Affordable Care Act's Role in Slowing Health Costs Debated
By VISHAL PERSAUD Health cost growth has slowed in recent years and some are crediting the Affordable Care Act for that, including President Barack Obama. But some experts say the lower rates are due...
View ArticleMother of Toddler Shot in Chicago Park: "They Shot My Baby in the Face"
By KIM VATIS and ALEXANDRIA FISHER After a violent attack at a Chicago park left 13 people wounded, including a 3-year-old Deonta Howard, the mother of the toddler pleaded for the shooter to turn...
View ArticleBrawl Breaks Out in Courthouse Between Families of Teen Victim, Alleged Gunman
By Four people were hurt, including two court officers, in a brawl that erupted in a New York courthouse Friday between the family of a suspected gunman and relatives of the 17-year-old boy he is...
View ArticleNY Teen Surfing Star: People Ask "If There's an Ocean Over Here"
By PATRICK HICKEY JR. The next big thing in surfing isn't from California or Hawaii. She's from Montauk, New York. Now ranked #3 in the world junior circuit, Quincy Davis has her sights set on a...
View ArticleObama Writes Note Excusing 5-Year-Old from Kindergarten
By SAM SCHULZ Who needs a doctor's note when you've got the president's note? One 5-year-old in Washington got a note excusing her absence from school Friday that any kid would envy. Alanah Poullard, a...
View ArticleTransients Fight After Being Denied New iPhone: Police
By WILLIAN AVILA and MEKAHLO MEDINA Two fights broke out at the Pasadena Apple Store Friday morning after police say several homeless men who were hired to stand in line for the release of the new...
View ArticleArrest Ends Lockdown at 3 Schools
By JONATHAN LLOYD, and NYREE ARABIANand BEVERLY WHITE An arrest has been made to end the hours-long lockdown of three schools in the Paramount area south of downtown Los Angeles, prompted by a report...
View ArticleTransgender Student Wins Homecoming Queen
By SAMANTHA TATA and KIM BALDONADO A transgender teen made history Friday night when she was crowned homecoming queen at an Orange County high school. "I'm so proud to win this not just for me but for...
View ArticleModel Testifies of Zip Ties, Attack at Photo Shoot in Carlsbad Motel
By R. STICKNEY A college student testified about the moment the photographer she thought she was meeting for a modeling job tied her up. The victim said she met Matthew Terrell online and thought she...
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"Someone Knows Who Killed Martha Sanchez"
By BEVERLY WHITE In grief and determination, dozens of marchers walked Friday night in South Los Angeles to demand justice for a mother of five gunned down while finishing her shift at work. Police...
View Article2 Dead in Long Beach Shooting
By CHRISTINA COCCA Police on Saturday were investigating a shooting in Long Beach that left two dead and two others wounded at a party, police said. Killed were Sophon Kao, 26, and Jerry Chim, 24, both...
View ArticleThreatening Graffiti in High School Bathroom Probed as Bomb Threat
By PEI-SZE CHENG Police say they're investigating threatening graffiti scrawled on a bathroom wall at a New York high school as a bomb threat. A student found the note on a tile wall in a boys...
View ArticleWomen Sell Mosquito Repellant Made of Cow Poop
By DEBORAH FERGUSON Two women in Haslet, Texas, hope their new product to fight mosquitoes, made from cow poop, attracts buyers. "Their first response is, "Does it smell?' So, we have to let them know...
View ArticleDeputy in 7th Shooting Recently Returned From Desk Duty
By PATRICK HEALY In the wake of one deputy's seventh on-the-job shooting, the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department is being urged to establish formal procedures for when a deputy removed from the field may...
View ArticleThieves Steal Wedding Gifts Shipped to Newlyweds on Staten Island
By ANDREW SIFF A pair of Staten Island newlyweds say they recently returned from their honeymoon to find some of the wedding gifts that were shipped to them stolen right off their front porch....
View ArticleInability to Sweat Contributed to UC San Diego Professor’s Death: ME
By MONICA GARSKE A UC San Diego professor and avid hiker collapsed and died along a trail in San Diego's North County two months ago. Now, officials say her death was caused, in part, by a rare...
View ArticleSouth Park to Stream Entire Series in Online Marathon
By JUSTIN RAY Comedy Central's series "South Park" will celebrate the beginning of its 17th season by giving fans more access than ever. The five-time Emmy Award-winning animated series announced in a...
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49ers Aldon Smith Arrested in San Jose on Suspicion of DUI, Marijuana
By LISA FERNANDEZ, and MARIANNE FAVROand LORI PREUITT San Jose police arrested 49ers outside linebacker Aldon Smith on suspicion of crashing his black pickup truck into a tree early Friday morning as...
View ArticleOfficers Fatally Shoot Man at Station Parking Lot
By JASON KANDEL and JANE YAMAMOTO Police on Saturday fatally shot a man who they say pulled a gun on them in a secured parking lot of a Southern California police station, officials said. The incident...
View ArticleAt Least 13 Shot as Chicago Violence Rages On
By ALEXANDRIA FISHER At least 13 people have been shot, five of them fatally, in Chicago since Friday, police said. The weekend violence came just one day after 13 people were injured in a Chicago...
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