Race Car Runs Off Calif. Track, Kills Two
A race car at the Marysville Raceway Park about 40 miles north of Sacramento lost control and killed two people on pit row Saturday night, the Yuba County Sheriff's Department reported. The...
View ArticleGunman Kills Himself Inside Dick’s Sporting Goods
Police say a gunman is dead after a barricade situation in eastern Pennsylvania. Investigators say the ordeal began around 7:30 p.m. at the Dick's Sporting Goods store. A middle-aged man walked into...
View ArticleShoots Himself in Groin, Blames Ninjas
A teen in a Chicago suburb who was injured in a shooting Friday is believed to have shot himself, officials said, NBC Chicago reported. The 17-year-old boy was taken to Loyola Hospital in Maywood, IL,...
View ArticleFullerton Officer Shot; Gunman Still at Large
A Fullerton police officer was shot multiple times during a traffic stop early Sunday morning and is hospitalized, said officials. "A seven-year veteran officer made a car stop at Woods and Knepp...
View ArticleUtah City Picks Mayor by Drawing Names out of a Hat
Ed Chavez Jr. became the mayor of a city in Utah thanks to a little luck. Chavez and opponent Councilman Kirk Mascaro were hoping to fill the position as mayor of Helper, located 100 miles southeast of...
View ArticleSeaside Installs 1st Piece of New Boardwalk After Sandy
Officials in Seaside Heights took another big step in rebuilding the shore town’s hurricane-ravaged boardwalk today, installing the first piece of the new boardwalk. The ceremony took place at 3 p.m....
View ArticleGranada Hills Wins Academic Decathlon
A Granada Hills Charter High School team of nine students won California’s statewide Academic Decathlon for third time in a row on Sunday, advancing to the national competition in April. Seventeen Los...
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Philly Professor Sinks $10K Half-Court Shot
If you ask Brad Baer how confident he was before he made that unbelievable, $10,000 half-court shot and gained overnight fame, luck did not appear to be on his side. “I wasn’t nervous at first but at...
View ArticleMan Shoots Wife, Surrenders: Police
A man suspected of fatally shooting his wife outside a Montebello restaurant turned himself in to police a day after the death. Arthur Andrew Andrade, 29, has been sought by authorities since the...
View ArticleCoach: South LA Rugby Program a "Dream Come True"
Fourteen-year-old Nia Tolliver is only a freshman in high school, but already shows speed, strength and endurance worthy of competing in the Olympics for rugby someday, her coach Stuart Krohn said....
View ArticleAlleged Robber Arrested After Hiding at San Marino HS
After a witness tailed a man suspected of robbing an Alhambra 7-Eleven, the suspect was arrested by pursuing police on a high school campus in tony San Marino early Sunday. The incident began after...
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Dump Truck Smashes Through Fence, Into Parked Trailer
A man driving a dump truck crashed through a fence in El Cajon Saturday night, leaving a major mess behind. California Highway Patrol officials say the dump truck was towing a trailer loaded with...
View Article14th Century Chinese Vase Fetches Over $1M
A 14th century vase depicting a god in Chinese folk religion coming to the rescue of an emperor fetched more than $1 million on Sunday at a Beverly Hills art auction. The 600-year-old white and blue...
View ArticleFour Hospitalized After 134 Freeway Crash
A crash that sent at least four people to hospitals on Sunday night shut down lanes of the 134 Freeway in Pasadena. All but one of the eastbound lanes of the 134 at South Orange Grove Boulevard were...
View ArticleSF Symphony Cancels Carnegie Hall Tour
Five days into the strike, the San Francisco Symphony canceled a trip to the East Coast, where musicians would have been playing Mahler's Ninth Symphony, Brahms and more to a crowd of adoring fans at...
View ArticleWATCH: Street Performer Punches Heckler
Human statue David Mulder is being investigated after he punched a passerby who taunted him while he was performing at a mall in Australia. Mulder apologized for his actions. But the organization who...
View ArticleNo Bryant or Gasol, No Problem for Lakers
For the second game in a row, the Los Angeles Lakers were led by an impressive performance from their bench duo of Steve Blake and Antawn Jamison. With Jodie Meeks thrust into Kobe Bryant’s starting...
View ArticleTruck Lane Work Prompts Freeway Closures
Sections of the Golden State Freeway through Santa Clarita are scheduled to be closed intermittently through the week as part of a $72 million truck lane project. The project calls for new lanes along...
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Marijuana Bales, Smuggling Boat Found Near Santa Barbara
About 2,000 pounds of marijuana was found in bales on a beach near Santa Barbara Sunday after a panga-style drug smuggling boat washed ashore. The bales were found on Arroyo Camada Beach, near Refugio...
View ArticleNYC Mayor Wants Stores to Hide Cigarettes
Mayor Bloomberg wants stores throughout New York City to hide cigarettes behind counters, curtains or cabinets as part of his next anti-smoking effort. "Such displays suggest that smoking is a normal...
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