Sept. 3, 2026, 8:29 p.m. ET The Chinese government has asked the United States to investigate the death of a 51-year-old Chinese national who died hours after being booked into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in the U.S. territory of Saipan, according to news reports. Lianyong Wei, who had been arrested on several charges…
Updated May 30, 2026, 1:31 p.m. ET A former Southern California mayor has pleaded guilty to acting as an illegal agent for the government of China, according to court proceedings Friday reported by People and CNN. Eileen Wang pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to charges that she secretly carried out work directed by Chinese…
Feb. 11, 2026, 4:52 p.m. ET A Southern California man has been sentenced for covertly operating as a Chinese agent while serving as campaign advisor for a local city council candidate and carrying out orders that included monitoring Taiwan’s former president during her 2023 visit to the state. Yaoning “Mike” Sun, 65, of Chino Hills,…
Jan. 13, 2026, 8:41 a.m. ET A former U.S. Navy sailor has been sentenced to over 16 years in federal prison for selling secret military information on American ships to China, officials said. Jinchao Wei, 25, also known as Patrick Wei, was sentenced on Jan. 12 to 200 months on espionage charges, the Department of…
More than 20 people, including teenagers, returning from a church camp were injured when a bus overturned in the Southern California mountains, authorities said Nov. 10. The bus had been traveling downhill when it rolled over at a curve on State Route 330 near Running Springs, a community about 80 miles east of Los Angeles,…
This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. It is part of a project on reverse migration by Arizona Republic reporter Daniel Gonzalez and El Paso Times visual journalist Omar Ornelas. PALENQUE, Panama — A man in a white T-shirt and surf trunks stood on a small pier calling out names from a list. Rows…
To mark the five-year milestone, Starlink recently shared a promotional video on social media site X, which SpaceX CEO Elon Musk owns. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched on its first Starlink satellite mission in 2019, and continues to regularly add to the growing constellation with missions from Florida and California. Starlink has grown into a constellation…
Potentially catastrophic Hurricane Melissa is forecast to slam the southern coast of Jamaica on the morning of Oct. 28 with sustained winds of up to 175 mph, even higher gusts and a life-threatening storm surge, leaving a wake of destruction across the island before focusing its ferocity on southeastern Cuba. Torrential downpours that could produce…