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A lab technician holds a vile of a COVID-19 vaccine candidate during testing at the Chula Vaccine Research Center, run by Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, May 25, 2020. Researchers in Thailand claim to have promising results with the vaccination on mice, and have begun testing on monkeys. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit) XSL102 XSL102

June 12, 2020 at 2:31 am

Here’s what has to go right for a COVID vaccine in 2020

Having a vaccine by the end of this year might seem improbable, but nothing about the coronavirus has been typical. To paraphrase Dr. Anthony Fauci,...

September 26, 2019 at 12:44 pm

In college admissions scam, a parent’s ‘victim’ claim fails and he gets 4 months in prison

LOS ANGELES — In a bid to evade prison for his part in the college admissions scandal, one Los Angeles business executive attempted a risky...

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August 19, 2019 at 6:05 am

A $100,000 bribe got teen a UCLA soccer scholarship without even playing

The teen's admission to UCLA was bought with a $100,000 bribe paid to Jorge Salcedo, then the head coach of the UCLA men's soccer program,...

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William Rick Singer leaves the federal courthouse in Boston after pleading guilty in charges related to college admission schemes, in Boston, March 12, 2019. One of the mysteries of the sweeping college admissions fraud case has been over the families that prosecutors say paid the biggest sums to a college consultant at the center of the schemes but that have not been charged. (Katherine Taylor/The New York Times) XNYT172 XNYT172

May 2, 2019 at 1:56 am

Family in China paid $6.5 million to college admissions fixer for a spot at Stanford, sources say

No one in the family has been charged in the scandal and it's unclear how much the parents or their daughter knew about steps William...

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epa05054717 Media and neighbors enter the boarded-up apartment of the husband and wife accused in the deadly mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, USA 04 December 2015. The shooting, carried out by the two gunmen at a government building in San Bernardino left 14 people dead and 17 wounded. The suspects, who died in a shootout with police hours after the massacre 02 December at a conference centre, were Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and Tashfeen Malik, 27, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Office said. EPA/PAUL BUCK

December 4, 2015 at 8:41 pm

Christmas light, ammunition on list found at suspects’ home

Camera crews were elbow-to-elbow as they broadcast live inside the home in a chaotic scramble.

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March 25, 2013 at 9:08 pm

Mixed signals given on Dorner reward

LOS ANGELES — As the manhunt for Christopher Dorner gripped Southern California last month, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced a $1 million reward for...

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March 8, 2012 at 8:36 pm

Los Angeles detective guilty of killing romantic rival

The Stephanie Lazarus case drew national attention for its sensational story line of a lovesick cop killing a woman she viewed as a romantic rival...

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June 7, 2011 at 9:01 pm

L.A. police panel: Kill red-light cameras

The Los Angeles Police Commission has voted to kill the city's controversial red-light camera program, rejecting claims that the system makes streets safer while costing...

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September 4, 2010 at 4:47 pm

Stopping crime before it starts

The LAPD has positioned itself at the center of the predictive-policing universe, forging ties with the UCLA team and planning a large-scale experiment to test...

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March 13, 2010 at 6:20 am

What happens to Haiti when ‘the good doctors’ leave?

The foreign doctors and nurses who came to Haiti to care for earthquake victims have become the de facto health-care system for a country that...

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