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Ultimate Fighting Championship and World Wrestling Entertainment will combine to form a new $21.4-billion fighting sports and entertainment powerhouse, majority owned by #UFC parent Endeavor. latimes.com/entertainment-…
The newly combined publicly traded company, which does not yet have a name, will be led by Endeavor Chief Executive Ari Emanuel, the companies said Monday.

Vince McMahon will serve the combined company as executive chairman, the same title he had at @WWE. latimes.com/entertainment-…
The 77-year-old McMahon announced his retirement in July following reports that company money was used to pay off sexual harassment victims.

But he recently returned as executive chairman. latimes.com/entertainment-…
The showdown between Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes was another fantastic match, a dramatic back-and-forth classic demonstration of professional wrestling at its best.

Here's everything you need to know.
#Wrestlemania
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Reigns' Bloodline storyline has been one of the most compelling #WWE angles in years.

And Reigns knows how important the Bloodline has been to him, on camera and off. latimes.com/sports/story/2…
Rhea Ripley scored the biggest win of her career Saturday at SoFi Stadium in a grueling battle against Charlotte Flair, the daughter of the legendary “Nature Boy” Ric Flair. latimes.com/sports/liveblo…
Over the last year, since becoming aligned with the Judgment Day faction, Ripley has become arguably the most popular woman on the roster. She recently spoke with @latimessports about her journey.
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Complete #Wrestlemania coverage: latimes.com/sports/story/2…

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Former President Trump flew from Florida on Monday aboard his private plane to New York and his historic booking and arraignment on hush money charges.

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Throughout 1950s L.A., women and girls desperate to get an abortion were dying as a result of operations done by people not qualified to perform them.

Gaylene Wiseman, 22, who died in a motel room. Brenda Emerson, 16, dumped on a hospital lawn.

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They came to serenade Joel Alexander Leal Peña, born 21 years ago.

“¡Tus amigos llegamos aquí!” sang some three dozen people, clustered in front of a government building in Ciudad Juarez.

Leal Peña died days earlier, just shy of his birthday. latimes.com/world-nation/s…
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She’s sailed on shipboard abortion clinics and delivered abortion pills by drone.

She’s received accolades but has been pelted with eggs and even confronted by warships.

Meet Rebecca Gomperts, who’s fighting for abortion access in the U.S. latimes.com/world-nation/s…
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Housed within the LAPD's homicide division, the abortion squad investigated what were known then as “illegal operations.”

Officers questioned young women who had gone to the hospital for antibiotics after an abortion and were reported to law enforcement. latimes.com/california/sto… Det. Danny Galindo, left, and Josephine Serrano Collier afteDet. Danny Galindo, left, and Josephine Serrano Collier afte
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They posed as boyfriends or brothers to trap doctors into confessing. latimes.com/california/sto…
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Almost 50 years later, on a Friday morning in June, the landmark decision fell. latimes.com/california/sto…
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In a still unsettled post-Roe world, no one knows for sure what enforcement of abortion laws will look like.

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