por qué no? Italia no nos ha sido de ninguna ayuda y España ha sido horrible, absolutamente horrible”.

España le ha denegado a las Fuerzas Armadas estadounidenses el permiso para usar sus bases o su espacio aéreo para misiones o ataques relacionados con el conflicto. Las críticas de Trump a Italia se producen a pesar de que su primera ministra, Giorgia Meloni, es una aliada clave.

Trump se ha quejado en varias ocasiones de que Estados Unidos carga injustamente con la responsabilidad de la seguridad occidental, e incluso ha llegado a señalar a Alemania, potencia económica europea, como “incumplidora” en este tema. La retirada parcial de Estados Unidos es un nuevo episodio de esta saga, pero uno que pone de manifiesto problemas más profundos.

A medida que la disposición de Estados Unidos a respaldar la seguridad europea se debilita —y la amenaza rusa crece—, Alemania, el Reino Unido y Francia prometen inaugurar una nueva era de inversión. Pero tienen un gran reto por delante, y poco tiempo para lograrlo.

“Si queremos seguir siendo transatlánticos, debemos reforzar el pilar europeo dentro de la OTAN”, declaró el sábado el ministro de Defensa alemán, Boris Pistorius, después de que Trump hablara de retirar las tropas.

Pistorius sugirió que la caída de precios era “previsible”.

Miles de soldados estadounidenses permanecen en Alemania, aunque ese número es solo una fracción de lo que fue en el pasado.

En diciembre de 2025, 36.436 militares estadounidenses en servicio activo estaban en Alemania, según datos del Departamento de Defensa de EE.UU. En el apogeo de la Guerra Fría, unos 250.000 soldados en servicio activo estaban acuartelados en lo que entonces era Alemania Occidental.

El paraguas se ha retirado a pesar de que Rusia sigue siendo una amenaza, y la medida de Estados Unidos “subraya la necesidad de que Europa invierta más en defensa”, dijo el sábado la portavoz de la OTAN, Allison Hart.

Washington quiere centrarse en los desafíos “en los que solo el poder estadounidense puede desempeñar un papel decisivo” en Asia y en su propio hemisferio, según Elbridge Colby, alto funcionario del Pentágono. Exige “un esfuerzo mucho mayor por parte de nuestros aliados para que asuman la responsabilidad principal de la defensa convencional de Europa”, añadió Colby.

Desde la perspectiva estadounidense, afirmó, “esta visión no tiene nada de antieuropea. Al contrario, refleja esperanza e incluso confianza en la capacidad de Europa para actuar de manera sustancial y enérgica”.

Algunos europeos lo ven de otra manera: como una pérdida de solidaridad y de propósito común, y como un ejemplo contundente del unilateralismo estadounidense.

“La mayor amenaza para la comunidad transatlántica no son sus enemigos externos, sino

By Camila DeChalus, CNN

(CNN) — US Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said Sunday that she may reopen a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, depending on what an inspector general’s probe uncovers over building renovations at the Federal Reserve.

Her comments come just over a week after she wrote on social media that she had directed her office to suspend its investigation into Powell and after Powell’s likely replacement at the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh, was approved by the Senate Banking Committee.

“I want to see what’s there. If there’s something there, great. And if there isn’t, I’ll go home,” Pirro told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union.”

The Justice Department first launched an investigation into Powell, who is a frequent target of President Donald Trump over not lowering interest rates, in January.

North Carolina Republican Sen. Thom Tillis held up the committee vote to advance Warsh’s nomination for months due to the investigation into Powell, arguing it was politically-motivated and threatened the independence of the fed.

Pirro also said in the interview that her office is going to make a motion to appeal a judge’s recent decision that quashed her subpoenas in the investigation, saying, “it’s extremely important for us as prosecutors, the precedent that it sets to prevent us from going into a grand jury.”

In her announcement suspending the investigation, she said the Office of the Inspector General of the Federal Reserve will conduct its own investigation into Powell. Pirro went on to say that after the inspector general concludes its report, her office “will not hesitate to restart a criminal investigation should the facts warrant doing so.”

Tillis told CNN on Sunday that while he supports Warsh, he maintains that Powell did not commit any crimes while serving in office.

“At the end of the day, no crime was committed, and the prosecutors I spoke with all agree,” Tillis said. “That’s what I was fighting against, not any single prosecution, but a process that would undermine the independence of the Fed.”

Tillis, who sits on the Senate Banking Committee, previously said that he supported the end of the investigation into Powell.

When asked if he thinks Warsh will maintain some independence from the Trump administration, he said, “I think so.”

Since beginning his second term, Trump has intensified his verbal attacks on Powell, making several public remarks and online posts criticizing him and the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors over monetary policy.

In one Truth Social post on April 29, Trump wrote “Jerome ‘Too Late’ Powell wants to stay at the Fed because he can’t get a job anywhere else — Nobody wants him.”

Powell, whose term as chair is set to end on May 15, has pushed back on the pressure, telling senators during a hearing last year that “we don’t take into consideration political factors” when setting rates. Powell has said he will remain at the fed as a governor until the criminal investigation concludes.

The Justice Department has drawn scrutiny for repeatedly using its authority to pursue individuals who have openly criticized or been roadblocks to the president and his administration, including former FBI Director James Comey and six members of Congress who appeared in a video last year u