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  • Southern California men indicted in alleged $22 million crypto fraud case

    Southern California men indicted in alleged $22 million crypto fraud case

    Two 23-year-old Southern California men have been indicted for allegedly defrauding investors out of more than $22 million in cryptocurrency, according to authorities. Gabriel Hay of Beverly Hills and Gavin Mayo of Thousand Oaks are accused of collecting investments for nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, and digital asset projects with no intention of sticking around to…

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  • Killer behind 'sweetheart murders' dies: What cracked the cold case

    Killer behind ‘sweetheart murders’ dies: What cracked the cold case

    For more than two decades, the slaying of two UC Davis students stumped law enforcement, until DNA evidence finally led investigators to the kidnapper and rapist behind the notorious “sweetheart murders.” Now, after 11 years on San Quentin’s death row, Richard J. Hirschfield has died of natural causes, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation…

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  • Judge in Hunter Biden case sued over underage drinking party, alleged beating

    Judge in Hunter Biden case sued over underage drinking party, alleged beating

    The federal judge in Los Angeles who presided over Hunter Biden’s criminal tax fraud case has been sued over a party at his home where “significant” underage drinking allegedly led to a guest being assaulted and later hospitalized. The injured guest, Alex Wilson, filed the suit against U.S. District Judge Mark Scarsi and his wife,…

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  • Supreme Court dismisses constitutional claim in California pollution case

    Supreme Court dismisses constitutional claim in California pollution case

    WASHINGTON —  The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a red-state constitutional challenge to California’s special authority to fight air pollution. Over a dissent by Justice Clarence Thomas, the justices turned away an appeal from Ohio and 16 other conservative states, which asked the court to rule “the Golden State is not a golden child.” While Monday’s…

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  • Judge orders rapper Lil Durk jailed in L.A. murder-for-hire case

    Judge orders rapper Lil Durk jailed in L.A. murder-for-hire case

    Federal prosecutors said Thursday that rapper Lil Durk, who is accused of commissioning a murder two years ago in Los Angeles, may be linked to another killing in Chicago — new allegations that helped convince a judge to order the Grammy Award winner to remain jailed as his case proceeds. During a detention hearing, U.S.…

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  • Possible H5N1 bird flu case in Marin County child; infection source unknown

    Possible H5N1 bird flu case in Marin County child; infection source unknown

    Health officials in Marin County are investigating a possible H5N1 bird flu case in a child. Officials have been investigating since last week and are working with the California Department of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to determine how the child was exposed. The information was provided in a Friday…

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  • Measles case reported at LAX, Orange County children's hospital

    Measles case reported at LAX, Orange County children’s hospital

    Health officials warned Thursday that people who were at Los Angeles International Airport and Children’s Hospital of Orange County in recent days may have been exposed to measles. A flier infected with the disease was at LAX a day before Thanksgiving, and an infant with measles was at the Orange County hospital after the holiday.…

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  • Federal judge denounces President Biden's pardon, saying he misrepresented son's criminal case

    Federal judge denounces President Biden’s pardon, saying he misrepresented son’s criminal case

    The judge who presided over Hunter Biden’s federal tax case in Los Angeles criticized President Biden on Tuesday for pardoning his son this week, saying he misrepresented the facts of his son’s criminal case when he announced the move. In a brief order, U.S. District Judge Mark Scarsi faulted Hunter Biden’s lawyers for failing to…

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  • A marijuana dispensary in Columbus, Ohio.

    Cannabis case docs show how company drew regulators’ attention

    When Minnesota’s recreational marijuana bill was being written in 2023 and revised in 2024, it was established by sponsors on a few basic policy pillars. It would replace as much as possible an illegal market with a legal, regulated and taxed market; it would stress social equity to help those most harmed by illegality to…

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  • How the Hannah Kobayashi case led to Mexico and new revelations

    How the Hannah Kobayashi case led to Mexico and new revelations

    The mystery over Hannah Kobayashi, the woman from Hawaii listed as missing for several weeks, took a turn Monday when Los Angeles Police Department officials said there was no evidence of criminal activity and video showed her crossing the border into Mexico. The LAPD is now classifying her as a “voluntary missing person” and say…

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