FBI, Partners Dismantle Qakbot Infrastructure in Multinational Cyber Takedown
The FBI and the Justice Department announced a multinational operation to disrupt and dismantle the malware and botnet known as Qakbot.
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Hollywood studio Lionsgate brings back mask mandate amid Covid spike
The studio behind John Wick and The Hunger Games has reinstated the use of masks after several employees tested positive for Covid-19The Hollywood film studio Lionsgate has reinstated its mask mandate as cases of Covid-19 continue to rise.In a company-…
‘Out of reach’: median home price in Los Angeles nears $1m
House prices have increased more than 30% in five years in the state’s largest city, which has at least 50,000 people living outsideThe median price for a home in Los Angeles, California’s largest city, will soon hit $1m, as skyrocketing housing costs …
Los Angeles: hotel workers strike ignites backlash among academics
Academics are boycotting their annual meeting after they say leadership spurned a union request to move online or cancelThe union representing thousands of hotel workers on strike in Los Angeles is clashing with a group of political scientists over a r…
Tyrese Gibson sues Home Depot for $1m over alleged racial discrimination
Fast & Furious actor claims staffers at hardware store discriminated against him and two of his workersThe US actor and singer Tyrese Gibson is demanding more than $1m from Home Depot after he says staffers at one of the American hardware giant’s s…
Tory Lanez sentenced to 10 years in prison for shooting Megan Thee Stallion
Canadian musician was found guilty last year for three felonies related to the shooting which injured the rapper in the footMusician Tory Lanez was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Tuesday for the shooting of fellow artist Megan Thee Stallion in 2020…
White supremacist Robert Rundo extradited from Romania to US to face charges
Rise Above Movement co-founder to face charges in Los Angeles in relation to violent clashes with anti-fascist protesters in 2017Robert Rundo, the influential American neo-Nazi and co-founder of the now-defunct Rise Above Movement, was extradited to th…
Body found in plastic barrel floating in water at a Malibu beach
A lifeguard brought the container ashore and opened it to discover a Black man’s body as homicide detectives investigate the deathA lifeguard found a man’s body in a barrel at a southern California beach on Monday, after seeing the container floating i…
Leggy new star discovered four inches under Los Angeles: the thread millipede
As long as a paperclip and as thin as pencil lead, Illacme socal is no ordinary SoCal denizen – it uses 486 legs to walk wherever it goesThe city of angels, a metropolis of freeways and traffic, has a newly discovered species named in its honor: the Lo…
Julian Sands’ cause of death undetermined due to condition of his body
Police say finding is ‘common when dealing with cases of this type’ a month after actor’s body was recovered in California mountainsJulian Sands’ cause of death has been deemed undetermined due to the condition of his body, six months after the British…