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- This Tuesday, March 12, 2019 file photo shows the iconic Tommy Trojan statue at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. University of Southern California officials have canceled a commencement speech by its 2024 valedictorian, a pro-Palestinian Muslim, citing “substantial risks relating to security and disruption” of the event that draws 65,000 people to campus. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)
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Citing safety, USC makes rare cancellation of speech by valedictorian who supported Palestinians
By JOHN ANTCZAK AND JULIE WATSON - Associated Press
Tue,04/16/24-12:27PM , 54 Reads
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The University of Southern California canceled a commencement speech by its 2024 valedictorian who has publicly supported Palestinians, citing security concerns, a rare decision that was praised by several pro-Israel groups and lambasted by free speech advocates and the country’s largest Muslim civil rights organization.
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- Attorney Ron Bamieh, left, listens to his client, Loay Abdelfattah Alnaji, a professor of computer science at Moorpark College, during an appearance in Ventura County Superior Court in connection with the death of Paul Kessler in Ventura, Calif., Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. California authorities said Friday they have not ruled out that a hate crime was committed in the death of a pro-Israel demonstrator following a confrontation with Alnaji but so far the evidence only supports the charges of involuntary manslaughter and battery. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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Professor's lawyer says video footage will clear his client charged in death of pro-Israel protester
By JOHN ANTCZAK AND JULIE WATSON - Associated Press
Fri,11/17/23-2:23PM , 300 Reads
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California authorities said Friday they have not ruled out that a hate crime was committed in the death of a pro-Israel demonstrator following a confrontation with a college professor, whose lawyer says vid
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- In this photo provided by JLTV, Paul Kessler attends a demonstration in Thousand Oaks, Calif., Sunday Nov. 5, 2023. California authorities have arrested a man in connection with the death of a Jewish protester during demonstrations over the Israel-Hamas war. (JLTV via AP, File)
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California professor charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Jewish demonstrator
By JOHN ANTCZAK AND JULIE WATSON - Associated Press
Thu,11/16/23-10:00AM , 430 Reads
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California college professor was charged Thursday with involuntary manslaughter and battery in the death of a Jewish protester during demonstrations over the Israel-Hamas war.
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- Arson was the cause of a massive weekend fire that charred and indefinitely closed a vital section of a Los Angeles freeway, causing major traffic headaches for hundreds of thousands of commuters, California authorities said. (Nov. 14)
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Fire-damaged Los Angeles freeway repairs will take three to five weeks, California governor says
By JOHN ANTCZAK AND JULIE WATSON - Associated Press
Mon,11/13/23-11:35PM , 212 Reads
LOS ANGELES (AP) — It will take at least three weeks to repair a Los Angeles freeway damaged in an arson fire, the California governor said Tuesday, leaving the city already accustomed to soul-crushing traffic without part of a vital artery that serves hundreds of thousands of people daily.
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