Gunman who killed Whittier officer had fatally shot another man hours earlier, police say and other top stories.

• Gunman who killed Whittier officer had fatally shot another man hours earlier, police say

  

  One officer was killed and a second injured in a shootout with a gang member who was wounded in a Monday morning altercation in Whittier, authorities said.Three Whittier Police Department officers were responding to the scene of a traffic collision about 8 a.m. when a 26-year-old, recently paroled man driving a stolen car opened fire with a semiautomatic pistol, said Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Lt. John Corina. Detectives said the alleged gunman, who is expected to survive, is also ..

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• Ivanka Trump Calls for Tolerance After Threats on Jewish Centers

  

  Photo Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump this month at the White House. Ms. Trump converted to Judaism before marrying Mr. Kushner. Credit Doug Mills/The New York Times Ivanka Trump, President Trump’s oldest daughter and a convert to Judaism, issued a statement over Twitter on Monday calling for “religious tolerance” after a new wave of threats against Jewish community centers.The tweet was Ms. Trump’s most vocal foray into a public discussion and was made over an issue her..

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• Thousands of demonstrators across US say 'Not My President'

  

  A rally against Donald Trump stretches a few blocks along Central Park West in New York, Monday, Feb. 20, 2017. Demonstrators unhappy with President Donald Trump’s policies attended a “Not My Presidents Day” rally. (Seth Wenig/Associated Press) By Julie Walker | AP By Julie Walker | AP February 20 at 10:49 PM Thousands of demonstrators turned out Monday across the U.S. to challenge Donald Trump in a Presidents Day protest dubbed Not My President’s Day. The protests on the federal holid..

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• CPAC's Organizer Explains Why He Invited (and Disinvited) Milo Yiannopoulos

  

  Matt Schlapp, the chairman of the American Conservative Union, was in the eye of a hurricane when we arrived at his office for a chat over ice cream. Barely an hour earlier, Schlapp had announced that he would drop Milo Yiannopoulos from the Conservative Political Action Conference, the annual gathering his organization runs that attracts everyone on the right from President Donald Trump down to grassroots organizers. The move came after a public backlash, much of it from fellow conservati..

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• Uber hires Eric Holder to investigate sexual harassment claims

  

  Travis Kalanick, Founder and CEO of Uber, said the company would launch an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment by a former female employee. (EPA/Will Oliver) Uber has hired former U.S. attorney general Eric Holder to help lead an investigation into claims of sexual harassment and discrimination that a former female employee made public over the weekend in a highly circulated blog post. CEO Travis Kalanick told employees in a memo Monday that the review will be conducted in “..

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