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Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Federal prosecutors say they have charged at least nine people in connection with immigration protests and unrest in the Los Angeles region. NPR's Martin Coste reports the prosecutors say more cases are in the works. The U.S. attorney for the Central District of California, Bill Assele, highlighted two men who've been charged with possessing explosives during separate protests in Paramount and Los Angeles. The
This was an attack on law enforcement. Presumably they're motivated by our immigration enforcement efforts and wanting to make a statement, which you can make a statement, but you can't throw bombs or Molotov cocktails. Esseli says the FBI is still collecting videos of the protests and is looking at, quote, hundreds of people. Martin Koste, NPR News.
Former film mogul Harvey Weinstein was found guilty of sex crimes for a second time today in New York. Reporter Ilya Merid says Weinstein's retrial resulted in a split verdict that could nonetheless come with a hefty sentence. Up to 25 years is the maximum penalty for the one count of criminal sex act in the first degree. The jury found Harvey Weinstein did assault a young TV producer in his apartment in 2006.
But they found Weinstein not guilty of a second alleged assault, also in 2006, which was described in graphic detail by another accuser. The third count against Weinstein, third-degree rape, is yet to be decided. The judge said the jurors will continue to deliberate. Weinstein was first convicted in New York in 2020, but that verdict was overturned on procedural grounds. He also has a sex crimes conviction in California, which he is challenging. For NPR News, I'm Ilya Meretz in New York.
Some states are using insurance discounts to encourage homeowners to fortify their houses against disasters. That's as a hotter climate is making hurricanes and wildfires more destructive.
Stephen Basaja of the Gulf States Newsroom says those discounts are working better in some states than others. States are modeling new insurance discount programs after Alabama, where homeowners can get a $10,000 grant to build a hurricane-resistant roof and get a break on their insurance. Ron Watson's home is just a short drive from Alabama's coast, and it's one of more than 50,000 in the state with a tougher roof. Watson now saves hundreds each year. That's a big incentive.
Homeowners insurance now has been through the roof because of the storms we've had through here. California has an insurance discount for making a home more fire resistant, but the program is less popular in part because preparing a home for wildfires is more complicated and the discount is significantly less. For NPR News, I'm Stephen Massaha in Mobile, Alabama.
The USGS says Taiwan was hit by an earthquake with a magnitude of at least 5.9. The Associated Press reports cell phone alarms went off seconds before the quake struck. There were no immediate reports of major damage. This is NPR News.
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