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Why Chicago's New Interim Top Cop Says He Won't Take the Job Long-Term
Charlie Beck, the Los Angeles Police Department’s former chief and the newly announced interim top cop in Chicago, was asked Friday if he would consider becoming Chicago’s next police superintendent long-term. Beck said no, he wouldn’t.
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Helen Hunt Hospitalized After Car Flips Over in Accident
Helen Hunt was involved in a car accident on Wednesday. A spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department told People the incident occurred in Los Angeles’ Mid-City area on the corner of San Vicente and Tremaine Avenue.
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LAPD Investigates After Ad Ends Up on Right-Wing Website Breitbart
The Los Angeles Police Department announced Saturday it has stopped purchasing online advertising from Google after a recruitment ad appeared on a website that has drawn criticism for its content.
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Disturbing Attack on Real Estate Agent Captured on Camera in Encino
Police are looking for the visitor to an open house in Encino who was caught on camera abruptly pushing the real estate agent to the ground, and then bending over her as she screamed.
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LAPD Investigates After YouTuber Brooke Houts Accidentally Uploaded Video Showing Alleged Dog Abuse
A YouTube personality with more than 300,000 subscribers was facing strong backlash and was the center of a Los Angeles Police Department investigation Wednesday after apparently accidentally uploading a video that showed her allegedly abusing her dog.
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After Morning Raids in Two Counties, 3 Suspects Arrested in Killing of Off-Duty LAPD Officer
Dozens of Los Angeles Police Department officers and detectives mobilized across Los Angeles and Riverside counties early Friday to carry out raids that resulted in the arrests of three suspects in last weekend’s fatal shooting of an off-duty LAPD officer, law enforcement sources told NBCLA.
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MS-13 Gang Accused in a Gruesome Murder Spree Around LA
Citing a gruesome series of killings in Los Angeles in which one victim was dismembered and whose heart was cut out, a federal grand jury has indicted 22 alleged members or associates of the notorious MS-13 gang on charges that include racketeering and murder.
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Social Media Influencer Ray Diaz Accused of Sexually Assaulting Teen Girl Bails Out
Social media influencer Raymundo Diaz posted bail and was released from jail following his arrest on suspicion of sexual assault.
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California's Black Market for Weed Threatens Legal Businesses
The parking lot outside a stark-looking dispensary on a busy Los Angeles street is almost full on a weekday afternoon. Inside, jars of weed line the shelves behind a counter and colorful signs show prices. But if everything looks normal, it isn’t. The dispensary is part of a booming black market. “The black market is a huge problem,” said Patricia...
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Someone Stole a Marilyn Monroe Statue From the Four Ladies of Hollywood Gazebo
Security camera video appears to show the man who climbed a piece of artwork on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and used a hacksaw to remove a statue of Marilyn Monroe.
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Attorney Says Officer Who Shot 3 in Costco Was Attacked First As Authorities Investigate
The off-duty officer who shot and killed a man inside a Southern California Costco last week was attacked without warning as he held his toddler son, the policeman’s attorney said Monday. Attorney David Winslow said his client — a Los Angeles Police Department officer whom he wouldn’t name — was struck from behind without a word being spoken Friday night...
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25 Years Later: What It Was Like in Front of the OJ Simpson Chase
O.J. Simpson was a fugitive from justice, and Conan Nolan and photographer Dana Roecker were ahead of the former NFL star as he led police on a chase in Los Angeles 25 years ago.
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Man Killed By Off-Duty Officer at Costco Was Mentally Disabled, Cousin Says
An off-duty Los Angeles Police Department officer opened fire Friday night inside a Southern California Costco, killing a man who authorities say had attacked him and wounding two others, the Corona Police Department said. The slain man’s family says he was mentally disabled....
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Dodgers Pitcher Julio Urias Arrested on Suspicion of Domestic Violence
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Julio Urias was arrested Monday night on suspicion of domestic violence, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
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Man Arrested in Cold-Case Slaying of Prominent Hollywood TV Director
A man charged with bludgeoning and strangling to death a Hollywood television director more than three decades ago was arrested Thursday in North Carolina after police said DNA and a confession linked him to the crime.
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Hayden Panettiere's Boyfriend Arrested on Suspicion of Domestic Violence
The boyfriend of “Nashville” star Hayden Panettiere was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence, it was reported Friday.
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‘Despicable Scheme': Student Says Trump Backers Recruited Him to Smear 2020 Candidate Buttigieg
A Michigan college student says pro-Trump agitators recruited him to falsely claim he was raped by Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, then published the smear without his permission. Hunter Kelly, a 21-year-old gay Trump supporter, said conservative activists Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman sought to use him for the “despicable scheme” they concocted to blunt Buttigieg’s momentum and help the...
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Attempted Burglar Barricades Self in Filmmaker Spike Jonze's Los Feliz Home
An attempted burglar broke into the home of academy award-winning director Spike Jonze Tuesday morning, and barricaded himself inside the Los Feliz property for hours before being taken into custody.
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Rodney King's Daughter Launches Scholarship to Honor Her Dad
Lora King, the daughter of the late Rodney King, whose beating by LAPD officers triggered the 1992 riots, will launch the “I am a King” scholarship to celebrate black fathers Monday on the 27th anniversary of the start of the 6-day-long explosion of urban violence.
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Suspect Arrested in Shooting Death of Rapper Nipsey Hussle
A man wanted in the shooting death of rapper and philanthropist Nipsey Hussle outside his clothing store in Los Angeles’ Hyde Park area has been arrested, police said Tuesday.