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Video footage shows the young man in a white hoodie, identified as Edan On, striking at the barrier around the pro-Palestinian encampment. From Social MediaOn, a local high school senior, was captured on video striking a pro-Palestinian protester with a pole. A pro-Palestinian demonstrator is beaten by counterprotesters attacking a pro-Palestinian encampment set up at UCLA's campus. Etienne Laurent/AFP/Getty ImagesA counterprotester, identified by CNN as Malachi Marlan-Librett, pushes a pro-Palestinian protester in the barrier of the UCLA encampment. Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times/Getty ImagesMarlan-Librett is seen throwing the bottom of a broom at a pro-Palestinian protester.

Persons: counterprotesters, UCLA –, –, “ Edan, Sharon, Edan, William Gude, “ We’re, counterprotesters calmy, “, ”, Chaim Seidler, Feller, Hillel, On’s, wasn’t, Malachi Marlan, Etienne Laurent, Wally Skalij, Librett, Dolores Quintana, Quintana, ” Dolores Quintana, Tom Bibiyan, Bibiyan, Trump, William Gude Tom Bibiyan, William Gude “, Angie Givant, she’d, Narek Palyan, Palyan, Catherine Hamilton, Hamilton, UCLA’s, Boosinger, ” Dylan Kupsh, ” Kupsh, Kupsh, Audrey Ash, Isabelle Chapman, Scott Glover, Curt Devine Organizations: CNN, UCLA, Fox, Facebook, Israel, Social, Social Media, Los Angeles Police Department, Patrol, UCLA Police Department, Bruins, LA, Key, Beverly Hills High School, Israel Defense Forces, UC Santa Cruz, Getty, Los Angeles Times, ”, Los Angeles Valley College, USC, Green Party, ucla, “, Student, ” Thistle, Thistle Locations: Gaza, Israel, California, Angeles, UCLA's, Los, Los Angeles

☆ Police caught up with a stolen Tesla after it ran out of battery during a car chase
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-01 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Police caught up with a stolen Tesla after it ran out of battery during a chase, Fox 11 Los Angeles reported. The car belonged to Fox 11 anchor Susan Hirasuna and was stolen from downtown Los Angeles. Hirasuna's Tesla app estimated the car's battery was down to 15 miles of range when it was taken. AdvertisementPolice caught up with a stolen Tesla after it ran out of battery during a car chase, Fox 11 Los Angeles reported. The stolen car was fortunately low on charge when it was taken, with Hirasuna's Tesla app estimating that the EV's battery was down to just 15 miles of range, the report said.

Persons: Tesla, Susan Hirasuna, —, Hirasuna, wouldn't Organizations: Fox, Service, Police, United Theater, Los Angeles Police Department, LAPD, Business, Tesla, Fremont Police Department Locations: Angeles, Los Angeles, East Hollywood, California

Combs was never detained but spoke to and cooperated with authorities. The authorities did not say whether Mr. Combs was a target or what criminal charges they were investigating. “This unprecedented ambush — paired with an advanced, coordinated media presence — leads to a premature rush to judgment of Mr. Combs,” Mr. Dyer said. “There has been no finding of criminal or civil liability with any of these allegations. Mr. Combs is innocent and will continue to fight every single day to clear his name.”

Persons: Sean Combs, ”, Aaron Dyer, “ Mr, Combs, —, Mr, ” Mr, Dyer Organizations: Homeland Security Investigations, Miami, Fox Locations: Los Angeles, Miami Beach, Fla

Federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security on Monday raided homes in the Los Angeles area and Miami that a person with knowledge of the case said were connected to Sean Combs, the hip-hop mogul who has been accused of sexual assault and sex trafficking in multiple civil lawsuits over the last several months. In a statement on Monday, in response to questions about news reports of a raid on Mr. Combs’s residences, Homeland Security Investigations said: “Earlier today, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New York executed law enforcement actions as part of an ongoing investigation, with assistance from HSI Los Angeles, HSI Miami and our local law enforcement partners. We will provide further information as it becomes available.”A spokesperson for Mr. Combs did not respond to a request for comment. The criminal inquiry was being conducted by federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York and federal agents with Homeland Security Investigations, a law-enforcement official said. Video from Fox 11 (KTTV), a local television news station in Los Angeles, showed armed officers entering a home in the Holmby Hills area of the city, which the station said was connected to Mr. Combs’s company, Bad Boy Entertainment.

Persons: Sean Combs, HSI, Combs, Nicholas Biase Organizations: Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations, of, Southern, Fox, Bad Boy Entertainment Locations: Los Angeles, Miami, New York, HSI Los, HSI Miami, Southern, of New York, Holmby

☆ Jeff Bezos' fiancée did a Vogue photoshoot inside the '10,000 Year Clock' — here's what the structure built beneath a mountain is all about
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Haley Tenore | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Jeff Bezos' fiancée, Lauren Sanchez, posed inside the 10,000 Year Clock in a photoshoot by Vogue. AdvertisementA Vogue feature of Jeff Bezos' fiancée, Lauren Sanchez, featured an iconic photoshoot of the couple in Western Texas. It's located inside a mountain in the Western Texas desert that's part of the Sierra Diablo Mountain Range. Bezos began funding the clock project back in 2011. Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez got engaged in May after dating for about four years.

