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The district attorney has stated the teenager remains a victim in the case involving her father's alleged impregnation, while charges remain undecided.

Republican lawmakers are intensifying scrutiny against a district attorney backed by George Soros, citing concerns over lenient policies toward undocumented immigrants.

The Orange County District Attorney in California has announced a $100 million fund to assist 50,000 residents who were evacuated due to the GKN incident. The funds aim to provide relief and support to those affected by the event.

The Los Angeles District Attorney, facing criticism, has dropped a felony charge against an officer who recorded colleagues making racist remarks, reversing an earlier decision.

An Oklahoma teenager accused of raping two girls has been released, prompting the District Attorney to furiously call in federal authorities due to the outcome.

Prosecutors in the Manhattan District Attorney's office have accused Luigi Mangione's defense team of disseminating misinformation regarding media access plans for his upcoming murder trial.

The Harris County district attorney’s office said that white powder the federal government had said could be methamphetamine tested negative for narcotics.

The family of Nolan Wells is cooperating with the district attorney's office, having recovered his phone and alleging that its content may have been erased. The DA has committed to presenting the death investigation to a popular jury.

GPS data from the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources has tracked the movements of the boat Nolan Wells was on when he headed to Horn Island on July 4, as his family meets with the District Attorney.

The investigation into the Nolan Wells case is ongoing, with the sheriff's office stating they will not be rushed and are working with the District Attorney. Meanwhile, Wells' parents express frustration over being kept in the dark, while a football coach denies racial tension at the school.

Following the decision not to retry Harvey Weinstein, the Manhattan District Attorney has called on legislators to take further action to support sex assault survivors.

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner's campaign slogan, 'F**k Around And Find Out,' is reportedly coming back to haunt him, as highlighted by Jonathan Turley.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott is intensifying efforts against crime by proposing a statewide prosecutor, bail reforms, and measures to remove rogue district attorneys. These initiatives come as crime remains a dominant political issue in Texas.

American rapper Sean 'Diddy' Combs is facing a new district attorney investigation and potential criminal charges related to sexual assault allegations, with publicist Jonathan Hay reportedly revealing uncomfortable details.

U.S. District Attorney Jeanine Pirro reiterated her commitment to cracking down on juvenile crime in Washington D.C., despite opposition from local Democratic officials regarding Trump administration curfews.

Police have transferred the Zalka murder case to the district attorney, with prosecutors expected to request continued custody for 10 suspects. The victim's family is pushing for the harshest possible punishment.

An illegal immigrant convicted of raping his stepdaughter was granted early parole under a California law signed by Governor Newsom, a decision that has sparked significant outrage and calls to "stop the madness" from the District Attorney.

Facebook plans to remove imposter accounts that have been identified as being tied to immigration scams, according to the District Attorney's office.

Daniel Moreno-Gama, accused in the Sam Altman Molotov cocktail plot, was ordered held without bail by a judge, despite his defense claiming a mental meltdown rather than attempted murder. The District Attorney had requested he be held without bail.

The lawyer for Boston police officer Nicholas O'Malley, who faces a manslaughter charge for an on-duty shooting of a carjacking suspect, has criticized the District Attorney's move as "unprecedented," sparking political debate.

Austin District Attorney Jose Garza is facing calls for resignation from police groups over alleged Brady violations and 'secret meetings' related to a case against an APD officer involved in a 2020 Austin riot.

A woman will be held 'criminally responsible' after allegedly placing massive liens on homeowners, according to the District Attorney.

A Travis County district attorney is facing renewed 'soft on crime' criticism after a career criminal, allegedly freed by the DA, was charged with murdering a father of five.

Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson stated that while no new charges have been filed yet, prosecutors remain open to pursuing Diddy if additional evidence emerges regarding the rapper's 1996 killing.

The Icelandic District Attorney's Office has filed charges against a man for restricting his former partner's freedom and subjecting her to repeated violence during a detention period in August 2014.

EDP445 is under renewed scrutiny as the Kern County District Attorney’s Office reportedly re-examines his 2021 'cupcake' incident following statements made in a new documentary.

