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Daniel Luzer

news editor

Daniel Luzer -- News Editor. Daniel previously worked as the Web editor at the Washington Monthly and as an editorial fellow at Mother Jones. His work has appeared at Mother Jones, Salon, Pacific Standard, the Washington Monthly and Columbia Journalism Review.

(It's pronounced Loot-zer.)

Settlement approved by the L.A. City Council for the family of an unarmed National Guard veteran who was fatally shot by police 21 times. It's the city's largest payout in a fatal police shooting case in at least a decade.
Number of birds killed annually by a solar installation in California. The birds ignite in mid-air because of the plant’s hyper-concentrated solar rays.
The King County involuntary-commitment coordinator, JoEllen Watson, resigned this month after a look into the release of hundreds of dangerously mentally ill patients. Meanwhile, the county is scrambling to comply with a state Supreme Court order to stop detaining patients in emergency rooms.
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Number of people in Utah who have tested positive since the state started drug screening all welfare applicants. The program has cost more than $30,000 so far.
Administrators says the kids just don't like healthy lunches.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is trying to expand the definition of federal waters.
Number of pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents in high-poverty metro areas across the United States, compared to 5.3 deaths per 100,000 residents in more affluent areas.
Louisiana state Sen. Elbert Guillory, on a new state law banning constables and justices of the peace (who often carry guns) from serving after age 70. About 160 justices and constables aren't able to seek re-election this year as a result.
Percent of homeless people living on the street that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development characterizes as "severely mentally ill."