Internet Cat Star Colonel Meow Is Now Guiness World Record Holder
Here is some news that might bring a smile to Colonel Meow's smug mug. The famous Internet feline has landed a spot in the Guinness World Records for the "cat with the longest fur." The two-year-old...
View ArticleHomicide Investigation Closes Freeway
Investigators shut down a Southern California freeway early Thursday to investigate the discovery of the body of a woman who either fell, jumped or was pushed from a car and died after being struck by...
View ArticleLA Fast-Food Workers Join Strike
Fast-food restaurant employees in Los Angeles joined the largest-ever strike to hit the billion-dollar industry on Thursday, walking off their jobs for the first time in the city. The workers are...
View ArticleKittens Run onto Subway Tracks, Trains Shut Down
Two kittens ran onto subway tracks in Brooklyn Thursday, and the MTA halted trains on two lines for about an hour as workers in reflective vests tried to corral the felines, witnesses and officials...
View ArticleWATCH: Panda Cub Demands Attention From Mom
Pandas:Â They're just like us. Okay, maybe they don't have jobs or car insurance bills. But the National Zoo's giant panda mom is plenty familiar with hearing a baby's demanding cries in the middle of...
View ArticleAirport Grenade Suspect Pleads Not Guilty
A Marine pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges that he illegally brought a non-lethal grenade, knife, and other military materials into John Wayne Airport, officials said. Gregory Thomas Salyer,...
View ArticleMarathon Tightens Security in Wake of Boston Bombings
The first major U.S. city to host a marathon since the Boston bombings is implementing the tightest security in its race's history. Bank of America Chicago Marathon organizers and city of Chicago...
View ArticleBody in Garage Is 66-Year-Old Woman
Detectives are investigating the murder of a 66-year-old woman whose body was found in a garage in an affluent community in the San Gabriel Valley Thursday. After not hearing from the victim for a few...
View ArticleTask Force Targets South Los Angeles Gang
Some 35 members and associates of one of LA's most notorious street gangs were arrested in connection with a federal drug conspiracy during a series of early-morning raids, officials said. Dubbed...
View ArticleMan Gets Prison in Fake Pills Case
A man caught smuggling nearly 40,000 counterfeit erectile dysfunction pills at Los Angeles International Airport was sentenced to 2 1/2Â years in federal prison, prosecutors said. Koreatown resident...
View ArticleTruck Flattens Tree to End Chase
The driver of a pick-up truck led the LAPD on a low-speed pursuit that turned wild through surface streets in the San Fernando Valley on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013.
View ArticleWATCH: Shark Chases Stingray
A hammerhead shark chased a stingray off of Anclote Key, near Clearwater. Shortly after the chase ensued, the stingray became the shark's meal.
View ArticleHot Prowler Burglar: "All I Need Is Bus Money"
Residents in one Harbor City apartment complex have been double-checking that their doors and windows are locked before they go to sleep after a so-called "hot prowler" robbed at least nine apartments...
View ArticleMom of Formerly Conjoined Twins Ready for Future
The parents of a pair of conjoined twins separated in Dallas over the weekend say they're thrilled with the surgery's successful results. Owen and Emmett Ezell are stable, though they are still getting...
View ArticleShooting Outside Starbucks in San Pedro
Gunfire broke out in front of a San Pedro Starbucks Thursday evening, police said. LAPD officers responded to a shooting at Fifth and Gaffey streets shortly after 6 p.m. A spokesperson for the...
View ArticleWoman Offers Rare Stamps for Hit on Husband: NYPD
A Brooklyn woman allegedly tried to pay for a hit man to kill her husband with a $60,000 stamp collection, police say. Elena Adams, 57, was arrested Thursday and is charged with criminal conspiracy and...
View ArticleHigh-Speed Chase Ends in Arrest
A high-speed chase that barreled down Los Angeles freeways and into neighborhoods ended Friday night when the driver pulled over and ran from police. The driver climbed fences and into backyards before...
View ArticleVitamix Recalls Container for Blade Flaw
Vitamix recalled one of its blender containers this week after receiving 18 reports of the blades breaking off from the base and posing a laceration hazard to users, according to the Consumer Product...
View ArticleSocial Media Abuzz After Nicolas Maduro Misspeaks
Social media users are abuzz following a gaffe in which Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro reworked a biblical miracle to include the multiplication of penises. During a speech on education Wednesday,...
View ArticleCar Seat Adaptors Recalled for Falling Hazard
Baby Jogger recalled its car seat adaptors that secure infant car seats onto strollers after receiving nearly 50 reports of the support bars failing, causing the seat to fall to the floor, according to...
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