Persons: Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sanchez, Bezos, Danny Hillis, —, Sanchez, intriguingly, Mackenzie Scott Organizations: Vogue, Long Now, Service, Origin, Fox Locations: Western Texas, Van Horn , Texas, Los Angeles

☆ Pelosi once supported bailing out a GOP House speaker from hard-right efforts to oust him: 'We would protect the institution'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

And years ago, Pelosi mulled saving then-Speaker John Boehner from a similar hard-right mutiny. Back in 2015, then-Republican House Speaker John Boehner faced down a similar motion-to-vacate threat from rabble-rousing conservatives. AdvertisementAdvertisement"We would protect the institution," she told reporters, according to the Daily Beast. I made the same offer to Boehner, and same thing to [former Speaker Paul Ryan] because I believe in the institution," McCarthy recounted Pelosi saying. But Pelosi herself argued after McCarthy's ouster that this time was different, saying McCarthy didn't respect the institution of the House of Representatives.

Persons: Kevin McCarthy, Pelosi mulled, John Boehner, —, Matt Gaetz, McCarthy, Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi —, Boehner, Rather, Pelosi, Sen, Dianne Feinstein, Donald Trump, Paul Ryan Organizations: Republicans, Service, Twitter, Republican, Daily, Fox Locations: Florida, California, Los Angeles

☆ Kimberly Guilfoyle says her ex-husband Gavin Newsom will run for president in 2024 because he has 'always wanted' to be POTUS
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Kimberly Guilfoyle says she thinks Gavin Newsom will run for president in 2024. Gavin Newsom, will run for president in 2024. I know he's going to run for president," Guilfoyle said. "I think you're going to see Gavin Newsom versus Donald J. Trump, running against each other for president," Guilfoyle predicted. The couple filed for divorce in 2005 after Guilfoyle moved to New York City, per the San Francisco Chronicle.

☆ Jeff Bezos' partner Lauren Sánchez talked about being rejected as flight attendant because of her weight and becoming a pilot instead
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Taiyler Simone Mitchell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Media personality Lauren Sánchez has been publically dating billionaire CEO Jeff Bezos since 2019. Sánchez was also married to her former spouse, Patrick Whitesell, the executive chairman at William Morris Endeavor, at the time. "This is one of the only places I feel entirely in control," Sánchez told the outlet. "I don't know why more women don't do it," she told The Journal. "It's going to be women who are making a difference in the world and who are impactful and have a message to send,'" Sánchez told The Journal.

☆ Fact Check-Images do not show ballots dumped during 2022 midterm elections
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A Twitter account shared two-years-old images of envelopes scattered by roadways with false claims that thousands of U.S. midterm election ballots were dumped across the country and in Mexico. Reverse image search reveals that the two photographs used in the tweet pre-date the midterm elections. Postal Service (USPS) mail carrier from Hudson County who was arrested on Oct 7, 2020, for discarding post, including 99 general election ballots intended to be delivered to West Orange residents (here). Meanwhile, Pam Smith, president of the non-governmental organization Verified Voting, told Reuters that the organization has seen “no evidence” to support the claim that thousands of ballots have been dumped during the midterm elections. The images that show mail strewn along the side of roadways were captured years before the 2022 midterm elections.

☆ LA Mayor signs ordinance prohibiting 'sitting, lying, or sleeping' near streets, bridges, schools, which critics say criminalizes homelessness
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-30 | by ( Taiyler Simone Mitchell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The mayor of Los Angeles signed an ordinance Thursday making it unlawful for people to "sit, lie, sleep" or otherwise situate their belongings in the "public right of way," according to CBS LA. The measure makes it illegal to sit, lie, sleep, or set up encampments near "sensitive use" properties, and other areas such as streets, overpasses, underpasses, freeway ramps, and more as mentioned in the document, and as reported by FOX 11. The ordinance restricts "sitting, lying, or sleeping or storing, using, maintaining, or placing personal property in the public right-of-way." The ordinance also makes it illegal to sit, lie, sleep, or set up encampments within 1,000 feet of or on a "street, sidewalk, or other public right-of-way." He said the ordinance tells people where they cannot sleep, but it doesn't tell them where they can sleep.

☆ Двухлетнюю девочку пригласили в клуб для людей с высоким IQ
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-03 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +2 min

Двухлетняя жительница американского города Лос-Анджелес Кеши Квест стала членом организации Mensa, которая объединяет людей с самым высоким коэффициентом интеллекта (IQ) в мире. По словам матери Кеши, Сукхит Атваль, она с мужем заметила способность дочери легко запоминать вещи. Когда Кеши исполнилось полтора года, она уже знала всю азбуку, умела считать, знала названия цветов и фигур. «Она вот просыпается в субботу и говорит: "Хочу учить элементы" или "Хочу учить штаты". Поэтому, что бы она ни хотела учить, мы только пытаемся ей в этом помочь», — рассказывает телеканалу ABC 7 отец Кеши Девон Квест.

Persons: Кеши Квест, Кеши, Сукхит Атваль, Сукхит, Девон Квест, Адам Кирби Organizations: Mensa, Fox, Fox News, CNN, ABC Locations: ЛосАнджелес, США, Менделеев

☆ Copil de şase ani, împuşcat după o dispută între automobilişti pe o autostradă din California
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-23 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Un băieţel de 6 ani a fost împuşcat şi ucis vineri pe o autostradă din California, după o dispută între mama sa şi un alt automobilist, a relatat presa locală, conform Agerpres. Panicată, mama a tras pe dreapta, şi-a luat fiul în braţe şi a văzut că sângera. Copilul a fost transportat la spital şi a murit din cauza rănilor suferite. Acesta a fost un "act izolat de violenţă rutieră", a declarat pentru Los Angeles Times Florentino Olivera, din cadrul poliţiei rutiere din California. Armele de foc sunt foarte răspândite în Statele Unite, iar copiii, uneori foarte mici, sunt victime regulate.

Persons: îşi, Aiden, Alexis Cloonan, Copilul Organizations: Agerpres, Fox 11, Los Angeles Locations: California, Orange, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Times, Statele Unite, Washington

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