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A line forms Monday outside the courthouse for a chance to sit in on the 16th day of former President Trump's hush-money trial in Manhattan, N.Y.

Politics & Government

These people waited hours to see the Trump hush-money trial up close. Here's why

4:25pm May 14, 2024

by Ximena Bustillo

New Yorkers and tourists alike stand in line outside the Manhattan criminal court with hopes of securing a spot in one of the rooms where the trial against former President Donald Trump can be viewed.

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Defendant Jerry Boylan, captain of the Conception, leaves federal court in Los Angeles on Thursday.

National

Captain sentenced to 4 years in fiery deaths of 34 aboard scuba boat in California

12:15am May 03, 2024

by The Associated Press

The Sept. 2, 2019, blaze was the deadliest maritime disaster in recent U.S. history, and prompted changes to maritime regulations, congressional reform and several ongoing lawsuits.

FILE - Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass waits to speak during a news conference in Los Angeles, Jan. 24, 2023.

National

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass safe after suspect breaks into official residence

1:08am April 22, 2024

by The Associated Press

Police in Los Angeles arrested a suspect following a break-in at the home of Mayor Karen Bass on Sunday morning, officials said.

FILE - The Universal Studios Hollywood officially reopens to the public at 25% capacity with COVID-19 protocols in place in Los Angeles, on April 16, 2021. A tram accident at Universal Studios in Los Angeles injured multiple people Saturday night, April 20, 2024, authorities and the company said.

National

15 people injured in tram crash at Universal Studios Hollywood

5:02am April 21, 2024

by The Associated Press

A tram accident at Universal Studios Hollywood in Los Angeles injured 15 people Saturday night, authorities and the company said.

Armored trucks are parked outside the GardaWorld facility in the Sylmar section of Los Angeles on Thursday, April 4, 2024.

National

This LA heist sounds like a thriller novel. Thieves stole $30 million in cash

6:37am April 05, 2024

by The Associated Press

Thieves got away with $30 million in cash from a money storage facility in Los Angeles by breaking into the building on Easter and cracking the safe. Now detectives are seeking to unravel the heist.

A Waymo car is seen on the streets of San Francisco on Aug. 25, 2023.

National

Waymo's robotaxi service set to expand into Los Angeles

7:46pm March 14, 2024

by Dara Kerr

Waymo, owned by Google's parent company Alphabet, is rolling out driverless cars to passengers in L.A. San Francisco and Phoenix already have them.

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Beverly Hills Police Chief Mark Stainbrook, left, Mayor Karen Bass and Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore announce the arrest of a suspect in three recent killings of homeless men, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023, in Los Angeles.

National

Authorities identify suspect in killing of 3 homeless men in Los Angeles

3:31am December 03, 2023

by The Associated Press

A Los Angeles man already in custody in connection with another shooting investigation has been identified as the suspect in three recent killings of homeless men, police said Saturday.

Veterans John Follmer, right, and Alejandro Rocha, left, do outreach on on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles. They met Chris Brown, center, and offered to connect him with veterans services.

The answer to veterans homelessness could be one of LA's most expensive neighborhoods

5:01am November 16, 2023

by Quil Lawrence

A massive VA campus in West Los Angeles is finally housing hundreds of vets, and may finally change the city's worst-in-the-nation status on veterans homelessness.

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Anthony Velbis, a nurse with the homeless service agency HOPICS, checks up on Anthony Boladeres outside the RV where he's living in South Los Angeles. "It's nice being able to meet the client where they're at," Velbis says.

'Frustration all across the board.' A day with homelessness outreach workers in L.A.

11:13pm November 11, 2023

Teams of case managers and medical professionals help connect people on the street to social services and, eventually, housing. But it's a tough job when there aren't nearly enough places to stay.

A person places flowers on Tuesday at a makeshift memorial marking the site of the altercation that led to Kessler's death.

An elderly Jewish man dies after an altercation with pro-Palestinian protesters

3:03pm November 07, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

Paul Kessler, 69, died of a head injury a day after the altercation, which California authorities haven't ruled out as a hate crime. A suspect was identified but no arrests have been made.