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Asna Tabassum, USC’s Class of 2024 valedictorian who was barred from speaking at the university’s commencement ceremony, called attention to her silencing by releasing a largely redacted version of the speech that she would have delivered on Friday. The document was published by Annenberg Media and the Daily Trojan, the university’s student-run newspaper. “This speech is published as was written and shared by Tabassum. Annenberg Media and the Daily Trojan did not write, edit or change the speech or its presentation,” the university’s media center noted on Instagram. Asna Tabassum, a graduating senior at USC, was selected as valedictorian and offered a traditional slot to speak at the 2024 graduation. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) “President Folt, Provost Guzman, faculty, staff, families and fellow Class of 2024,” the speech begins, “It is my honor to stand before you today as your Valedictorian. I am filled with gratitude to have the privilege of” – followed by 10 paragraphs of redactions. The speech ends with “Congratulations, Class of 2024. Thank you.” USC’s commencement ceremony was scheduled to take place Friday morning. However, the event was

A man was arrested Thursday night after deputies found his 7-year-old brother stabbed multiple times at a home in the South Whittier area of Los Angeles County. Authorities responded to a stabbing call in the 9600 block of Ben Hur Avenue around 10 p.m., Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Lt. Johnson told KTLA. Deputies found the 7-year-old boy suffering from several stab wounds and transported him to a local hospital. A bloodied shirt is seen during a stabbing investigation in South Whittier on May 9, 2024. (OnScene.TV) Deputies investigate a stabbing in South Whittier on May 9, 2024. (OnScene.TV) An officer sets up crime scene tape at the stabbing scene in South Whittier on May 10, 2024. (OnScene.TV) Video from the scene showed a bloodied shirt lying on the curb in front of the home. The victim was listed in critical but stable condition, Johnson said. Investigators said the boy was stabbed by his 24-year-old brother, who was also taken to a hospital following the incident. Los Angeles woman comes face-to-face with mountain lion The unidentified suspect was booked on suspicion of attempted murder after

The founder and former CEO of the parent company behind fast-food chains like Fatburger and Hot Dog on a Stick, was indicted on federal charges in connection to an alleged tax evasion scheme in which $47 million of reportable income went unreported, prosecutors announced. Former Fat Brands Inc. CEO Andrew Wiederhorn, 58 of Beverly Hills, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Thursday, according to United States Attorney Martin Estrada. Widerhorn is still the controlling shareholder of the publicly traded company. That unreported income came in the form of “shareholder loans” that were paid out to Wiederhorn and his family without the need of collateral, interest payments or any other requirements of a typical corporate loan, the indictment says. Customers wait for their take out order at Fatburger in the Sherman Oaks section of Los Angeles on Sunday Dec. 6, 2020. Many Californians were preparing Sunday for a new stay-at-home order that bars restaurant dining, shutters salons and limits retail in an effort to curb spiraling coronavirus infections and hospitalizations. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel) Prosecutors claim the Wiederhorn himself determined the amount, timing and forgiveness

May 10, 2024 / 12:47 PM EDT / AP Extreme weather hits multiple states Severe weather hits multiple states with dangerously high winds, hail 02:30 Powerful storms with damaging high winds threatened several states in the Southeast early Friday, as residents elsewhere in the U.S. cleared debris from deadly severe weather that produced twisters in Michigan, Tennessee and other states. Storms rolled into Tallahassee, Florida, where numerous trees were toppled around the state’s capital city, authorities said Friday. Wind gusts of 71 mph were recorded by a weather station near the State Capitol Complex, the National Weather Service reported. Florida State University announced its campuses in Tallahassee were closed Friday due to the severe weather. Nonessential personnel, students and visitors should avoid campuses in Tallahassee until further notice, the school said in a social media post. The city of Tallahassee said on social media platform X that “possible tornadic activity” caused the widespread damage in the Florida capital, especially to electric lines and numerous downed trees. The city said more than 66,000 customers are without electric service, and 11 substations were damaged by the storm.

