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WATCH: California Sues Trump Administration Over Oil Pipeline Restart

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LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KEYT) – California Attorney General Rob Bonta held a press conference Friday morning at Dockweiler State beach in Los Angeles county to announce legal action being taken against the Trump Administration.

This is California's 55th lawsuit against the administration fighting to regain control of two onshore pipelines that reside in the state, starting in Santa Barbara County and ending in Kern County – one of which caused the disastrous 2015 Refugio Oil Spill.

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Trump administration is expanding ‘Mexico City’ abortion policy to also ban funding for NGOs that it says promote DEI

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By Alejandra Jaramillo, Jennifer Hansler, CNN

(CNN) — Vice President JD Vance on Friday said the Trump administration is expanding the so-called Mexico City Policy, to not only bar US government funding for organizations that perform and promote abortions, but also to those the administration says promote diversity, equity and inclusion and “gender ideology.”

His announcement came at the annual March for Life rally in Washington, DC, where the vice president sought to allay fears from the anti-abortion movement that the Trump administration has not done enough on the issue.

“We’re going to start blocking every international NGO that performs or promotes abortion abroad from receiving $1 of US money,” Vance said. “Now we’re expanding this policy to protect life, to combat DEI and the radical gender ideologies that prey on our children.”

The Trump administration has made a crackdown on so-called DEI policies and programs a cornerstone of its agenda. And this week’s announcement marks a significant expansion of the Mexico City Policy, called the “Global Gag Rule” by its critics. Established under President Ronald Reagan, the policy has been consistently rescinded by Democratic administrations and reinstated by Republican ones.

The expanded policy, according to an administration official, “applies to not only foreign NGOs, but also international organizations and US NGOs.”

The official said the expansion “goes beyond $8 billion in global health to cover more than $30 billion in foreign assistance.”

Vance’s remarks — and a pre-recorded video message from President Donald Trump in which he touted his judicial appointments — come as the administration faces pressure from social conservatives to do more to limit access to medication abortion. That includes a looming deadline to explain its opposition to a lawsuit that would end the availability of abortion pills by mail.

“I must address an elephant in the room,” Vance said, nodding to some of those concerns. He called out “a fear that some of you have, that not enough progress has been made, that not enough has happened in the political arena, that we’re not going fast enough, that our politics have failed to answer the clarion call to life.”

“I want you to know that I hear you and that I understand there will inevitably be debates within this movement,” Vance said, before pointing to what he argued were the movement’s long-term gains.

Vance also took a moment to highlight his growing family before the March for Life crowd.

“In my remarks last year, I told you all that one of the things I most wanted in the United States of America was more families and more babies,” he said. “So let the record show, you have a vice president who practices what he preaches. Usha and I announced this week that we’re expecting our fourth.”

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Un hombre en el Reino Unido se declara culpable de drogar y violar a su exesposa durante más de una década

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Por Kara Fox, CNN

Un hombre se declaró culpable este viernes ante un tribunal del Reino Unido de drogar y violar a su exesposa durante 13 años.

Philip Young admitió 48 de los 56 cargos en su contra, y se declaró culpable de 14 cargos de voyeurismo, 11 de violación y 11 de administrar una sustancia con la intención de aturdir a su entonces esposa, según la Fiscalía.

También admitió siete cargos de agresión con penetración, cuatro de agresión sexual contra su exesposa y uno de publicación de artículos obscenos, según la fiscalía.

Young también ha sido acusado de voyeurismo, posesión de imágenes indecentes de menores y posesión de imágenes extremas. Negó tres cargos de creación de imágenes indecentes de menores, se declaró inocente de posesión de una imagen prohibida de menores y de cuatro cargos de posesión de imágenes pornográficas extremas, incluyendo una imagen que retrata un acto que amenaza la vida.

Los presuntos delitos ocurrieron entre 2010 y 2023.

Quien fuera exfuncionario electo local del Partido Conservador británico, de 49 años, presentó sus alegatos ante su exesposa Joanne Young en el Tribunal de la Corona de Winchester, en el sur de Inglaterra.

Joanne Young, quien renunció a su derecho automático al anonimato, contó con el apoyo de su hermana y un miembro del equipo de apoyo a testigos en el tribunal.

El detective Geoff Smith, agente investigador superior, elogió la valentía de Joanne Young el viernes, al declarar: “Quiero rendirle homenaje por su increíble valentía durante todo este proceso, y (decir que) cuenta con el apoyo de agentes especialmente capacitados”.

Otros cinco hombres también fueron acusados ​​de delitos sexuales contra Joanne Young, cuatro de los cuales comparecieron ante el tribunal este viernes. Norman Macksoni, de 47 años, acusado de un cargo de violación y de posesión de imágenes extremas, se declaró inocente de violación. Conner Sanderson Doyle, de 31 años, acusado de agresión sexual mediante penetración y tocamientos sexuales, se declaró inocente. Richard Wilkins, de 61 años, acusado de un cargo de violación y tocamientos sexuales, se declaró inocente de tocamientos sexuales. Mohammed Hassan, de 37 años, acusado de tocamientos sexuales, se declaró inocente.

Dean Hamilton, también de 47 años, enfrenta a un cargo de violación y agresión sexual mediante penetración y dos cargos de tocamientos sexuales. No se ha declarado culpable.

Los casos de violación conyugal, el uso de sustancias para incapacitar a las víctimas y la difusión no consentida de imágenes íntimas siguen proliferando en toda Europa.

El mes pasado, un alemán de 61 años, identificado como Fernando P., fue declarado culpable de drogar y violar a su esposa estando inconsciente durante años y de compartir videos de sus crímenes en línea.

Los casos recuerdan al de Dominique Pelicot en Francia, quien durante casi 10 años solicitó a decenas de desconocidos de una sala de chat que violaran y abusaran de su entonces esposa, Gisèle.

En diciembre de 2024, él y otros cuarenta y nueve hombres fueron declarados culpables de violación o agresión sexual en un caso que conmocionó al mundo y desató un debate cultural sobre la violencia de género y la misoginia en Francia.

Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Saskya Vandoorne y Niamh Kennedy, de CNN, contribuyeron con este reportaje.

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$220 Million Expansion Project Coming to Sierra Vista Hospital in San Luis Obispo

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SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (KEYT) - Adventist Health recently announced Sierra Vista hospital in San Luis Obispo will soon undergo a $220 million expansion project.

The non-profit organization, which acquired Sierra Vista hospital along with Twin Cities hospital in Templeton in 2024, described the upcoming project as one of the most significant healthcare investments ever made in San Luis Obispo County.

Now known officially Adventist Health Sierra Vista, the well-known hospital has been in operation since first opening its doors to the community on On Dec. 7, 1959.

In the future, the expansion project will dramatically upgrade the 66-year-old facility with a number of planned improvements, including a new emergency department and trauma center, new operating and procedure rooms to support expanded services, new labor and delivery and postpartum units, new intensive care unit, remodeled inpatient rooms designed to enhance comfort, healing and the overall patient experience.

"This investment reflects our long-term commitment to the Central Coast,” Ryan Ashlock, President of Adventist Health Central Coast Network said in a statement. "From the beginning, we recognized that this community expects more from its healthcare providers — and that earning trust matters. This project ensures families can access the care they need in facilities that reflect the level of care already being delivered here."

According to Adventist Health, project planning is already underway, with a targeted groundbreaking and the start of construction anticipated in 2028.

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