A Costco employee fatally rammed his car into a co-worker on a motorcycle after allegedly witnessing a hug between the victim and another colleague. The district attorney's office is investigating the incident as a potential act of jealousy-fueled violence.

A few months ago, the New Mexico District Attorney's Office reopened its Epstein investigation. Since then, it has complained of obstruction by the Ministry of Justice. Now the matter is escalating.

The Soros family has invested over $1 million into PACs supporting progressive prosecutors for the 2026 elections, despite recent election losses and recalls of district attorneys.

The district attorney has publicly defended the ongoing investigation involving Nolan Wells.

A district attorney has expressed disbelief regarding the FBI's assertion that drugs were found in a van linked to an ICE shooting incident in Houston, directly contradicting federal suspicions.

A district attorney's report states that Hernan Marrero, after consuming nine drinks at a Saugus bar, drove the wrong way on Route 1 and caused the death of Trooper Kevin Trainor.

A group of district attorneys visited San Quentin prison, a historically infamous California facility, to solicit advice from inmates on effective strategies to prevent youth crime.

Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens has resigned from his position after pleading guilty to a conspiracy charge in a federal bribery case that stemmed from an FBI sting operation.

Actor Armie Hammer compared himself to Jesus after the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office closed its investigation into a rape allegation against him due to insufficient evidence, reflecting on the scandal that impacted his career.

Authorities announced the return of two ancient Cambodian artifacts from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York to Cambodia, following an investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office's Antiquities Unit.

The Department of Justice has requested the recusal of a judge from the Georgia election interference case. This request is based on the judge's reported attendance at an event hosted by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.

A livestreamer, known for disseminating racist content, has been taken into custody following a confrontation that escalated into a shooting outside a courthouse. The district attorney confirmed the arrest related to the incident.

A viral X post claiming San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins threatened to arrest streamer Hasan Piker has been debunked as fake, originating from a parody account.

A California man, Sergio Fraire, has been charged with murder in the fatal stabbing of a beloved first-grade teacher in Burbank. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office filed the charges with a special circumstance.

Tolashe is facing additional criminal complaints as the District Attorney's office joins an ongoing investigation into an SUV incident, amid increasing political pressure.

The Renato Seabra case involves extensive documentation, including 4,212 pages, 411 photographs, 38 videos, and 11 audio files, with a long wait for authorization from the Manhattan District Attorney to consult the process.

Karoline Leavitt has criticized Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner for allegedly threatening to arrest ICE agents, calling the move "disgraceful."

Bodycam video from the bar shooting in Austin, Texas will be released Thursday as the district attorney said police officers who shot and killed the suspect will not face a grand jury.

The Biden administration is accused of 'inviting' Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to apply for a lucrative grant while she was prosecuting Donald Trump.

The Bucks County District Attorney's Office is investigating how Quakertown cops, including chief Scott McElree, handled a student protest against ICE.

House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan warned that subpoenas are being considered for district attorneys in sanctuary jurisdictions, accusing them of showing undue leniency toward illegal immigrants.

The Los Angeles District Attorney, facing criticism, has dropped a felony charge against an officer who recorded colleagues making racist remarks.

NBA star James Harden's unlawful carrying of a weapon case in Texas has been dismissed. The Harris County District Attorney submitted the dismissal request, concluding the legal proceedings.

A California mother was tragically shot and killed by her ex-partner in front of their four-year-old son, despite her prior pleas for help, according to the District Attorney.

The district attorney for Mississippi's 19th Circuit Court District has provided an explanation for why officials are keeping evidence in the Nolan Wells case confidential.

The investigation into Nolan Wells' death is ongoing, with the District Attorney urging silence as autopsy results spark controversy and allegations from attorney Ben Crump.

The three witnesses to the death of Mexican immigrant Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who was shot by ICE, are seeking a U visa to protect them from deportation. The district attorney has approved certifying them as 'material witnesses,' a requirement for the visa petition.

The Napa County District Attorney's office is reviewing the alleged hit-and-run case involving Paul Pelosi from July 5.

