Headlines: ICE Maintains Surveillance Network Capable Of Spying on Most Americans; FBI Returning Cannabis Cash Seized From Armored Cars

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—Renowned Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot in the head and killed this morning while apparently covering the Israeli forces' raid of a refugee camp in the West Bank city of Jenin. [Newsweek]

—Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has reportedly created a "surveillance dragnet designed to spy on most people living in the United States," circumventing warrants and state privacy laws. [LAT]

—The New York Times calls our jacaranda trees "The Purple Tree Gods of Los Angeles." How many readers will pronounce the "J" though? [NYT]

—The president of Cal State received a vote of "No Confidence" following the forced removal of professor Dr. Melina Abdullah from a mayoral debate earlier this month. [LAT/Twitter]

—Two journalists in Veracruz were shot and killed this week, bringing the toll of reporters slain in Mexico up to 11 this year. [AP]

—An L.A. judge refused to lower the $30,000 bail of the man arrested in the assault on Dave Chappelle at the Hollywood Bowl. [NBC]

—The FBI has given up its attempt to jack confiscate $1,100,000 in California cannabis dispensary cash seized from traveling armored cars. [LAT]

—Gun charges have been dropped for Jackie Lacey's husband, who pulled out a pistol on protestors at his Granada Hills home in 2020. [KTTV]