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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass: "Mass shootings and gun violence are a plague" Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass called the news of the Monterey Park shooting "absolutely devastating" in a statement sunday morning. "Families deserve to celebrate the holidays in peace: mass shootings and gun violence plague our communities," Bass said. "While the investigation determines whether these killings were motivated by Asian hate, we remain united against all attempts to divide us. My heart goes out to Monterey Park and the families and friends of the lost."Los Angeles is eight miles west of Monterey Park. Gun violence prevention advocates react:…

Sal Bando, a four-time All-Star third baseman who won three World Series titles with the Oakland Athletics, has died, his family said in a statement Saturday. He was 78 years old.Bando died in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, on Friday. He had been battling cancer for the past five years, according to his family.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Sal Bando of the Oakland A's hits a double to center field to score teammate Allan Lewis the winning run in the final game of the World Series against the Reds in Cincinnati, Ohio on October 22, 1972 . (Photo/AP File)"Sandy, Sal's…

WALTERBORO, SC — Hotel rooms have been booked for weeks in this small South Carolina town about 50 miles west of Charleston, where some residents have listed their homes on Airbnb for hundreds of dollars a night.In a parking lot across from the Colleton County Courthouse, food trucks will cater to an anticipated crowd of legal teams, law enforcement, the media and members of the public, from true crime enthusiasts to the curious, all converging for what a local newspaper has headlined “the trial of the century”That trial, against Alex Murdaugh, a scion of a well-connected legal family who is…

Supreme Court spokeswoman Patricia McCabe declined to comment on behalf of the court, including her police department, when asked how the court handles arrests.Patty Hartman, a spokeswoman for the US Attorney's Office, said the office "takes all disruptions of official proceedings seriously and makes prosecution decisions in accordance with the facts and the law." That may include taking into account the defendant's criminal record, she said.Neither McCabe, Hartman nor a federal court spokeswoman commented on why the Supreme Court protesters spent 30 hours in detention before their first court appearance. A spokeswoman for the District of Columbia jail did not…