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The sheriff faces a tough re-election battle next year, with eight challengers seeking to unseat him.

Claiming Alex Villanueva has created "dysfunction and chaos" in the Sheriff's Department, Robert Luna joins five others seeking to oust the incumbent.

Matt Rodriguez says Alex Villanueva has “emboldened" a violent deputy clique and he chastised the sheriff for refusing to comply with a subpoena from the Sheriff Civilian Oversight Commission to talk about so-called "subgroups."

23 QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA -- U.S. Army Pacific paratroopers jumped onto Kangaroo Drop Zone July 28 near Charters Towers Australia, as part of simulated Joint Forcible Entry Operation during Exercise Talisman Sabre 21 – the largest military exercise conducted between Australia and the United States. More than 100 paratroopers from 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, “Spartan Brigade,” based ou...

Sign up for the Morning Brief, delivered weekdays. Subscribe Calling Sheriff Alex Villanueva “the Donald Trump of L.A. County,” LAX Police Chief Cecil Rhambo Monday announced he will challenge the incumbent in next year’s election. Before becoming airport chief in 2019, Rhambo spent 33 years with the Sheriff’s Department, rising to assistant sheriff. Rhambo, 62, may be Villanueva’s toughest challenger yet, given his resume. He’s hired a veteran Democratic strategy firm to ru...

RALEIGH –AURA Technologies, a fast-growing artificial intelligence company in Raleigh, has landed a $50 million contract with the US Army Research Office. The contract includes: computer vision image recognition It’s a big win in terms of financial and news impact for AURA, which launched in 2015. AURA is coming off a big growth year in 2020 when it cracked the INC. 5000 list of fastest growing privately held companies at No. 125. AURA reported 2,933% growth in revenues over three years. A...