L.A. Mayor Karen Bass and Councilmember Nithya Raman appear separately at a mayoral forum held Sept. 3, 2026, in downtown Los Angeles. More than 29,000 people sleep outside in L.A., according to official estimates — a nearly 8% increase over last year. Two candidates for mayor are promising to...
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Warren Buffett is stepping down as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway after serving in the role for more than 50 years.
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Burglars smashed their way into a home in a quiet Los Angeles neighborhood early Friday morning.
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A presentation during a LAHSA Commission meeting on Friday, April 25, 2025. (Samanta Helou Hernandez / LAist) This week, Los Angeles' embattled homelessness agency made a major shift when it decided to no longer conduct the region's annual homeless count and give up management of...
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Faculty and students say UC schools don't have a consistent approach to AI use. (Imen Ben Youssef / Hans Lucas / Getty Images) Years after generative artificial intelligence software became widely accessible, the University of California system still does not have a consistent ap...
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The man who sprayed vinegar at U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar during a Minneapolis town hall has been sentenced to 14 months in prison.
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The average price for a gallon of diesel was still hovering around a record-high of $6.43 as of Friday morning, according to the latest data published by GasBuddy....
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A Tennessee grandmother who was falsely accused of bank theft crimes in North Dakota and detained for six months is suing for $10 million.
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Over 50 UCLA law faculty and 200 professors nationwide urge Chancellor Julio Frenk to retract his statement about a campus 9/11 symposium amid a growing academic freedom debate....
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An 8-year-old boy was beaten, left chained up and starved over the course of a year, losing more than 100 pounds before he was found dead last October, according to testimony in his parents' murder case. Questions remain about why school officials and social workers failed to che...
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A mourning community is coming together to pay tribute to those killed when a NBC4 helicopter crashed in Chatsworth.
