Former police officer convicted on two counts of murder and one count of manslaughter after months of protests for racial justice.

USC announced statistics for the incoming class, narrowing its acceptance rate, with a historically large pool of applicants.

Sociologist Richard Carpiano explains how the COVID-19 vaccine has united right wing groups in Southern California with Match Volume’s Ike Allen.

The promise of an in-person commencement ceremony after the COVID-19 pandemic closed campus and moved classes online was meant to bring joy and hope to students. It seems to be causing anxiety, confusion and frustration instead.

USC announced a number of returning on-campus activities in an email from the Provost to students on March 5. This follows an email on Feb. 19 announcing that Los Angeles County approved additional on-campus activities, as COVID-19 cases remain much lower than at their January peak.

In an email to students on Feb. 19, USC President Carol Folt announced plans for a full return to campus in the Fall 2021 semester and raised the possibility of an in-person commencement ceremony for the classes of 2020 and 2021. While the university is limited by county restrictions and does not anticipate a return to in-person classes this semester, Folt said some campus facilities, including libraries and swimming pools, will be opening “as soon as possible.”

Presidential candidates presented their plans for how to best run USC’s Undergraduate Student Government Feb. 4 in a virtual debate that positioned outsiders against more experienced student leaders. The debate, which was moderated by Annenberg Media, touched upon pertinent political topics like policing and the pandemic.

The strained relationship between the LA County Board of Supervisors and Sheriff Alex Villanueva has come to a head as the supervisors voted to take steps towards firing Villanueva. Groups like the ACLU have accused his office of rolling back reforms and avoiding accountability. The measure passed today will look into means of removing the sheriff as well as potentially appointing, rather than electing, future sheriffs.

Why is the race between incumbent Jackie Lacey and former San Francisco D.A. George Gascón seen as so crucial? The election will be something of a referendum on the traditional, tough-on-crime prosecution that Lacey, like many before her, pursued.

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the independent vaccine review on Oct. 19, leaving experts divided on whether this will build or erode trust in the vaccines.

The union that represents resident physicians at teaching hospitals in L.A. County organized the Protect Our Patients march to call for reforms after a sheriff’s deputy shot a patient inside Harbor-UCLA hospital last week. The group wants guns out of hospitals and an independent investigation of the incident, changes they say are necessary to build back trust in the community.

They called on USC to acknowledge the toll the conflict is taking on Armenian students at USC and in Los Angeles, where there is a sizable Armenian population.

Greg Laurie, the pastor of the Riverside-based megachurch Harvest Christian Fellowship, has tested positive for COVID-19 after attending a celebration of the Supreme Court nomination at the White House. His church had been following public health guidelines, while a number of other Southern California megachurches flouted regulations.

The USC class of 2024 is the largest incoming freshman class, with a record-breaking percentage of first-generation students, according to statistics released by the university Tuesday. Twenty-two percent of the incoming undergraduate class are first-generation students, a seven percentage point increase from last year.

The lack of transparency around Keck School of Medicine Dean Laura Mosqueda's stepping down have led some to believe she was fired.