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Matthew Ormseth

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Matthew Ormseth is a reporter for the Los Angeles Times. Before joining The Times in 2018, he covered city news and state politics at the Hartford Courant. He grew up in Arcadia and graduated from Cornell University.

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College admissions scandal: Notes raise questions about Lori Loughlin ‘bribe’

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College admissions scandal: Notes raise questions about Lori Loughlin ‘bribe’

Notes by William “Rick” Singer become an issue as an Oct. 5 trial date is set for Lori Loughlin and other parents accused of defrauding USC.
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College admissions scandal: Heir to Hot Pockets fortune sentenced to 5 months

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College admissions scandal: Heir to Hot Pockets fortune sentenced to 5 months

Michelle Janavs, heiress to a frozen foods fortune, was sentenced Tuesday to five months in prison in the college admissions scandal.
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Jury selection begins in the Robert Durst murder trial

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Jury selection begins in the Robert Durst murder trial

The judge on Wednesday questioned 23 jurors and dismissed five of them. Neither prosecutors nor the defense team posed questions.
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A decorated detective, a suspected mobster: How a secret alliance ended in claims of blood and betrayal

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A decorated detective, a suspected mobster: How a secret alliance ended in claims of blood and betrayal

The allegation that a Glendale detective betrayed his associate and arranged a 2016 attack remains unproven.
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Three leaders of Philippines-based church in Van Nuys indicted on human trafficking, immigration charges

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Three leaders of Philippines-based church in Van Nuys indicted on human trafficking, immigration charges

When FBI agents raided the Van Nuys compound of a Philippines-based church late last month, they found 80 passports, seven wedding rings and a folder titled “Traitor” — the makings of a decade-long human trafficking conspiracy, federal prosecutors said in an indictment unsealed Thursday.
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Ex-CEO of investment giant Pimco given longest sentence to date in college admissions scandal

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Ex-CEO of investment giant Pimco given longest sentence to date in college admissions scandal

Douglas Hodge, once the leader of an international bond manager and now an admitted felon, was sentenced to nine months in prison Friday for paying bribes to get four of his children into USC and Georgetown as fake athletic recruits.
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Admissions scandal: Prosecutors seek longest prison sentences yet for four California parents

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Admissions scandal: Prosecutors seek longest prison sentences yet for four California parents

College admissions scandal prosecutors recommend that a judge sentence four parents who have pleaded guilty to prison terms ranging from 18 to 26 months.
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Candidates for L.A. County district attorney trade punches in lively debate

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Candidates for L.A. County district attorney trade punches in lively debate

Candidates in Los Angeles County D.A. race tout reform, but differ on strategies in debate punctuated by protests
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Admissions scandal: Mother arrested in Spain and charged with bribing son’s way into UCLA to take deal

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Admissions scandal: Mother arrested in Spain and charged with bribing son’s way into UCLA to take deal

Prosecutors and lawyers for Xiaoning Sui, a Chinese mother detained in Madrid on charges of bribing her son’s way into UCLA, have proposed she spend no additional time in prison.
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The last flight of Kobe Bryant

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The last flight of Kobe Bryant

Tracing Kobe Bryant’s fateful last flight Sunday morning that ended with a horrific crash.

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