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Nima Momeni sentenced to 16 years to life in murder of Cash App founder Bob Lee

Tech consultant convicted of second-degree murder in 2023 stabbing death of Cash App founder

Nima Momeni, the man convicted of murdering Cash App founder Bob Lee, has been sentenced to 16 years to life.

Momeni, 42, has been in San Francisco’s county jail since late April of 2023, after he was arrested in connection with the stabbing death of Lee, who had created the mobile payment service and was serving as the chief product officer of the cryptocurrency MobileCoin at the time of his death.

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© Photograph: Gabrielle Lurie/AP

© Photograph: Gabrielle Lurie/AP

© Photograph: Gabrielle Lurie/AP

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Police investigate as nearly 30 Santa Barbara half-marathon runners fall ill with ‘unusual symptoms’

Runners seek medical treatment as 13-mile race held amid unusually high November temperatures

Police in southern California are investigating the circumstances that led to the hospitalization of nearly 30 runners who participated in the Santa Barbara Half on Sunday.

Santa Barbara police said in a statement to the Associated Press that they had opened an investigation after receiving reports from Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital about multiple half-marathon participants seeking medical treatment for “unusual symptoms”.

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© Photograph: Dennis Mihora/AP

© Photograph: Dennis Mihora/AP

© Photograph: Dennis Mihora/AP

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Black girls in LA keep seeing women around them getting killed. They’re driving change

Black women and girls represent an outsized share of LA homicide victims – frustrated with police and legislators’ failures, they’re stepping up and speaking out to stop the violence

As a child, Tioni Theus was a ball of energy. After school she liked to play golf and dance. On weekends, she’d go to the movies and the mall with her older cousin. Driving back home at the end of the day to her family’s apartment in South Los Angeles, California, she’d ask: “What are we doing next?”

Everything changed when Tioni was 13. Her mother was hit by a car and critically injured, leaving her unable to take care of her daughter. While her mom recovered, Tioni lived with other family members. But the accident left Tioni angry, her older cousin Nafeesah Kincy said, and she struggled to understand that her life had permanently changed.

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© Photograph: Julien James/The Guardian

© Photograph: Julien James/The Guardian

© Photograph: Julien James/The Guardian

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Justice department funds research into gender dysphoria and violent crime in latest anti-trans effort

Experts say ‘very dangerous’ move diverts attention from violence driven by far-right extremist ideologies

The US Department of Justice is funding research aimed at exploring whether there is a link between gender dysphoria and violent crime.

Last month, the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), the research arm of the justice department, said it would grant up to $1m for studies into the frequency and type of violence committed by people who have been diagnosed and treated for gender dysphoria.

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© Photograph: Stefani Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images

© Photograph: Stefani Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images

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