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The site of Noem in a baseball hat and ballistic vest was startling, and Medina said she began to record her with her phone.

At a news conference Thursday, Mayor Karen Bass made a startling claim.

That was the startling moment where I realized I personally relate in my darkest moments to a studio executive more than I do a creative person in the industry in many ways.

A burglary suspect who was shot and killed in a Lynwood home Thursday morning is believed to have been shot by an accomplice when they were startled by a resident, officials said.

Yet in many ways, as startling as that might have seemed, his proposal fit right in with his drive to remove millions of people from the U.S. itself.