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Pamela Avila

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  • Breaking News Editor, Live News, CNN
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As seen in: CNN, MSN, MSN Australia, MSN Canada, MSN Singapore, MSN UK, Yahoo Entertainment, Yahoo Life, MSN Philippines, USA Today, Yahoo Canada and
editor • past lives: @usatoday, @enews, @lamag, @laist, @kpcc, @lareviewofbooks

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Pamela Avila is an entertainment editor, social media strategist and journalist based in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles. Currently, she serves as USA TODAY's entertainment trending editor for the evenings, covering breaking celebrity and entertainment news on the West Coast and beyond.

As a writer, her reporting primarily focuses on Latinx culture through television, movies, books and more — and the way those beats intersect with social justice issues. Before USA TODAY, Pamela worked w…

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Suspect in Tupac Shakur’s killing heads to trial

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By Taylor Romine Verified, Andy Rose Verified, Pamela Avila Verified
| CNN Verified
• Trial gets underway: Opening statements start today in the trial of Duane Keith Davis, who was indicted in 2023 on one count of murder with a deadly weapon in Tupac Shakur’s death. Davis, 63, has entered a not guilty plea, and, if convicted, faces up to life in prison. • About the charges: Prosecutors do not claim Davis fired the fatal shots that killed Shakur, who was 25 at the time, but instead allege he orchestrated the killing in retaliation for an assault on his nephew.
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Conflict widens with Houthis claiming Red Sea attacks

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By Jessie Yeung Verified, Pamela Avila Verified, Brad Lendon Verified
| CNN Verified
• Red Sea attacks: Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis claimed to have struck two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea Thursday following their Monday announcement of a naval blockade on Saudi ships. • Ongoing threats: US President Donald Trump said the US will “bomb and destroy” a bridge or power plant every time Iran targets a ship in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s revolutionary guards claimed Thursday that an oil tanker caught fire following an explosion in the key waterway, according to Reuters.
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US and Iran trade strikes in biggest test of truce as NATO leaders meet

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By Helen Regan Verified, Ivana Kottasova Verified, Pamela Avila Verified
| CNN Verified
• Iran retaliates: The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it launched strikes at 85 US military sites across Bahrain and Kuwait in response to a wave of US strikes on Iran. • US “punishment”: The US previously launched strikes and reimposed sanctions on Iranian oil sales as “punishment” for attacks on ships near the Strait of Hormuz, according to an American official. The US military said it hit more than 80 military targets across Iran.
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