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Coronavirus Victims: Yiddish Folk Singer Alby Kass

Alby Kass, a Yiddish folk singer and California resort operator, died from COVID-19 in March.

Heleine Tchayou, center, the mother of Charly Leundeu Keunang, a homeless man who was shot and killed during a confrontation on Skid Row by Los Angeles police, arrives at a news conference in Los Angeles in 2015. On Tuesday, the Los Angeles City Council approved a $1.9 million settlement with Keunang's family.

LA Approves $1.9 Million Settlement To Family Of Homeless Man Killed By LAPD

An investigation exonerated officers who fatally shot a mentally ill man, but a jury ruled they'd used excessive force. The payout is the first involving LAPD bodycams capturing a police killing.

U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, speaks during a meet-and-greet with local residents, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019, in Cresco, Iowa.

If He Runs, Sherrod Brown Pledges To Be 'Most Pro-Union' Candidate

Democrat Sherrod Brown brought a pro-worker message Saturday to Las Vegas casino workers who are members of what's considered Nevada's most powerful labor…

James Brown & Hank Ballard with The Dapps

James Brown Productions, Part Two

This King Records special will feature interviews with Waddell Falland & Jimmy Railey who were both members of The Solars, Bobby and the Expressions...

Los Angeles County prosecutors took District Attorney George Gascón to court and won a ruling Monday, putting on hold some of his criminal justice reforms that would reduce sentences for criminals.

Judge Blocks LA District Attorney's Reforms

A Los Angeles County judge ruled Monday that District Attorney George Gascón's policy to end sentencing enhancements in criminal cases violates California's three-strikes law.

Attorney General rejects first attempt to put redistricting amendment before Ohioans in 2024

It's not unusual for a first attempt at summary language for an issue to be put before Ohio voters to be rejected, so the group proposing the amendment said it will try again.

Rice celebrates a gang truce with Nana Alejandres and Bo Taylor, two chieftains who became friends. In the background: activist Harry Belafonte and former NFL great turned activist Jim Brown, whose Amer I Can Foundation works with gangs.

Connie Rice: Conscience Of The City

In Power Concedes Nothing, civil rights attorney Connie Rice describes brokering peace between the Los Angeles Police Department and minority populations.

This LA heist sounds like a thriller novel. Thieves stole $30 million in cash

Thieves got away with $30 million in cash from a money storage facility in Los Angeles by breaking into the building on Easter and cracking the safe. Now detectives are seeking to unravel the heist.

A bulldozer sits in front of the site of an electric vehicle plant that is to be built near Jeffersonville, Ohio.

DeWine says no reason for worry about future of Fayette County EV battery plant

An immigration raid on a Hyundai electric vehicle battery plant in Georgia raised concerns about A similar project in South Central Ohio.

A tradition for turkeys: Another presidential pardon

What is a presidential turkey pardon – and why is it happening again?

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