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Morning, Trojan

Seven stories with Tomoki Chien.

📍 On campus

1. A USC study found a connection between a mutation in a newly discovered microprotein and a significant increase in risk of developing Alzheimer’s. The researchers at the Leonard Davis School of Gerontology found a 30% increase in risk of developing Alzheimer’s in people with a mutation that deactivates the “SHMOOSE” protein. (Xiangyuan Chi and Zachary Whalen / Daily Trojan)

🌴 In L.A.

2. Nury Martinez resigned as president of the L.A. City Council after the Los Angeles Times reported a leaked audio recording that showed Martinez making openly racist remarks and deriding her colleagues. Martinez still holds her seat on the council, though notable political figures and her own council colleagues have called for her to resign altogether. (Aaricka Washington and Ryan Fonseca / LAist)

3. Art Laboe, a legendary Southern California DJ, died in his Palm Springs home at 97. Laboe DJed for 79 years, and famously booked live shows with rock and roll acts like Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis and Ricky Nelson at the El Monte Legion Stadium. (Peter Larsen / Orange County Register)

4. A pro-Russian hacker group temporarily took down the websites of several large U.S. airports including LAX on Monday. LAX officials said that no internal airport systems were compromised, and there were no operational disruptions. (Vanessa Romo / NPR)

🌅 California

5. San Diego State officials have come under fire after giving conflicting accounts of how the school handled a gang rape allegation. The university leadership has found itself in the hot seat since allegations that a star football player and his teammates gang raped a 17-year-old high school senior at an off-campus party became public months ago. (Colleen Shalby and Robert J. Lopez / Los Angeles Times)

6. Several cities in the Inland Empire halted new warehouse construction to give officials time to study the effects of pollution and congestion on residents. In the early 1990s, there were about 650 warehouses in the region; last year, there were nearly 4,000, as the relatively cheap land has become a critical storage-and-sorting point because of its proximity to rail lines to the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. (Kurtis Lee / The New York Times)

7. Jennifer Siebel Newsom, a documentary filmmaker and actor married to Gov. Gavin Newsom, will testify against Harvey Weinstein in his Los Angeles sex crimes trial that started Monday. Weinstein, who is already serving a 23-year prison sentence after a conviction in New York, has pleaded not guilty to 11 counts of rape and sexual assault involving Newsom and four other women. (Andrew Dalton / Associated Press)

📰 Editor’s note

• FYI… if you registered to vote with your home address but want an absentee ballot mailed to you here at USC, you’ll need to reregister with your new address at this link. And, if you haven’t registered to vote at all yet, check out this quick guide I wrote a while back.

⭐️ A bonus

• Staying in L.A. for the long weekend? Check out these cool Los Angeles spots, courtesy of Annenberg Media. (Dana Hammerstrom, Edward Huang and Gabriella Medina / Annenberg Media)

🚨 In case you missed it

• A 17-year-old from Woodland Hills died from a fentanyl overdose, adding to a string of recent L.A. teen overdoses. Cade Kitchen attended El Camino Real Charter High School, which isn’t a part of L.A. Unified. (Tarek Fattal / Los Angeles Daily News)

• The Rylan Report, news commentary, advice for student journalists and more. Check out the latest weekend edition if you haven’t gotten the chance yet.

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Morning, Trojan is curated and edited by Tomoki Chien. Chris Bibona writes The Sports Corner. Questions, concerns or feedback? You can reach me by replying to this email.

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