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An armed man who barricaded himself in a downtown Los Angeles hotel was fatally shot by police today at the end of an hours-long standoff.

The combined average viewership of Thursday's first round of the NFL draft by ESPN, ABC and NFL Network averaged 10.031 million viewers -- 4.446 million on ESPN, 3.803 million on ABC and 1.782 million on NFL Network, according to live-plus-same-day figures released by Nielsen Tuesday.

A Long Beach man allegedly driving while impaired was in custody today and facing a possible vehicular manslaughter charge in connection with a crash that left another motorist dead, police said.

The suit named about two dozen insurers as defendants, ranging from ACE American Insurance Co. and Continental Casualty Co. to National Fire & Marine Insurance Co. and Lloyd's of London.

A former special agent with Homeland Security Investigations convicted by a Los Angeles federal jury today of accepting cash payments and other benefits linked to organized crime.

A man was taken into custody on suspicion of murder after a body was found in his Anaheim home, police said today.

Police and abortion rights supporters squared off in downtown Los Angeles in clashes where one officer was injured, police said today.

Per capita, the U.S. is 18th in world in COVID deaths.

A shooting at a party in Wilmington this morning turned into a police chase and led to a lockdown in the South Central neighborhood, according to media reports.

Speaking in Los Angeles, Gov. Gavin Newsom today angrily condemned a possible U.S. Supreme Court ruling that would overturn federal abortion protections under Roe v. Wade, and blasted conservative politicians he said are working to strip away reproductive rights.