The University of California-San Francisco professor became known during the COVID-19 pandemic as a critic of government actions.
The United States is deploying military forces to guide ships and maintain freedom of navigation through the strait.
The individual, together with other people, fraudulently obtained state unemployment compensation benefits using stolen identities.
The narcotics ring is connected to New York City and New Jersey.

Israel gave final approval for a plan to purchase two new combat squadrons of F-35 and F-15IA advanced fighter aircraft from Lockheed Martin and Boeing.
The spokesperson provided no other information about the nature of Giuliani’s condition or the reason for his hospitalization.
It’s part of a series of actions by the Trump administration aiming to prevent illegal immigrants from obtaining taxpayer benefits or preferential treatment.
Agrawal was Twitter’s chief technology officer from 2017 to 2021, then its CEO until he was fired in 2022.
‘Rest assured that it’s not just the Instagram post that leads somebody to get indicted,’ the acting attorney general said.
Despite strong earnings numbers, Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta failed to win over investors.
The case could end up in the Supreme Court and lead to new rules about how governments deal with religion.
The individuals allegedly voted in the 2020, 2022, and 2024 general elections.
Mexico is seeking additional information before it agrees to arrest and extradite the Sinaloa governor and nine other indicted Mexican nationals.
GM and Ford included expected tariff refunds in their first-quarter earnings results.
The president’s order imposes new restrictions and targets anyone complicit in human rights violations.
The U.S. government warned on Friday that even charities are not exempt.
Debt held by the public has topped 100 percent of GDP as economists warn of rising fiscal risks despite a resilient growth backdrop.
As a GOP congressman tries to restore the District of Columbia’s original borders, activists leading the long-shot campaign hope the president will act.
The report outlined alleged biased actions across more than 17 federal agencies.
‘I urge our state Legislature to reconvene to redistrict another Republican seat in Memphis,’ Sen. Marsha Blackburn said.
‘Chinese cars are surveillance packages on wheels,’ Sen. Elissa Slotkin said.