Distracted Driving Campaign Goes Beyond Cell Phones
A monthlong campaign designed to cut down on distracted driving -- any activity that takes the driver's attention away from the road -- began Monday in California as part of Distracted Driving...
View ArticleGoogle, Twitter Get in on April Fools' Day Fun
The end of YouTube, smell-enabled Google search, Twitter paywall, bacon mouthwash. If these ideas sound like jokes, that's because they are. Monday is April Fools' Day and cheeky marketers and...
View ArticleJudge: Connection in Texas D.A. Shootings "Obvious"
A Texas judge said the connection between this weekend's double-murder of his county's district attorney and his wife with the slaying of his top prosecutor earlier this year is "obvious." The bodies...
View ArticleNewtown Families: Don't Grandfather High-Capacity Magazines
Families of victims killed in the Newtown, Conn., school shooting are making an emotional plea that any new state gun control law does not include a clause that grandfathers existing large-capacity...
View ArticleProsecutors Seek Death Penalty in Aurora Theater Shooting Case
Prosecutors on Monday said they will seek the death penalty against the man accused in last year's movie theater attack that killed 12, wounded 58 and spurred new gun control laws in Colorado. The...
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Arrest Made in L.A. Girl's Kidnapping, Search Expands
One person has been arrested in the case of a kidnapped 10-year-old Los Angeles girl who turned up barefoot and wounded in a neighborhood near her own last week. The Los Angeles Police Department...
View ArticleRare "Buddha's Tooth" Continues to Grow
Hundreds of followers have flocked to a Buddhist temple in Rosemead to view what is claimed to be a still-growing, 2-inch-long molar with healing powers that belonged to Buddha himself. Thousands of...
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Search Continues for Missing OC Hikers
A helicopter unit and ground crews resumed the search Monday for two missing hikers in Cleveland National Forest. The man and woman -- identified as Nicholas Cendoya, 19, and Kyndall Jack, 18, of Costa...
View ArticleHusband Killed in Watts Home-Invasion Shooting
A man was killed and his wife injured at their Watts home after a gunman chased the male victim into a bedroom and opened fire, and now police are working to determine a motive in the crime, detectives...
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Police Dog Thrown From Second Story Window
A Fontana police dog was injured Sunday when he landed on his head after he was thrown from a second story window during the apprehension of an armed parolee. Police K-9 Jaris was part of a search...
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Man Arrested, 2nd Sought in Northridge Kidnap
A man has been arrested in connection with the kidnapping of 10-year-old Northridge girl, who turned up barefoot and wounded in Woodland Hills last week. Daniel Martinez, 29, of West Hills, was booked...
View ArticleApple CEO Apologizes to Chinese Customers
The market is one thing. The government is another. But when Chinese customers as well as the government of China are calling you out? That's when you respond, as Apple CEO Tim Cook did on Monday. Cook...
View ArticleSearch Warrant Sheds Light on Texas DA Murder
Information revealed in a search warrant released Monday sheds light on the investigation into the murders of the Kaufman County district attorney and his wife. In the document, officials said a family...
View ArticleCamp Pendleton Contracting Official Arrested
A 64-year-old man is accused of accepting bribes for years, according to the FBI. Natividad Lara Cervantes served as a U.S. Department of Defense employee and a supervisor for Construction and Service...
View ArticlePolice Arrest Suspected "Red-Car Flasher"
Police have arrested a man they believe is the "Red-car Flasher," wanted in connection with exposing himself to teen girls, officials said on Monday. Luis Bucio-Cedeno, 24, was arrested on Friday. He...
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"My Heart Was Beating So Fast:" Walmart Attack Witness
As he does almost every Sunday, Raymond Raborar was shopping in Walmart on Sunday, while his mother was nearby at church. But instead of having a peaceful shopping trip at the store at 777 Story Road,...
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Motorcycling Easter Bunny Unmasked
If you think you saw a giant, white Easter bunny on a motorcycle over the weekend, you probably did. A man dressed up as an Easter bunny was spotted driving down Interstate 8 on Saturday morning when...
View ArticleRare "Buddha's Tooth" Continues to Grow
Hundreds of followers have flocked to a Buddhist temple in Southern California to view what is claimed to be a still-growing, 2-inch-long molar with healing powers that belonged to Buddha himself....
View ArticleIllinois GOP Sen. Kirk Endorses Gay Marriage
Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk became the second Republican senator to endorse same-sex marriage. It appears his brush with death — when he suffered a debilitating stroke in January 2012 — served as the final...
View ArticleWoman in Coma Wakes Up After Home, Belongings Sold
Imagine waking up and being homeless. Yvonne Rogers of Birmingham, England awoke from a 14-month coma to discover she no longer owned her home and her family had sold her belongings. The Birmingham...
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