NEW YORK (AP) — The Los Angeles Times has won the Pulitzer Prize for revealing that politicians in the struggling, working-class city of Bell, Calif., were paying themselves enormous, six-figure salaries.
The newspaper’s reporting led to arrests and the ouster of some of the city’s political leaders.
The Pulitzers are journalism’s most distinguished awards.
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