By Jessie Yeung and Satish Cheney, CNN

(CNN) — A French teenager is facing up to two years in a Singapore prison after he allegedly licked a straw in an orange juice vending machine – then placed it back in the dispenser.

Singapore, a small, highly-developed and wealthy financial hub in Southeast Asia, is well-known for its strict laws.

The incident took place on March 12 at a shopping center, according to Singapore police. Didier Gaspard Owen Maximilien, 18, was charged with two offenses for the alleged crime.

The first – a public nuisance offense – is punishable by up to three months’ imprisonment and/or a fine of up to 2,000 Singapore dollars (about $1,570). The second offense of mischief carries a jail term of up to two years, a fine, or both.

The teenager allegedly filmed himself committing the offense and posted it on social media, which quickly went viral and prompted authorities to investigate, according to local media reports.

IJOOZ, the company that operates the vending machines, reportedly had to replace all 500 straws in the machine he used, according to local media.

The teenager is a student at the Singapore branch of the Essec Business School, a French institution with several international campuses. The school confirmed his attendance there, and said it had provided support to the student and are in close contact with his family – but declined to comment further, citing ongoing legal proceedings.

CNN has reached out to IJOOZ, as well his lawyers for comment.

He was offered bail at 5,000 Singapore dollars (about $3,920), according to the Singapore judiciary site. His next court date is on May 22.

It’s not the first time a foreign teenager has fallen afoul of Singapore’s strict laws.

One of the most high-profile cases happened in 1993, when American Michael Fay was arrested for possession of stolen items and vandalizing several cars by spray painting them.

Fay was sentenced to four months’ imprisonment and six strokes of the cane, which was reduced to four strokes after the case caused an international furor and intervention from then-US President Bill Clinton.

Singapore carried out the caning despite strong pressure from Washington, maintaining that it was important to uphold its own laws, even for foreign nationals – briefly straining the US-Singapore relationship.

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Women's Tennis: The No. 50 UC Santa Barbara Women's Tennis team concluded the Big West Tournament as Big West Champions for the second straight season. Earning an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships, the Gauchos will take on No. 11 Pepperdine with the Waves as the regional hosts. The Gauchos and the Waves will meet in the first round on Friday, May 1st at 1 p.m.

For the third time in the last five years, the Gauchos will be on the national stage. The Gauchos defeated No. 39 Rice in the first round last year, before falling short to No. 2 ranked Texas A&M in the second round. 

Men's Tennis: The  No. 36 UC Santa Barbara Men's Tennis team wrapped up the Big West Tournament as Big West Champions after taking the broom out against Irvine in the championship match. The Gauchos will head to the NCAA Championships, and will take on No. 15 San Diego with the Toreros as the regional hosts. The Gauchos and the Toreros will meet in the first round on Friday, May 1st at 1 p.m.

For the second straight season and for the fourth time in the last six years, the Gauchos will be on the national stage in May.

(Article provided by UCSB Athletics).

Beach Volleyball: After winning its fourth Big West Championship title, the Cal Poly beach volleyball team earned the No. 6 seed Sunday into next week’s NCAA Championship in Gulf Shores, Ala.

The Mustangs (30-8) will face No. 11 seed GCU in the first round on Friday at 2 p.m. PT/4 p.m. in Gulf Shores. The match will be televised live on ESPN2 and ESPN+. The winner will move on to play in the second round Saturday at 10 a.m. PT/12 p.m. in Gulf Shores against the winner of No. 3 seed UCLA and No. 14 seed Tulane.

The second round and semifinals will both be played on Saturday. Cal Poly's semifinal match would take place at 12:30 p.m. PT. The championship match will take place Sunday, May 3 at 9:30 a.m. PT.

Friday and Saturday's matches will be on ESPN2 while Sunday's national championship match will air on ESPN. All the matches and specific courts can be streamed on ESPN+ as well.