Montenegrin officials Šaranović and Šćepanović met with the New York District Attorney to discuss the importance of operational cooperation with US services, including the FBI and DEA.

Comedian Carlos Mencia pleaded not guilty to felony tax fraud charges, with his defense criticizing the district attorney's alleged overreach.

Luigi Mangione's court hearing was delayed by a day after the District Attorney's office failed to inform the jail that he was required in court.

The New York District Attorney's office is reportedly investigating discrepancies in valuations across various private credit funds.

The Los Angeles District Attorney has stated that a string of burglaries in an LA residential area are being committed by South American gangs. This announcement identifies the alleged perpetrators behind the recent crime wave.

An accuser of Representative Eric Swalwell is reportedly cooperating with an investigation being conducted by the Manhattan District Attorney's office.

A Colorado District Attorney has filed an assault charge against a federal immigration officer, a move that the Department of Homeland Security has condemned as unlawful and a political stunt.

Taylor Frankie Paul, a reality TV personality, will not be charged in connection with recent altercations involving her former partner, according to the Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office.

Another batch of domestic violence allegations against Taylor Frankie Paul has made it to a district attorney's desk ... and they're weighing their options.

Philadelphia District Attorney Lawrence Krasner has threatened to arrest ICE agents at airports, warning Trump officials that he will 'put you in handcuffs' if laws are broken.

Travis County District Attorney José Garza has announced that his office will not seek charges against Austin police officers involved in a shooting incident.

The Manhattan District Attorney's office has dropped an assault charge against an influencer accused in an NYPD snowball fight, despite claims that a police officer sustained redness and tenderness from being hit.

