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May 9, 2017 at 3:50 pm

Fatal police shooting marks first time LAPD fires from helicopter

Police shootings from helicopters are rare. Experts have said such shootings are justified only in the most desperate situations and when other tactics might be...

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November 14, 2016 at 3:23 pm

L.A. police won’t help deport immigrants under Trump, chief says

Tump made illegal immigration a central issue of his campaign, promising to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, deport people who are in the...

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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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December 3, 2014 at 8:19 pm

Attorney: Cosby should set up $100 million fund for accusers

Gloria Allred said that it’s too late for many of the women to sue.

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December 3, 2014 at 8:19 pm

Attorney: Cosby should set up $100 million fund for accusers

LOS ANGELES — Flanked by three women who say they were sexually assaulted by Bill Cosby, attorney Gloria Allred challenged the performer Wednesday to put...

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April 23, 2014 at 10:55 am

Teen stowaway’s prints found on plane’s wheel well

Images of footprints and handprints inside the wheel well of a Hawaiian Airlines Flight 45 jetliner appear to bolster the fantastic story of a Santa...

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November 4, 2013 at 8:45 pm

TSA union chief calls for new class of agents to be armed at airports

LOS ANGELES — The president of the union representing more than 45,000 Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents urged Congress and the agency Monday to create...

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November 1, 2013 at 9:34 pm

83-year-old jewel thief still has tricks up her sleeve

PALM DESERT, Calif. — Doris Payne — demure, elegant and 83 — is a thief, as prolific and subtly conniving as they come. She doesn’t...

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August 19, 2013 at 5:22 pm

Teen’s slain abductor left life insurance to her grandmother

LOS ANGELES — James Lee DiMaggio, at the center of the kidnapping saga involving San Diego County teenager Hannah Anderson and the killings of her...

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August 13, 2013 at 8:38 pm

After abducted teen’s rescue, her cat’s fate draws interest

BOISE, Idaho — An FBI tactical team shot and killed an alleged kidnapper and rescued missing 16-year-old Hannah Anderson from the Idaho wilderness. She was...

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