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For the past two years, L.A. County has been working with the nonprofit Undue Medical Debt to wipe away millions of dollars in unpaid bills.
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Broadly speaking, California law requires minors to attend school, but it also protects students’ rights to speak out.
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Follow the fast-moving developments under the Trump Administration.
President Trump hit familiar notes on immigration and culture, but he largely underplayed the economic problems that voters say they are most concerned about.
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The Supreme Court struck down President Trump's signature tariffs. The president has other tariff tools, and consumers shouldn't expect cheaper prices soon, economists say. -
As President Trump delivered his State of the Union address, reporters from across NPR's newsroom, are fact checking his speech and offer context.
Epstein files fallout
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Unlike in Europe, officials in the U.S. with ties to Epstein have largely held their positions of power.
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Imperfect ParadiseLAist's weekly on-demand news magazine show that pulls back the curtain and dives deeper into the biggest and most consequential SoCal stories of the week from our newsroom. New episodes drop every Friday.
Listen 21:49LA 2028 Olympics head Casey Wasserman is facing growing pressure to resign from his post after recently released Epstein files revealed emails Wasserman exchanged with Ghislaine Maxwell. The board behind LA28 — the private planning committee in charge of organizing the 2028 Games— has voted to keep Wasserman at the group’s helm, despite many city officials calling for his resignation, including L.A. Mayor Karen Bass. LAist reporter Libby Rainey has been tracking the Olympics and joins Imperfect Paradise to discuss what power the mayor has to remove Wasserman, the relationship between the city and LA28 and what it means if Wasserman does step down.
Money, politics and power: Casey Wasserman remains head of LA28 Olympics despite connections to Jeffrey Epstein. What does this mean for Olympics planning?
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The exhibition includes rare items donated by the famed Japanese animation studio on display in North America for the first time, according to the museum.
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Southern California Marimba puts on salons where you can hear the couch-sized instrument in all its glory.
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The first West Coast edition of the popular bagel festival lands in Koreatown on April 12.
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