How A Water War Is Brewing Over A Drying Lake In Nevada Authored by John Haughey via The Epoch Times, A Nevada lawsuit trickling toward trial could determine how the nation’s most arid state balances the legal rights of upstream landowners to divert water from rivers for agricultural irrigation with the impacts those withdrawals have on downstream ecologies and economies. Water rights exceed water supply across much of the western United States. With many watersheds failing to deliver enough water for local needs, the suit is being watched by attorneys, state water managers, and federal agencies. It could potentially set a precedent in revising how states across the West regulate access to water. The Nevada case, filed by the Walker River Paiute Tribe and Mineral County, may also present an opportunity for a win-win solution, in which nonprofits and government entities purchase private water rights from willing upstream sellers and dedicate them to downstream public benefit. Without public-private intervention and the changes in state water law that the suit seeks, geologists and environmental experts agree the future is bleak for Walker Lake, a 13-mile long terminal lake about 75 miles southeast of Reno near the California state line in rural, sparsely populated Mineral County. The lake is completely dependent on diminishing Sierra Nevada snowmelt runoff into the Walker River—runoff that, for decades now, has been almost entirely diverted for irrigation by upstream farmers and ranchers. As a result, a desert oasis that once generated more than half of Mineral County’s economic activity through recreational pursuits such as fishing, migratory bird-watching, boating, and camping is now a lifeless “sludge pond,” while the town of Walker Lake faces an accelerating prospect of extinction. “The last fish was caught in 2013 or 2015, I believe. When the fish died, the fishing died; boating, recreation, that all just disappeared,” Mineral County Commissioner Tony Ruse said. “There were restaurants here. There were hotels here. There were businesses here. Now? All gone, just 300 residents struggling.” A Mineral County native, Ruse returned in 2020 after working 34 years as a Switzerland-trained chef in Europe and Asia, including 20 years in South Korea, to open The Big Horn Crossing, a restaurant and convenience store in a shuttered bait shop. It’s now Walker Lake’s only remaining retail business. “It was dead. There was nothing,” he told The Epoch Times. “We should be selling bait here. We should be selling fishing supplies. There should be boats parked in our driveway right now.” (Top) Mineral County Commissioner Tony Ruse fields a phone call at The Big Horn Crossing, a restaurant and convenience store that is the only remaining retail business in Walker Lake, Nev., in January 2026. (Bottom) Walker Lake, a town of fewer than 400 people, is anchored on the slopes of Mount Grant, but no longer supports a fishery, boat races, or the waterfront restaurants and hotels that once made it a desert oasis for tourists, anglers, and campers, in Mineral County, Nev., in January 2026. John Haughey/The Epoch Times Marlene Bunch and her husband Glenn lead the Walker Lake Working Group, created in 1991 to ensure water reaches the lake to sustain its recreational economy. “Upstream diversions have been our nemesis, and that’s what our legal case is for,” Bunch, a former Mineral County clerk and treasurer, told The Epoch Times. Bunch.has lived in Walker Lake since the 1960s. She recalls a 1991 discussion with Nevada Department of Wildlife fisheries biologist Mike Sevon about what would happen if water levels continued to drop. Diminishing Returns Walker Lake retains water flowing east 100 miles from California’s Bridgeport and Topaz reservoirs through Nevada’s Smith and Mason valleys and the Walker River Paiute Tribe’s reservation. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, its water levels have declined more than 160 feet since 1882. Nearly 30 miles long in 1850, the lake is only 12 miles long today. The runoff provided hydrological pressure that sustained area water wells, especially in Walker Lake, where Ruse said residents are seeing “very brackish” water coming from taps, a potential death knell for the town. “It’s getting harder and harder to keep the federal standards for potable water,” he said. “So there’s going to be a day—and I’m waiting for the call—that we need to put a reverse-osmosis system in, which we couldn’t afford to do.” Walker Lake and nearby Hawthorne, the Mineral County seat, struggle in the desert—Hawthorne has seen its population decline 60 percent from 10,000 in 1980 to just over 3,000 in 2020. Meanwhile, agriculture in the Smith and Mason valleys has thrived. (Top) Walker Lake has receded well beyond the sign on U.S. Route 95, in Mineral County, Nev., in January 2026. Decades ago, anglers could shorecast for fish that can no longer survive in the shrinking lake. (Bottom) Nevada’s Walker Lake, a 13-mile-long lake about 75 miles southeast of Reno near the California state line in rural Mineral County, was once more than 30 miles long and 160 feet higher than it is now, in Mineral County, Nev., in January 2026. John Haughey/The Epoch Times But with mountain runoff unreliable for decades now, when upstream users divert their share, little to no water makes it to Walker Lake, leaving once-bustling waterfront businesses marooned as hulking shells far from a distant, receding shore. The case, United States and Walker River Paiute Tribe v. Walker River Irrigation District, is not a new case, but ongoing litigation arising from a lawsuit filed in 1924. It’s part of a flood of litigation stemming from Walker River allocations, going back to 1902, when rancher Henry Miller sued Thomas Rickey over water rights on the river. A 1936 Walker River Decree issued by the Nevada U.S. District Court finalized water rights for more than 500 private landowners, primarily farmers and ranchers, within the Walker River Basin, including those in the Walker River Irrigation District, under a “first in time, first in right” policy that remains the standard almost a century later. Like Nevada, most western states allocate water by the policy, known as prior appropriation. Therefore, under the 1936 decree, upstream users have legal priority to