201904.05
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LAPD to scrap some crime data programs after criticism

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Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore plans to scrap a controversial program that uses data to identify individuals who are most likely to commit violent crimes, bowing to criticism included in an audit and by privacy groups. In a five-page memo sent Friday to the Police Commission, the civilian…

201904.05
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Costa Mesa opens short-term homeless shelter for 50 people

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At least 20 more people are off the streets and under a roof since Costa Mesa became the latest Orange County city to create an emergency shelter to address the region’s homeless crisis. That’s how many clients were already checked into the new 50-bed shelter when it officially opened Friday, April 5, on the grounds…

201904.05
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Live: Trump visits the U.S.-Mexico border at Calexico

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President Trump embarks Friday on his third trip to California since entering the White House, a day after backing off his latest threat to seal off the border between Mexico and the United States. Trump had been threatening to close the border for a week, leading some to believe he would use Friday’s…

201904.05
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President Trump visiting border wall, will attend Beverly Hills fundraiser

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LOS ANGELES — President Donald Trump is scheduled to make a planned six-hour visit to the Los Angeles area Friday for a fundraising dinner for his re-election campaign. Tickets are $15,000 for dinner, $50,000 for the opportunity to take a picture with Trump and $150,000 to participate in a roundtable discussion during the event, according…

201904.05
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Man’s claim gives false hope in yearslong missing boy case

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By DAN SEWELL and DON BABWIN CINCINNATI — A day of false hope has given way to questions about why a man would claim to be an Illinois boy who disappeared eight years ago. The FBI declared the man’s story a hoax Thursday one day after he identified himself to authorities as Timmothy Pitzen, who…