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California man attempts to board plane with explosive, 5 phones and a very ominous text https://t.co/9J7imyCp79

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Federal forces began installing hundreds of miles of razor wire across gaps in the U.S.-Mexico border wall last year. A Peninsular bighorn sheep appears to have died after getting tangled in the wire installed earlier this year. https://t.co/zdDkiSbWtK

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Family driving to graduation is killed, including 4-year-old twins, in fiery SoCal crash https://t.co/D8iA1mYD6a

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A wildlife biologist discovered a decomposing Peninsular bighorn sheep that was embedded in bladed wire installed in Imperial County’s Jacumba Wilderness. https://t.co/zdDkiSbWtK

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Does Nithya Raman still have a chance? California's uncounted votes could help Democrats https://t.co/VPYkFf9A6r

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Actor Shia LaBeouf has officially pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery, months after he went viral for his involvement in a Mardi Gras altercation in New Orleans.
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[Jaweed Kaleem @jaweedkaleem]

USC part-time, adjunct and full-time non-tenure-track faculty have vote to unionize -- forming one of the largest private campus faculty unions in the U.S.

But USC is challenging the result, asking the National Labor Relations Board to review the vote.

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“The Madison” and “Margot’s Got Money Troubles” star Michelle Pfeiffer likes living in a city, but if she had to live in the middle of nowhere, she wouldn’t miss the sirens, she told The Times in the latest edition of Very Important Questions.

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NEW: After all the build-up, fear and uncertainty, the most wide-open and unpredictable California gubernatorial primary in decades appears to have ended in the most consistent and predictable of ways.

Youth, money, gender and other takeaways:

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“What I realized is that I’ve always been the leader — leader of the band, leader of an audience — but I wasn’t the leader of this one,” Barry Manilow told The Times' @mikaelwood about his cancer diagnosis. https://t.co/tYqxPfIB5M

[Kevin Rector @kevrector]

In race for Pelosi’s seat, her famed political influence was a factor — but just one

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[Steve Henson @SteveHenson]

From ‘Jo Show’ to ‘oh no’: Angels outfielder revives José Canseco meme by giving up homer off his head. Adell's career 0.3 WAR provides little indication of his see-saw value. Robbing 3 HRs in one game followed by this gaffe do. https://t.co/Fl9pbspiCR

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Billy Magnussen sat down with Katherine LaNasa, Zahn McClarnon, Tom Pelphrey, Michelle Pfeiffer and Karolina Wydra for the Envelope Drama Roundtable.

Watch on the L.A. Times YouTube now and on Spectrum on Thursday, June 4 at 8:30 p.m. PST.
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[Kate Linthicum @katelinthicum]

NEW: The U.S. is investigating two more Mexican governors for alleged ties to cartels.

This puts new pressure on President Sheinbaum, who has slammed U.S. probes into sitting Mexican leaders as electoral interference.

With @Stevelfisher:

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A confident Spencer Pratt emerged from his election night party to talk with reporters on the sidewalk, soon after it was announced that L.A. Mayor Karen Bass had advanced to the November general election.

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Karen Bass advances in mayor’s race; Steve Hilton leads for governor. Follow our live coverage of the election. https://t.co/cTI3E3oDrt

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The outcome of the hotly contested race for California governor remained uncertain Tuesday night, but Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra held leads. https://t.co/cTI3E3oDrt

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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has advanced to November’s general election in her bid for a second term. Read more at the link

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Former Rep. Katie Porter conceded her bid for California governor on election night after it became clear she wouldn’t advance to the November election. Follow for live election updates https://t.co/cTI3E3oDrt