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SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 18: California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a news conference at the California justice department on September 18, 2019 in Sacramento, California. California Gov. Gavin Newsom, California attorney general Xavier Becerra and California Air Resources Board Chair Mary Nichols held a news conference in response to the Trump Administration's plan to revoke California’s waiver to establish vehicle emissions standards for greenhouse gas emissions and standards to require manufacturers to sell zero emissions vehicles. Under the federal Clean Air Act, California is allowed to set its own vehicle emissions standards that are at least as protective as the federal government’s standards. The state has received 100 waivers from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for higher standards than federally mandated over the past 50 years. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Gov. Newsom claims ‘significant decline in crime’ in Calif.

California has seen a rise in crime, but the governor who faces a recall election in September has seemed to deny the facts.

Attorney General Merrick Garland, center, talks with John Lausch, the U.S. Attorney for the Northen District of Illinois, as they walk between youth baseball game held by the Chicago Westside Sports, a part of The Chicago Police Department's formed Police Athletic League, at Columbus Park in Chicago, Illinois, Thursday, July 22, 2021. Garland is vowing that the Justice Department will crack down on gun trafficking corridors as part of a comprehensive approach to combat surging gun violence. (Samuel Corum/Pool via AP)

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DOJ to send gun trafficking strike forces to 5 U.S. cities

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said his new Justice Department is focusing on five American cities to tackle illegal gun trafficking. On Thursday, while in Chicago, the official announced he’s sending gun trafficking strike forces to the Democrat-led cities of Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco and Washington D.C.

NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 06: Harvey Weinstein leaves the courtroom in New York City criminal court on January 6, 2020 in New York City. Weinstein, a movie producer whose alleged sexual misconduct helped spark the #MeToo movement, pleaded not-guilty on five counts of rape and sexual assault against two unnamed women and faces a possible life sentence in prison. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)

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Weinstein pleads not guilty in L.A. trial

Convicted rapist and former Hollywood executive Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty to 11 sexual assault charges in his second trial on Wednesday.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AUGUST 06: AUGUST 06: New York State Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a press conference announcing a lawsuit to dissolve the NRA on August 06, 2020 in New York City. New York State Attorney General Letitia filed a lawsuit seeking to dissolve the National Rifle Association charging the organization as a whole as well as Executive Vice-President Wayne LaPierre, former Treasurer and CFO Wilson Phillips, Chief of Staff and Executive Director of General Operations Joshua Powell, and Corporate Secretary and General Counsel John Frazer with failing to manage the NRA’s funds and failing to follow state and federal laws. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

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Opioid lawsuits in NYC, L.A. move forward

Top prosecutors across the nation have begun taking action against several big pharmaceutical companies for their alleged contributions to the opioid crisis.

Los Angeles County emergency personnel work at the scene of a fireworks explosion in Los Angeles on Wednesday, June 30, 2021. A cache of illegal fireworks seized at a South Los Angeles home exploded, damaging nearby homes and cars and injuring several people, authorities said. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

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Los Angeles bomb squad techs reportedly miscalculated weight of illegal fireworks before explosion

Five Los Angeles bomb squad technicians had their field privileges revoked after miscalculating the weight of a homemade firework detonation that injured 17 people last month. During a news conference on Monday, the city’s police chief said the officers made a human error by estimating the weight of the explosives instead of using a scale.

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva speaks during a ceremony in Monterey Park, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

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L.A. County Sheriff says he will not enforce mask mandate

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva stated he would not enforce the new indoor mask mandate. In a statement on Friday, Villanueva said forcing the vaccinated and those who already contracted COVID-19 to wear masks indoors has not been backed by science and contradicted CDC guidelines.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 18: Michael Gargiulo sits during the penalty phase of his capital murder trial in Los Angeles Superior Court on October 18, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. Gargiulo, dubbed the 'Hollywood Ripper,' was convicted on August 15 of killing two women and attacking a third. Jurors recommended the death sentence today in the case. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

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Gov. Newsom claims ‘significant decline in crime’ in Calif.

DOJ to send gun trafficking strike forces to 5 U.S. cities

Weinstein pleads not guilty in L.A. trial

Opioid lawsuits in NYC, L.A. move forward

Los Angeles bomb squad techs reportedly miscalculated weight of illegal fireworks before explosion

L.A. County Sheriff says he will not enforce mask mandate

‘Hollywood Ripper’ sentenced to death

L.A. County reimposing mask mandate regardless of vaccination status

Report: FBI lacks urgency to investigate USA Gymnastics complaints on Larry Nassar from 2015