New fraud claims in L.A. County’s $4-billion sex settlement leave victims outraged

A law firm involved in L.A. County’s $ 4-billion sex abuse settlement asked for a claim to be dismissed after a Times investigation uncovered two allegations of fraud. Now, two more plaintiffs have come forward to say they invented their claims in exchange for cash.

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Siemens exec and his family identified as victims in deadly Hudson helicopter crash

An executive of Siemens, a European technology company, his wife and young children were aboard the tourist helicopter that plunged into New York City’s Hudson River.
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DC plane crash live updates: Crews awaiting machinery to extract remaining victims

An American Airlines regional jet went down in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
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Bill providing one year of mortgage relief for L.A. fire victims moving forward

A.B. 238, which would make it easy for victims of the Los Angeles County wildfires to get mortgage relief, will proceed despite voluntary agreements Gov. Newsom reached with hundreds of lenders.

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4 southeast L.A. County victims were part of ‘random murder spree’; 2 suspects arrested

Law enforcement sources say the fatal shootings late Sunday and early Monday are related. The killings occurred in Huntington Park, Bell, Cudahy and Los Angeles.

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Biden honors Monterey Park shooting victims, takes executive actions on guns

Biden also acknowledged the heroism of Brandon Tsay, who subdued the gunman to bring an end to the attack and who attended his State of the Union Address in February.
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United in their love of ballroom dancing and now in death: The victims of the Monterey Park shooting

The first 10 victims in the massacre in Monterey Park after a Lunar New Year festival were in their 50s, 60s or 70s, according to the L.A. County coroner. An identification has not been shared for the 11th.

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3 victims identified in crash involving two planes at Watsonville airport

The three people who died in the collision were Carl Kruppa, Nannette Plett-Kruppa and Stuart Camenson, the Santa Cruz County Sheriff-Coroner’s Office said.

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For Ed Buck’s victims, being believed was the first mountain to climb

The victims of Ed Buck, who was convicted in the overdose deaths of two Black men, say it felt like no one believed them.

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Social services center opening to offer help to victims of South L.A. fireworks explosion

A second resource center will open Monday to assist the victims of a June 30 explosion in South Los Angeles, where police detonated a cache of illegal fireworks.

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