## Mayor of Southern California city to plead guilty to acting as agent of China, feds say

Authored by nbcnews.com

LOS ANGELES — The mayor of the Los Angeles-area city of Arcadia has resigned and will plead guilty to illegally acting as an agent of China, officials said Monday.

Eileen Wang, who was elected mayor of the city of 56,000 in 2022, appeared in federal court Monday and was released on a $25,000 bond.

She was charged Monday with one count of acting in the U.S. as an illegal agent of a foreign government and has agreed to plead guilty later, the U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles said.

Prosecutors said that Wang and Yaoning “Mike” Sun promoted “pro-PRC propaganda” in the U.S. through a website titled “U.S. News Center.”

Sun pleaded guilty in October to one count of acting as a foreign agent and is serving a four-year prison sentence, the U.S. attorney’s office said.

Chen was sentenced to 20 months in prison in November 2024 after he pleaded guilty to bribery and acting as an unregistered agent of China.

Arcadia is a city in Southern California’s San Gabriel Valley around 13 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles. »

### Supreme Court halts order for Alabama to use US House map with 2 largely Black districts

Authored by apnews.com

Alabama officials had pointed to the Louisiana case as reason for the Supreme Court to end a judicial order to use a court-imposed House map until after the 2030 census.

The high court on Monday overturned that order and directed a lower court to reconsider the case in light of the Louisiana decision.

Republican House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter called the decision “a massive victory not just for Alabama, but for conservatives across the country.”. »

### NYC woman declined to press charges against subway shover 'because she didn't want to put another black man in jail'... weeks later he allegedly killed retired teacher, 76, at station

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She claimed the 'scary guy' she declined to press charges against initially approached her and her friend in a subway car, trying to engage in conversation.

Rhamell Burke, 32, was charged with murder on Friday after he allegedly shoved the retired teacher down a flight of stairs of a subway station.

Despite the repeated arrests, Burke had been granted supervised release after at least one of the incidents, according to police. »

### Pakistan allowed Iran to park military aircraft on its airfields despite mediator role in conflict with U.S.

Authored by cbsnews.com

Iran also sent civilian aircraft to park in neighboring Afghanistan.

It was not clear if military aircraft were among those flights, two of the officials told CBS News.

"The Iranian aircraft currently parked in Pakistan arrived during the ceasefire period and bear no linkage whatsoever to any military contingency or preservation arrangement. »

### Sony Patent Shows AI Tool That Turns Clips Into Social Media Reels

Authored by gameobserver.com

The company has filed a new patent for an AI-powered system that could automatically turn PlayStation gameplay clips into social media highlight reels.

According to the patent published earlier this month (via MP1st), the AI would not simply choose random scenes.

The technology could automatically create several types of media, including short gameplay clips, screenshots, digital collages, and even “highlight cards.” »

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