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Los Angeles County Public Health Emergency Operations officials leave St. Anthony's Croatian Catholic Church after evaluating the newly arrived migrants being housed in Los Angeles on Wednesday, June 14, 2023. Forty-two people, including some children, were dropped off at Union Station around 4 p.m. Wednesday and were being cared for at the church. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said the migrants were sent to Los Angeles because California had declared itself a "sanctuary" for immigrants. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

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Migrants bused from Texas to Los Angeles in move mayor calls 'despicable stunt'
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER - Associated Press
Wed,06/14/23-8:54PM , 102 Reads
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A group of migrants who arrived by bus in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday were sent from Texas in a move the city's mayor called a “despicable stunt” by a Republican governor.
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Bill Cosby arrives for a sentencing hearing following his sexual assault conviction at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown Pa. A former Playboy model who alleges Bill Cosby drugged and raped her and another woman at his home in 1969 sued the entertainer Thursday, June 1, 2023, in Los Angeles under a new California law that suspends the statute of limitations on sex abuse claims. In her lawsuit, Victoria Valentino, 80, says she was an actress and singer 54 years ago when she met Cosby. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

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Former Playboy model accuses Bill Cosby of drugging and sexually assaulting her in 1969
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER - Associated Press
Thu,06/01/23-4:13PM , 201 Reads
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former Playboy model who alleges Bill Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her and another woman at his home in 1969 sued him Thursday under a new California law that suspends the statute of limitations on sex abuse claims.
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Teaches and supporters picket outside Cesar Chavez Learning Academy in San Fernando, Calif., Thursday, March 23, 2023, on the third day of a strike by SEIU and supported by UTLA for higher wages for Angeles Unified School District support staff. The 3-day strike left thousands of students out of class. (David Crane/The Orange County Register via AP)

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Los Angeles school strike ends, but no deal announced
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER - Associated Press
Thu,03/23/23-5:44PM , 77 Reads
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A three-day strike by workers in the Los Angeles Unified School District ended Thursday, but it wasn't immediately clear if any progress was made in negotiations for higher pay for teachers’
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AP correspondent Donna Warder reports on a Los Angeles school strike.

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Los Angeles schools shut down as staff strike for better pay
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER - Associated Press
Mon,03/20/23-8:59PM , 64 Reads
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Thousands of service workers backed by teachers began a three-day strike against the Los Angeles Unified School District on Tuesday, shutting down education for a half-million students in the
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