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LASKEVIEW, C ALIF. - AUG. 31, 2022. Cows get milked at Mavro Holsteins dairy farm in Lakeview, Calif. The state has a goal of reducing methane emissions from the dairy industry by 40 percent by 2030. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

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LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 06: Hikers carefully find an opening along the fenceline from the "short trail" at Griffith Park in Los Angeles, CA on Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. Hikers are upset about the fences that went up to protect habitat and prevent falls on steep terrain saying they're an eyesore and a solution to a minimal problem on the trails. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

No one is on the fence about the ‘obscenity’ in Griffith Park: chain-link trail barriers

A shooting in the Mid-City area of Los Angeles reportedly injured two people on Friday morning, including one man who was shot. The shooting occurred just before 10:15 a.m. at Venice and Hauser boulevards either outside of or near to a market, according to Officer Miller of the Los Angeles Police Department. The condition of the man who was shot has not been released, but the shooter is believed to be another man, Miller said.

Police looking for suspects in fatal shooting during Mid-City robbery

LONG BEACH, CA - DECEMBER 05: Rescue divers prepare to searchfor a missing free diver near Pier J in Long Beach, CA on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. The diver was reported missing around 9:45 p.m. Wednesday night. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

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Syrian opposition fighters hang out at the arrivals gate of the Aleppo international airpot in Aleppo, Syria, Monday, Dec. 2, 2024. .(AP Photo/Omar Albam)

In Syria, a long-dormant civil war reignites

Syrian rebels have made their largest gains in years, threatening a fragile status quo in the country.

Syrian rebels capture strategic city in major setback for Assad

Deir al-Balah, Gaza-Dec. 3, 2024-Inside Actionha cafe shop in Deir al-Balah which has turned to be only for cashiers and those locals withdrawing cash via an app of BOP. Anyone there has to order a hot drink and a WiFi ticket for 5 shekels. = nearly $2 These old Israeli banknotes are not easily accepted by either vendors nor cashiers. A double issue of an old version of banknotes (banknotes of 50/100/200) plus the worn out US dollars. This was also in the city center where many cashiers hve their stands. 3896: "Displaced individuals gather here to inquire about commission rates, exchange currency, or collect cash from international money transfers." This is in the city center of Deir al-Balah.

Amid a cash shortage in Gaza, paper money is starting to disintegrate, adding to desperation

South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung, bottom center, shout slogans during a rally against President Yoon Suk Yeol at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. The signs read "Yoon Suk Yeol should resign." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Impeachment? Insurrection charges? A look at what’s next for South Korea’s president

FILE - People attend a rally as part of a Transgender Day of Visibility, Friday, March 31, 2023, by the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Supreme Court sounds ready to OK laws that ban hormone treatments for trans teens

Tulsi Gabbard speaks before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally at PPG Paints Arena, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

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TOKYO - OCTOBER 27: Japanese actress Miho Nakayama attends the 'Sayonara Itsuka' press conference at Mandarin Oriental Tokyo on October 27, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. the film will open on January 23, 2010 in Japan. (Photo by Junko Kimura/Getty Images)

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Two hives of bees are living on the top of a parking garage at 2nd & PCH, an outdoor mall in Long Beach. Far from happenstance, the arrival of the bees came at the invitation of mall’s owner, which sells their honey and says they make the mall more environmentally friendly.

FILE - A construction worker secures sheathing at a residential building site in Mount Prospect, Ill., on March 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

U.S. job growth bounces back in November, a reassuring sign that the labor market remains healthy

MIAMI, FLORIDA - MARCH 19: Former Donald Trump adviser Peter Navarro holds a press conference before turning himself in to a federal prison on March 19, 2024, in Miami, Florida. Mr. Navarro, who was convicted of contempt of Congress last year, surrendered at a federal Bureau of Prisons facility after speaking to the media to begin serving his four-month sentence. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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Elon Musk’s multibillion-dollar pay package is rejected for a second time. What to know

Wilmington, California-June 9, 2021-The Phillip 66 Los Angeles refinery in Wilmington, California was built in 1919 and produces produces gasoline, diesel and aviation fuels, which are distributed by pipeline and by truck to customers in California, Nevada, and Arizona. The town of Wilmington, California has one of the highest ozone levels in the United States. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

L.A. County supervisors seek aid for hundreds of workers affected by Phillips 66 refinery closure

Hollywood Inc.

Mattel sued by mom over ‘Wicked’ merchandise with link to porn site
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