Police Kill Alleged Gunman in Koreatown
Police fatally shot a man who allegedly fired upon officers in Koreatown on Wednesday afternoon, authorities said. Officers spotted and confronted a gunman about 3:25 p.m. at the intersection of Pico...
View ArticleSyria Conflict Tears Apart SoCal Man's Family
From his school yard at Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, Hassan Twiet admits he can't think of much else other than the ongoing conflicts in Syria. Twiet, the president of the Syrian-American...
View ArticleOldest Book Store in LA Closes
After 42 years among shelves of books, these days you'll find Jerry Gusha closing the books on Williams' Book Store -- a Los Angeles classic. Its final chapter: bankruptcy. "I was almost born in the...
View ArticleFundraiser for 4-Year-Old Motorcycle Crash Victim
Motorcyclists and bikers are banding together to help the family of a 4-year-old girl who was killed in a motorcycle crash this week. Breann Creer of Ontario was the passenger of a motorcycle that...
View ArticleDaughter Beats Mother to Death With Baseball Bat: Police
A New Jersey woman admitted to beating her mother to death with a baseball bat in their home Wednesday morning, police say. Hopatcong police said the suspect, Mirna Bolanos, 30, called 911 to report...
View ArticleFive Chicago-Area Students Charged With Hazing
Five students from a high school in Plano, a southwest suburb of Chicago, were released to the custody of their parents late Wednesday after being arrested and charged in a case of ongoing hazing at...
View ArticleDocuments Detail Child-Abuse Deaths
Records obtained by NBC4 show 63 children died in Los Angeles County as a result of abuse and neglect since January 2012, including some with a lengthy history of allegations leading up to the death....
View ArticleHigh School Athlete Dies After Collapsing
A football player at a Riverside high school died Tuesday night, five days after collapsing on the field during a practice game, school administrators said. Tyler Lewellen, 16, of Arlington High School...
View ArticleWoman Stabbed to Death After SUV Flips
A 31-year-old Bronx man has been arrested after he allegedly rammed an SUV carrying his girlfriend, causing it to flip over, and then walked up to the vehicle and stabbed her to death. Â Dionis Espinal...
View ArticleConjoined Twins Separated After Surgery
Owen and Emmett Ezell, born conjoined on July 17 and connected from the chest to the belly button, shared a liver and intestines. On Saturday, the boys underwent a successful separation surgery in...
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Filner Accuser: "He Violated My Space"
Yet another woman has come forward claiming San Diego Mayor Bob Filner touched her inappropriately and exposed his "dark side," this time during an event at an elementary school. Marilyn McGaughy,...
View ArticleBody Found on Roadside
A body was found Wednesday afternoon on the side of a brush-covered roadway in northwestern Los Angeles County, authorities said. The grisly discovery was made near Frazier Mountain Park Road and...
View ArticleStranger Snatches Girl from Bed
Police were searching for a masked man who broke into a Tarzana home and snatched a little girl from her bed. In the dark, early hours of Monday, a man in a black-and-white mask walked through an open...
View ArticlePolice Seek CSUN Groper
Police were looking for a groper who has grabbed several people on and around the California State University Northridge campus, authorities said Wednesday. On Tuesday, the man engaged in brief...
View ArticleRim Fire Chars 192,500 Acres, 30% Contained
After Sunday's devastating destruction of a popular Bay Area camp just outside of Yosemite, firefighters have been making steady progress on battling the Rim Fire just outside the national park....
View ArticleSan Diego Sets Mayoral Special Election Date
The San Diego City Council unanimously voted to hold the special mayoral election on Tuesday, Nov. 19. Mayor Bob Filner recently resigned amid sexual harassment allegations and his last day will be...
View ArticleMan Resists Arrest, Bites Police Dog
A man believed to be high on drugs stabbed himself in the chest three times, scuffled with sheriff's deputies and then bit a police dog named "Ski" earlier this week, police said. Santa Clara County...
View ArticleMother Seeks Daughter Given Up for Adoption 36 Years Ago
Silvia Aguiar says she is haunted every single day by questions she believes no mother should ever have to ask herself. "Where is she? Who has her? What did they do to her?" she wonders about the child...
View ArticleDramatic Photos: Syria's Civil War
The 2011 uprising against Syrian President Bashar Assad gradually turned into a full-scale civil war, which killed nearly 100,000 and displaced millions of others. Now an imminent U.S. strike on Syrian...
View ArticleSouth Miami Man Pleads Not Guilty in Facebook Killing
The South Miami man accused of killing his wife and posting a photo of her body on Facebook appeared in a Miami-Dade courtroom Thursday where he was formally arraigned. Derek Medina, 31, had initially...
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