Headlines: Fatal Stabbing At ‘Mineshaft’ Gay Bar in Long Beach; Beverly Hills Man Being Sentenced For Buying Hitman With Bitcoin
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—A study finds that Earth is teetering on the edge of five "disastrous" climate tipping points. [Science Alert]
—A man, claimed by police to be armed, was shot and killed by LAPD on Sunday morning in Westlake. [ABC]
—L.A. Mayoral candidate and Congresswoman Karen Bass was the reported victim of a burglary at her Baldwin Vista home, where two firearms in a safe were the only things stolen. [KTLA]
—Two men were stabbed at a gay bar in Long Beach on Friday night, with one of the victims dying hours later. [KTLA]
—RE:Her has announced its 2022 grant recipients and inaugural cohort of the RE:Her Academy, including Bridgetown Roti's Rashida Holmes, Mayra Tenorio of Imperial Tortilleria, and Rhea Patel Michel of Saucy Chick. [Re:Her]
—Michele LeNoir, a woman visiting from Maryland, is suing the Hilton hotel chain after a stay in Downtown's Hilton Checkers in which a woman entered the premises and "began screaming and setting fires." [My News LA]
—Scott Berkett of Beverly Hills is facing sentencing for trying to get a hitman to kill a woman he briefly dated, using $13,000 in Bitcoin on a website that turned out to be a trap. [My News LA]
—2 teenager boys were shot and killed last night at a street carnival in Lincoln Heights. [ABC]
—Ted Cruz torpedoed a bill that would allow news outlets to negotiate collectively with tech platforms and protect local journalism outlets. [The Hill]
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