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Staff at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall alleged to have allowed or encouraged nearly 70 fights involving young detaineesThirty officers at a southern California juvenile detention facility have been charged for their role in facilitating so-called “gladiator fights” between youth in their care, the state’s attorney general said on Monday.A grand jury indictment alleges the officers at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Los Angeles county allowed and sometimes encouraged nearly 70 fights to take place between July 2023 and December 2023. More than 140 victims between the ages of 12 and 18 were involved. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/04/california-juvenile-detention-gladiator-fights-charges Author

President expected to ask for more money for immigration crackdown as Democrats invite fired federal workers to speechTrump to lay out second-term vision in key address to CongressUS vice-president JD Vance said that the best way to protect Ukraine from another Russian invasion is to guarantee the US has a financial interest in Ukraine’s future.“If you want real security guarantees, if you want to actually ensure that Vladimir Putin does not invade Ukraine again, the very best security guarantee is to give Americans economic upside in the future of Ukraine,” Vance said in the interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity

UK fund manager reverses 2021 rebrand that was criticised by brand expert as ‘ill thought-out’Business live – latest updatesWhen the UK fund manager Aberdeen removed the vowels from its name four years ago, it prompted a wave of whimsical mickey-taking and caused its boss to accuse those mocking Abrdn of “corporate bullying”. Now, its new boss has performed a U-turn and returned to the company’s original name – but without capital letters.Alongside the Edinburgh-based company’s annual results, chief executive Jason Windsor, the former finance chief who was promoted to the top job in September, announced the “pragmatic decision” to bring