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Nithya Raman Is Not L.A.’s Mamdani. But She Might Become Mayor, Too.

Little known a year ago, she is a Democratic Socialist drawing comparisons to New York’s Zohran Mamdani. She has mounted a strong challenge to the incumbent, Karen Bass.

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The Los Angeles mayoral candidate Nithya Raman at a campaign event in North Hollywood Park this month.
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Appeals Court Declines to Intervene in California Ballot Lawsuit

By a 2-1 vote, a federal appeals court panel denied the Trump administration’s request that it immediately order the state to set aside 20,000 mail-in ballots.

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Ballots being processed in City of Industry, Calif., during last year’s election.
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He Told Us About an O.J. Accomplice. Then He Said He’d Lied. What Next?

A source said his brother had been with O.J. Simpson the night of the murders in 1994. But when we refused to pay, he retracted his story.

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O.J. Simpson addressing the court in Los Angeles in September 1995.
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Unsealed O.J. Simpson Records Prompt a Request for a New Investigation

Tanya Brown said she believed someone helped O.J. Simpson get rid of the murder weapon. One of Mr. Simpson’s former lawyers called for a special prosecutor.

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O.J. Simpson addressing the court at his double murder trial in Los Angeles in 1995.
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O.J. Simpson, a Secret Informant and a Decades-Old Mystery

An “extremely reliable” informant told authorities about the missing murder weapon, according to newly unsealed records. The informant’s brother told The Times his sibling was at the crime scene.

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During his 1995 double-murder trial, O.J. Simpson wore the gloves found at the crime scene and his home.
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