A lawsuit says if emergency responders had known about widespread cellphone outages during last year's deadly Maui wildfires, they would've used other methods to warn about the disaster. cbsn.ws/4a6bOIa

Maui looks to cut back on Airbnbs for tourists as early as next summer latimes.com/california/sto…

Scoop: With Dems faced w/ clawing back support from drifting Latino men, this is how Ruben Gallego looks to reach them

A Canelo Alvarez fight watch party Cinco de Mayo weekend for more than 100 Latino residents & families at a boxing gym w/ a taco truck outside

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Nearly 800 journalists were jailed at some point in 2023, per RSF.

On #WorldPressFreedomDay , we remind governments that journalism is not a crime.

At least 97 journalists have been killed since the start of the war, 92 of them Palestinian journalists killed in Israeli air strikes.

Those who remain are operating in impossible conditions.

They deserve this recognition.

They deserve protection.

They deserve our support.

Sore loser much? He also threw a ball at fans as his team was knocked out of playoff contention.

Noem’s book claims she met Kim Jong Un while serving as a back-bencher in Congress.

Her spox: “We’ve been made aware that the publisher will be addressing conflated world leaders’ names in the book before it is released.” politico.com/news/2024/05/0…

Pro Palestinian crowd outside the encampment looks like it’s swelled to well over +1000. More makeshift barriers are going up #UCLA

Happening now. Police moving in. #UCLA

Crowd detentions are now every few seconds.

NOW: The encampment at #UCLA being ripped apart by police. Gas and flashbangs being deployed.

This was Steve Patterson’s perspective as he reported for NBC News NOW this morning.

Police appear to now be entering the UCLA encampment. One protester inside tells me some police are already in and moving slowly.

Protesters being detained here on campus UCLA

Flash bangs as police breach the encampment. Protesters fighting back.

It’s been a week of excellent and focused reporting in chaotic situations for the LA Bureau corespondents covering our local protests. Here is Liz Kreutz in the midst of the police sweep and dismantling of the encampment at UCLA. Estimates say 200+ detained/arrested.

Happening now UCLA

Here’s what the front of UCLA’s Royce Hall looks like now as the encampment gets cleared out

Cleanup has begun at UCLA. Crews are dismantling tents that protesters have been living in for a week on campus. NBC News

And of course @nbcla super early starting at 4amPT here in LA, if you’re local. Today show at 7aPT there.