Jerrid Joseph Powell, 33, was charged with four counts of murder after prosecutors say he gunned down three homeless men and a robbery victim in a four-day span last week.
Average Texans and Californians agree a lot more than their states’ policies would suggest, even on issues like abortion and guns. Each tips slightly in one direction, but politics magnify the differences.
Organized labor has been having a moment in L.A. But in West Hollywood, which has the nation’s highest minimum wage, it’s the business owners who’ve been marching.
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‘I just don’t know where we’ll go.’ It’s a question Palestinians ask over and over in Gaza as Israel ramps up bombardment after Hamas truce collapsed.
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The faculty union and the Cal State system remain divided in contract negotiations. Faculty want a 12% raise for 2023-24, but the system says it is not possible.
The Supreme Court justices sounded ready to uphold a huge bankruptcy deal that includes $6 billion from the Sackler family to fight opioid crisis.
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