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Top LA news: Rapper Pop Smoke shot dead; Uber closes Downtown LA office, lays off 80: report; more

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Published on February 20, 2020
Top LA news: Rapper Pop Smoke shot dead; Uber closes Downtown LA office, lays off 80: report; morePhoto: Abbie Bernet/Unsplash

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Rapper Pop Smoke shot dead in Los Angeles

The rising Brooklyn rapper was killed in a home invasion Wednesday morning.

Read the full story on VICE.

C-section death: Grieving husband sues Los Angeles hospital after wife dies during birth

Charles Johnson lost his wife three years ago, but he is still grieving and still angry when he thinks about that night at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

Read the full story on ABC11 WTVD.

Trump signs declaration of support for LA Olympics, slams city leaders

During a briefing on preparations for the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, the president said that if L.A. doesn’t “clean it up fast,” he will intervene.

Read the full story on Los Angeles Times.

Report: Uber closes Downtown LA office, lays off 80 workers

Uber has reportedly shut down its downtown Los Angeles office, laid off about 80 employees who worked there, and shipped their jobs to the Philippines.

Read the full story on CBS Los Angeles.

Man stabbed to death at East Los Angeles bus stop

A man is dead Wednesday after deputies say he was stabbed by two men on bicycles at an East Los Angeles bus stop.

Read the full story on CBS Los Angeles.


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