Sisters Work to Save Stranger From Rare Disease
Molly Pearce, 24, was not expected to live to celebrate her first birthday. Now 24, she's in need of a quadruple organ transplant a kidney, liver, pancreas and small intestine all from a single...
View ArticleReaction: NBA Player Announces He's Gay
34-year-old NBA center Jason Collins made headlines Monday morning when he came out as gay, the first openly gay athlete in major professional team sports in America. Collins told his story in the...
View ArticleOpening Arguments Begin in Michael Jackson Death Trial
Opening arguments in a high-stakes legal battle over Michael Jackson's death began Monday, with Jackson's mother blaming a concert promoter for hiring the doctor convicted in causing the pop...
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Cassini Spacecraft Captures Saturn's Monster Storm
A storm on Saturn churning at 330-mph with an eye about 20 times the size of a typical hurricane was captured in dramatic imagery provided by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The storm's eye, estimated at...
View ArticleGrenade at VA Hospital Leads to Bomb Squad Response
A device that appeared to be a hand grenade prompted a partial evacuation and bomb squad response Monday morning at a VA hospital in Los Angeles. The bomb squad responded to the Veterans Administration...
View ArticleWoman Found Guilty of Severing Husband's Penis
Jurors delivered guilty verdicts Monday in the trial of a Southern California woman accused of drugging her estranged husband and cutting off his penis before throwing it in a garbage disposal....
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Plane Part Near WTC Identified as Wing Piece
A chunk of airplane debris found near the World Trade Center site that is believed to have come from one of the 9/11 hijacked jetliners has been identified as a piece from a 767 wing, officials said...
View ArticleMan Threatened, Spit On Priest: Cops
Police have charged a Connecticut man with threatening and spitting on a priest who was trying to photograph him riding dangerously on a dirt bike. According to police, Rev. James Manship, the head of...
View ArticleGranada Hills HS Students Bring Home Historic Win
Students on Granada Hills High School’s academic decathlon team aren’t just smart. They’re historic. The team won its third consecutive national championship title last week, becoming the first school...
View ArticleInside Police Pursuits: How Authorities Train for Chaos
The high-speed police pursuits for which Southern California is notorious captivate residents and keep them within inches of their television screens, but no one is more on edge than those in the...
View ArticleSmall Planes Collide Mid-Air: FAA
A pilot died when a small plane collided mid-air with another plane that made an emergency landing on a nearby golf course, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The planes, both Cessnas,...
View ArticleEx-Officer Accused of Child Porn, Baiting Teens Online
A retired law enforcement agent was arrested Monday on suspicion of using a phony social media profile to bait children and for allegedly possessing child pornography, according to the Los Angeles...
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Fund Created to Pay Young Hit-and-Run Victim's Medical Bills
For the first time on Monday, the mother of a 5-year-old hit-and-run victim is talking about the crash that nearly killed her daughter just days before the little girl's birthday. "Carlie is a bright...
View ArticleWeHo Filmmaker Charged with Conspiracy in Venezuela
An American filmmaker was formally charged late Saturday by Venezuelan officials who accuse him of paying right-wing groups to foment postelection unrest on behalf of U.S. intelligence. The federal...
View ArticleGuilty Verdicts in Penis-Severing Case
Jurors delivered guilty verdicts Monday in the trial of a Garden Grove woman accused of drugging her estranged husband and cutting off his penis before throwing it in a garbage disposal. Catherine Kieu...
View ArticleBill Seeks to Ban "E-Cigarettes"
California lawmakers are scheduled to consider SB 648 Tuesday which would ban the increasingly popular "electronic cigarettes" in the same areas where actual cigarettes are banned. Some 100 e-cigarette...
View Article"He's Done Right": Support for Gay NBA Player Collins
NBA veteran Jason Collins made history by coming out as gay in the May issue of Sports Illustrated, and now his former high school is speaking out, commending the basketball player for his...
View Article1 Dead After Small Planes Collide Mid-Air: FAA
A pilot died when a small plane collided mid-air with another plane that made an emergency landing on a nearby golf course in Southern California, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The...
View ArticleSF Judge is Proud of Nephew Jason Collins for Coming Out
The first person Jason Collins confided in was his aunt, a prominent San Francisco judge, who had previously made some history of her own. NBC Bay Area's Jodi Hernandez spoke with her.
View ArticleYahoo Expands Maternity, Paternity Leave
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, who sparked an uproar and hurt her image as a working mom when she banned telecommuting two months ago, is now offering employees generous new family leave benefits. Under the...
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