Walker River water. But in 2015, Mineral County filed a lawsuit citing the public trust doctrine, the legal principle that certain natural and cultural resources be preserved for public use. The lawsuit claimed that under the public trust doctrine, it is the state’s duty to maintain minimum inflows into public waters, such as Walker Lake, to sustain environmental, wildlife, recreational, and economic resources. The U.S. District Court ruled in the county’s favor. The irrigation district appealed. The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court overturned the ruling; the public trust doctrine, it held, was a state law issue that had not been decided in Nevada. That kicked the case back to the Nevada Supreme Court, which in 2020 determined all Nevada waters will now be allocated under the public trust doctrine—but that already-issued water rights would not be, and can never be, reallocated. The Supreme Court of Nevada building in Carson City, Nev., in this file photo. In 2020, the court determined that all Nevada waters will now be allocated under the public trust doctrine. Steven Frame/Shutterstock The court directed Mineral County to recommend ways to restore the lake without reallocating water rights, and to work with the Walker Basin Conservancy, a nonprofit created in 2014 with federal funding initially secured by Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Walker Basin Restoration Program. In 2021, Mineral County amended its 2015 complaint to intervene in the decades’-long parallel suit by the Walker River Paiute Tribe seeking to boost Walker River flows into a reservation reservoir and secure water rights for 167,460 acres added to the reservation since 1936. The county’s complaint includes 24 “actions … necessary to restore and maintain Walker Lake’s public trust values.” After years of procedural delays, including a requirement to individually serve more than 1,000 watershed landowners across the country, the case is set to proceed into discovery. A potential trial looms. But an alternate “win-win” solution orchestrated by the Walker Basin Conservancy is gaining traction and could, perhaps, mitigate the need for a court-ordered resolution. ‘The Only Solution’ Since its creation, the conservancy has restored public access to 33 miles along the Walker River and purchased more than 13,700 acres of water rights, enough to restore about 60 percent of the river inflow biologists maintain is needed to restore the lake’s fishery. Conservancy CEO Peter Stanton and Water Program Director Carlie Henneman did not return emails and repeated phone requests for comment about the program from The Epoch Times. Nor did the Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Walker River Irrigation District attorney Gordon DePaoli, or Walker Basin Working Group’s Oregon-based legal advisers, Jamie Saul of the Wild & Scenic Law Center and Kevin Cassidy of Lewis & Clark Law School’s Earthrise Law Center. Several attorneys representing different parties would only speak off-the-record, underscoring the contentious complexities of the case. A sign of the Walker River Paiute Tribe in Shurz, Nev., on Oct. 16, 2024. Walker Lake retains water flowing east 100 miles from California’s Bridgeport and Topaz reservoirs through Nevada’s Smith and Mason valleys and the Walker River Paiute Tribe's reservation. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images Roderick E. Walston, an attorney with Best Best & Krieger in Walnut Creek, Calif., told The Epoch Times his clients above the Bridgeport Reservoir in California are apprehensive about Mineral County’s suit, which he said essentially demands the federal court to reallocate existing water rights under the public trust doctrine. “Our response is basically that the Nevada Supreme Court resolved that issue four years ago,” he said. Walston was a California deputy attorney general in 1983 and argued the Mono Lake case before the California Supreme Court. In that case, the state’s public trust doctrine was used to thwart Los Angeles from purchasing Mono Lake water rights that would have devastated the lake’s ecology and Sierra Nevada economies. “So I argued both the case in California Supreme Court 40-something years ago and then also argued the case in the Nevada Supreme Court about four years ago,” he said. Walston said the case could have “great impact” on water disputes in states that uphold the prior allocation doctrine. “This is an absolutely large case,” he said. Meanwhile, Mineral County District Attorney Ryan McCormick, who assumed his post seven weeks ago, told The Epoch Times he’s playing catch-up in reading filings “from decades and decades of litigation.” A sign is pictured at Walker Lake in Hawthorne, Nev., on Oct. 16, 2024. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, Walker Lake’s water levels have declined more than 160 feet since 1882. Nearly 30 miles long in 1850, the lake is only 12 miles long today. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images “In a perfect world, if we get some specific performance and find a way to divert water back into the lake and have the levels rising again, that would be absolutely ideal,” he said, adding he isn’t privy to the reasoning behind all of the 24 actions assembled by the Walker Lake Working Group. It’s a complicated case in a long-litigated watershed but the best resolution is simple, McCormick said. “With the best interests of Mineral County, Hawthorne, and Walker Lake in mind here, we would like the lake to be receiving fresh water again. It would be nice to see some economic development right now, right?” But Walston said odds are slim the court will cast aside the state’s Supreme Court determination that existing water rights cannot be reallocated. Working with the conservancy and other groups to purchase water rights from willing landowners at $3,000 to $4,000 per acre foot—an acre of one-foot deep water—is a win-win for all involved, he said. “It’s the only solution, really. The Nevada Supreme Court has said you can’t just take water rights that have been adjudicated and take that water and put it into Walker Lake,” Walston said. “But you can go to various water users and negotiate with them and buy their water rights. In that case, then you could reallocate.” Tyler Durden Wed, 02/18/2026 - 22:35