This will be Cal Poly's sixth trip to the NCAA Championship and third in a row. The Mustangs previously made it in 2019, 2021, and 2022, 2024, and 2025. In each of the last two seasons, the Mustangs have reached the NCAA Championship Semifinals.

(Article courtesy of Cal Poly Athletics).

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La Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos acordó el lunes decidir si el Departamento de Trabajo tiene el poder de hacer que se cumplan las condiciones laborales de los trabajadores agrícolas extranjeros, adentrándose así en un programa de inmigración que la administración Trump intenta ampliar.

En el centro del caso se encuentra una disputa entre una granja de Nueva Jersey —que contrató a unos 96 trabajadores extranjeros para ayudar en la cosecha de pimientos y espárragos en 2015— y el Departamento de Trabajo, que alega que la granja incumplió condiciones laborales básicas, tales como el acceso sostenido al agua potable, baños limpios y una cocina para preparar alimentos.

Los trabajadores agrícolas fueron contratados bajo el programa de visas H-2A, que trae al país a cientos de miles de ciudadanos extranjeros cada año para trabajar en la agricultura de manera temporal. Recientemente, la administración tomó medidas para reducir los salarios de dicho programa, lo cual representa un beneficio para los agricultores que enfrentan escasez de mano de obra, un problema de larga data que se ha visto agravado por la política de mano dura de la administración tanto contra la inmigración legal como contra la ilegal.

Tras una inspección en Sun Valley Orchards, ubicada en la zona rural de Nueva Jersey, el departamento impuso multas civiles por un monto superior a los US$ 212.000 y ordenó el pago de casi US$ 370.000 en salarios atrasados. Sin embargo, un tribunal federal de apelaciones dictaminó que la granja tenía derecho a que su caso fuera resuelto primero por un tribunal federal, en lugar de por un juez de derecho administrativo del Departamento de Trabajo.

Al fallar a favor de la granja, el Tribunal de Apelaciones del tercer Circuito con sede en Filadelfia se basó en una decisión de la Corte Suprema de 2024 que estableció que el gestor de un fondo de cobertura y exlocutor de radio conservador tenía derecho a un juicio por jurado para responder a acusaciones de fraude de valores, en lugar de someterse a una revisión interna por parte de la Comisión de Bolsa y Valores (SEC).

“Sun Valley se vio obligada a soportar años de procedimientos inconstitucionales ante los tribunales de la agencia”, declararon ante la Corte Suprema los abogados de la granja.

La facultad de las agencias federales para imponer multas y, posteriormente, revisar dichas determinaciones a través de órganos judiciales internos ha sido objeto de intenso debate en los últimos años. A principios de este mes, la Corte Suprema escuchó los argumentos orales en otro caso que plantea cuestiones similares en el ámbito de la Comisión Federal de Comunicaciones (FCC).

En el caso de la granja, la administración Trump ha argumentado que la actuación del Departamento de Trabajo constituye una excepción al precedente establecido anteriormente por la Corte Suprema.

Según el Departamento de Justicia, los turnos de trabajo de los empleados en Sun Valley tenían una duración de 12 horas diarias, con una sola pausa de una hora. Según el gobierno, la granja disponía de seis dormitorios para los trabajadores, con 20 literas en cada habitación. Si bien la oferta de empleo de la granja prometía “instalaciones gratuitas para cocinar”, el Departamento de Justicia afirmó que, en lugar de tener acceso a una cocina, un supervisor utilizaba el espacio para vender cerveza y refrescos a los trabajadores.

Después de que Sun Valley perdiera la mayor parte de su apelación ante el Departamento de Trabajo, presentó una demanda ante un trib

VENTURA, Calif. (KEYT) Large numbers of marine organisms have washed ashore in Ventura.

They are called Valella Vallela and they are related to  jellyfish

Their common name is By-The-Wind-Sailor.

Wind pushed thousands of them onto South Jetty Beach by the Ventura Harbor and other they have shown up on other beaches as well.

It's best to leave them alone.

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