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Trump accepts Nobel Peace Prize medal from Venezuelan opposition leader Machado

President Donald Trump met with Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado at the White House Thursday, where she said she presented him with her Nobel medal.

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L.A. firefighter union launches sales tax initiative to fund new stations and more

The city's firefighter union announced its push Thursday to raise hundreds of millions of dollars annually for the department through a bump in the city sales tax.

Trump administration sues California over law keeping oil wells from homes, schools

Senate Bill 1137 establishes a 3,200-foot minimum distance between new oil wells and homes, schools, hospitals, parks and other places where people live, work and gather.

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With Yosemite ditching reservations for firefall, will it be a mess? Here's what to know

The winter convergence of sunbeams and falling water at Yosemite's Horsetail Falls has drawn growing crowds.

Watts tried to mourn 'Mama Curtis.' Then came LAPD officers with Tasers and batons

An event in remembrance of 94-year-old Earlene Curtis — a neighborhood matriarch who lived near the Jordan Downs housing development and worked to quell gang violence — turned chaotic over the weekend when LAPD officers responded to the gathering and used force while making an arrest.