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Richard Winton

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LA Times crime/investigative writer. Pulitzer winner. Tweets are mine. richard.winton@latimes.com

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Driver charged in fatal crash had drug history

Woman accused of striking bus has been in and out of custody as she battled addiction, her friend says

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High-profile death at sober living home

Questions arise over suspected overdose of Cindy Crawford's son at a recovery facility.

With:Clara Harter
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Los Angeles Times•SEP 27, 2026
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Driver charged in fatal crash had drug history

Woman accused of striking bus has been in and out of custody as she battled addiction, her friend says

With:Hannah Fry
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Los Angeles Times•SEP 19, 2026•Lead Story
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Recording holds clues in news helicopter crash

Accident kills three, including two NBC4 journalists covering Chatsworth bus crash.

With:Hannah Fry,Salvador Hernandez,Terry Castleman,Iris Kwok
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Los Angeles Times•SEP 17, 2026•Lead Story
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Two ’90s rap slayings, one still unsolved

Tupac Shakur murder case ends in guilty verdict. But Biggie Smalls case stays cold.

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Los Angeles Times•SEP 2, 2026
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SWALWELL BRIEFLY HELD IN FEDERAL INQUIRY

Ex-lawmaker's phone is seized and his home searched months after sex assault allegations.

With:Michael Wilner,Dakota Smith
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Los Angeles Times•AUG 21, 2026
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Gang war blamed in Shakur's death

Trial of the alleged mastermind behind rapper's killing gets started in Las Vegas.

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Los Angeles Times•AUG 18, 2026
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D.A. criticized for charging officer

Hochman says LAPD cop's secret recordings of bigoted remarks violate state law.

With:Libor Jany,James Queally
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Los Angeles Times•AUG 8, 2026
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Suspect at golf club was Marine

Jeanine John Taele has history of honors and charges before arrest at Trump’s course.

With:Clara Harter,Terry Castleman
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Los Angeles Times•AUG 6, 2026
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Chinese media mogul faces probe

FBI targets a West Covina exec who rode an immigration wave to create an empire.

With:Hannah Fry
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Los Angeles Times•AUG 2, 2026
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FEDERAL RAIDS OCCUR ACROSS SOCAL

FBI actions are said to be linked to an inquiry into corruption and foreign influence.

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Los Angeles Times•JUL 30, 2026
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Social media cited in Newport melee

Local police trying to figure out why throngs converged July 4, leading to 402 arrests.

With:Hannah Fry
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Los Angeles Times•JUL 7, 2026
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FBI fights drone threat at World Cup venues

Scores of pilots cited amid elevated terror fears

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Los Angeles Times•JUN 18, 2026•Lead Story
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World Cup matches in the U.S. are declared no-drone zones

Unmanned aircraft are increasingly used as weapons around the world

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Los Angeles Times•JUN 2, 2026
Covers security measures implemented for an upcoming major international sporting event.
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Killers’ manifesto shows broad hatred

Social media linked to mosque attackers idolize neo-Nazis and white nationalism.

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Los Angeles Times•MAY 21, 2026
Follows up on a local mass shooting by analyzing the perpetrators' varied and contradictory extremist motivations.
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Suspects were radicalized and left manifesto, authorities say

Gunmen in mosque attack outlined ‘religious and racial beliefs,’ FBI says.

With:Hannah Fry,Salvador Hernandez,Clara Harter
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Los Angeles Times•MAY 20, 2026
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Three killed in shooting at mosque in San Diego

Two suspects in possible hate crime are found dead

With:Hannah Fry,Salvador Hernandez,Suhauna Hussain
LA
Los Angeles Times•MAY 19, 2026•Lead Story
Presents a factual, measured account of a local mass shooting, highlighting the specific community targeted and the emerging law enforcement focus on a potential hate crime motive.
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D.C. breach highlights Secret Service failures

Security measures, response to gunman faulted

With:Kevin Rector
LA
Los Angeles Times•APR 30, 2026
Focuses on institutional accountability and security lapses following an incident with an armed individual.
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Hospice fraud persists in state despite alarms

With:Hannah Fry
LA
Los Angeles Times•APR 19, 2026
Highlights ongoing systemic failures in healthcare regulation, referencing the paper's own prior investigative work to underscore a lack of government progress.
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STATE IS BILKED IN FRAUD SCHEME

Prosecutors say the hospice scam cost California’s medical system $267 million.

With:Hannah Fry
LA
Los Angeles Times•APR 11, 2026
Details a large-scale institutional failure, reporting a massive $267 million hospice scam impacting California's medical system.
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LAPD RECORDS LEAKED IN DATA HACK

Files on personnel and internal inquiries are exposed in breach of city attorney’s office.

With:Libor Jany
LA
Los Angeles Times•APR 9, 2026
Reports factually on a significant breach of local police personnel and disciplinary records.

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Paperboy tracks bylines on the front pages of major US and UK broadsheets. This page shows every front-page story attributed to Richard Winton in our archive, based on bylines extracted from front-page images by AI. It covers only front-page stories — not the full output of this journalist. Data begins April 2026.