Updated on: May 10, 2024 / 12:48 PM EDT / CBS/AP England’s King John ratified it 800 years ago, and it is considered the foundation of modern democracy Commemorating 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta 02:38 The glass case containing an original copy of the Magna Carta at the British Library in London was smashed by two environmental activists on Friday, causing minor damage to the reinforced box but leaving the historic document unscathed.  The pair of protesters from Just Stop Oil, a group that has caused widespread disruption in Britain in its campaign to end to the world’s reliance on fossil fuels, pounded on the case with a hammer and chisel. Video footage posted online shows the Rev. Sue Parfitt, 82, and Judy Bruce, an 85-year-old retired biology teacher, holding up a sign reading “The government is breaking the law,” before gluing themselves to the display. In this photo provided by Just Stop Oil on Friday, May 10, 2024, two activists Judy Bruce, a retired biology teacher and Reverend Sue Parfitt, hold up a sign, after they targeted the protective enclosure around the historic

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Evidently, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim aren’t the only organization with big-city envy. The Oakland Board of Port Commissioners voted Thursday to change the name of the airport to “San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport” in an attempt to bring more recognition to the airport. Despite opposition from some locals and San Francisco officials, the commissioners voted unanimously to adopt the new moniker, replacing the more precise “Metropolitan Oakland International Airport.” The airport’s three-letter code, OAK, will remain the same, much to the relief of travel agents and airline ticketing systems. The name change is an attempt to raise awareness of the Oakland airport’s location in the San Francisco Bay Area, where it’s been since 1927, according to a news release from the Board of Port Commissioners. “Our Board came to these discussions with a shared love of Oakland and a desire to see our city and airport thrive,” Port Commission President Barbara Leslie said in a statement. “Since our initial vote, the Port has met with dozens of community leaders and stakeholders and heard their concerns. We are moving forward with a commitment

SEOUL —  South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol announced on Thursday that he would create a new government ministry to tackle the country’s low birth rate, which he called “a national emergency.” The ministry will serve as a specialized “control tower” that will “establish policies that span education, labor and welfare” — one better suited to tackle a problem that has so far been addressed largely with piecemeal measures. “It will be more than just welfare policy, but a national agenda,” Yoon said at a news conference marking the end of his second year in office. Last year’s fertility rate — the number of children a woman is expected to have over her lifetime on average — was among the lowest in the world, at 0.72, far short of the 2.1 needed to maintain a stable population. That figure is expected to slide to 0.68 by the end of the year, according to the government. In a country of 50 million, there were around 230,000 babies born last year, and if nothing changes the population will drop dramatically over the next several decades. The situation is

Asna Tabassum won’t be giving her valedictorian speech Friday at the USC graduation, but she still got a long and loud standing ovation from her peers. Students clad in graduation gowns cheered at length when the university’s valedictorian was acknowledged during the student recognition awards ceremony Thursday afternoon. She stood, laughed and pretended to check her watch as the applause continued. USC President Carol Folt canceled Tabassum’s commencement speech last month after the university received threats related to a pro-Palestinian link on her Instagram account. Amid ongoing turmoil over campus protests, Folt canceled the main stage commencement ceremony, which would have taken place Friday, an event that typically draws about 65,000 people to the Los Angeles campus. After students set up a pro-Palestinian encampment and demanded that USC end its financial ties with Israel, Folt and her team called in the Los Angeles Police Department and 93 people were arrested. On Sunday morning, police cleared a second encampment, but no arrests were made. Diplomas will be handed out Friday during individual school events. But rather than an open campus, tickets are required, guests must pass

When chef Dominique Crenn won the World’s 50 Best Restaurants’ 2016 best female chef award, she famously called it “stupid. A chef is a chef.” “I agree with Dominique: A chef is a chef,” says Mary Sue Milliken, chef and co-founder of Regarding Her, a nonprofit organization for women in the food and beverage industry. “I agree we don’t need to talk about ‘best’ women anything. But the barriers for women in this field, specifically, and many others, need to be eliminated in order for women to wield half the power and to create an industry that’s more hospitable and sustainable.” It’s a lonely, isolated business, especially for women. So on a Wednesday night in March, applause breaks out when an apron-clad Stephanie Izard stands at the end of a long table set up inside Guerrilla Taco’s adjacent Guerrilla Cafecito, which normally serves coffee, pastries and breakfast burritos during the day in downtown L.A.’s Arts District. “How is everybody?!” the chef of the nearby restaurant Girl & the Goat asks the group of cheering guests. Izard has just come out of the kitchen alongside chefs