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July 9, 2020 at 10:00 pm

Attorney not disputing suicide findings in Black man’s death VIEW

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An attorney for the family of a Black man found hanging from a tree last month in a Southern California city...

June 29, 2020 at 10:03 pm

Golden State Killer admits murders, rapes for life in prison VIEW

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gay Hardwick stood arm-in-arm with her husband to face a criminal dubbed the Golden State Killer and couldn't recognize the elderly...

Joseph Cress, left, the public defender for Joseph James DeAngelo, charged with being the Golden State Killer, adjusts the microphone for his client during a hearing in Sacramento Superior Court in Sacramento, Calif. Monday June 29, 2020. DeAngelo, 74, pleaded guilty to 13 counts of murder and multiple other charges 40 years after a sadistic series of assaults and slayings in California. Due to the large numbers of people attending, the hearing was held at a ballroom at California State University, Sacramento to allow for social distancing. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) CARP107 CARP107

June 28, 2020 at 8:03 am

Golden State Killer admits to dozens of rapes, 13 murders VIEW

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A former police officer who terrorized California as a serial burglar and rapist and went on to kill more than a...

June 23, 2020 at 10:58 am

Robert Durst loses coronavirus mistrial bid in murder case

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles judge denied a request for a mistrial Tuesday in the murder case against New York real estate heir...

June 21, 2020 at 10:17 am

Black Lives Matter wants to oust first Black Los Angeles DA

LOS ANGELES (AP) — For nearly three years, Melina Abdullah has led dozens of demonstrators once a week outside the Hall of Justice to call...

June 19, 2020 at 4:11 pm

Ex-businessman facing murder charges in Mumbai terror attack

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former Chicago businessman imprisoned for aiding terrorist groups has been arrested in Los Angeles to face murder charges in India...

June 17, 2020 at 1:54 pm

Probe: Kobe Bryant pilot may have become disoriented in fog VIEW

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The pilot of the helicopter that crashed in thick fog, killing Kobe Bryant and seven other passengers, reported the aircraft was...

June 9, 2020 at 5:15 pm

Los Angeles officer charged with pummeling unarmed man

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles police officer has been charged with assault for punching an unarmed trespassing suspect more than a dozen times...

June 8, 2020 at 12:57 pm

Thousands of LA protesters won’t face curfew, other charges VIEW

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Thousands of Los Angeles protesters arrested for violating curfew and other police orders will not be charged with a crime, prosecutors...

June 5, 2020 at 10:02 pm

Surfers honor George Floyd in ‘paddle out’ held around world VIEW

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — On a sliver of sand that before the Civil Rights era was derisively dubbed "The Ink Well" because of its...