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The pilot who tried to bring down an Israel-bound flight had been planning a 9/11-style attack by crashing into the country’s main airport in Tel Aviv, a Middle Eastern official has told NBC News. Identified by NBC News as Hamman al Hamami , the pilot told investigators on Monday...
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An Orange County real estate agent accused of spying on the Taiwan president's family for China appeared in federal court.
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The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will consider a proposal on Tuesday to develop a zoning amendment prohibiting large-scale data centers in unincorporated areas, citing concerns about the facilities’ energy and water demands and potential public health effects. The moti...
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Skydance-owned Paramount completed its blockbuster $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery on Tuesday. The new Hollywood giant will have a shorter nametag: “Skydance.” But it marks one of the biggest tie-ups ever in the media and entertainment industry. The merger brings ...
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For the first time in more than 60 years, L.A. County has recorded a suspected case of rabies in a raccoon.
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A suspected migrant boat carrying 14 people was intercepted south of Newport Beach, and everyone aboard was taken into U.S. Border Patrol custody.
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A suspected migrant boat carrying 14 people was intercepted south of Newport Beach, and everyone aboard was taken into U.S. Border Patrol custody. The interception follows several recent suspected migrant boat incidents in and around Newport Beach....
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Jim Bakker, who along with his first wife Tammy Faye built an evangelical empire around the hugely successful "The PTL Club" TV show, only to lose it all over a sex scandal and financial crimes, has died. He was 86....
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President Donald Trump suggested during a campaign rally Monday that Iran could "take out" Los Angeles and San Diego.
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President Donald Trump suggested letting Iran attack Los Angeles and San Diego while speaking at a midterm campaign event in Nebraska on Monday.
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Two underground electrical vault incidents in the Los Angeles area have sent flames and concrete into the street in recent weeks.
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Trump made the remarks during a rambling speech in which he said gas prices would be lower soon, touted his ouster of Venezuela's dictator, and made attacks on news outlets....
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Francis Halzen won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for his efforts to demystify a rare group of neutrinos, tiny cosmic particles that scientists believe offer clues to how the universe evolved. “It was a great surprise and I obviously didn’t expect it,” Halzen said, speakin...
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SB 1406 cracks down on residents who primarily use their vehicles in California, but create out-of-state shell companies to purchase and register them elsewhere to skirt taxes....
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As Southern California endures a dangerous October heat wave, Los Angeles officials are preparing for a potentially powerful El Niño season.
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A video showing Santa Ana officers pulling a man to the ground and punching him during his arrest has prompted a police use-of-force investigation.
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The Los Angeles Police Department is sending a clear message to the parents of teens and young adults participating in illegal street takeovers.
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In June 2026, Pacific Ocean sea surface temperatures around the equator were already abnormally warm, an indicator of a developing El Niño. Since then, they've only increased. (NOAA Satellites) Federal forecasters say this year the planet could see the strongest El Niño event on ...
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Matthew Leonard Werner is a man LAPD has been investigating for years.
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Hollywood Burbank Airport's new sign. (Cato Hernández / LAist) Fans of Hollywood Burbank Airport have a new way to rag on LAX-ers . Burbank’s ambitious new terminal building has been completed on time and on budget. The long-awaited structure, known as the Elevate BUR project, is...
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A video has gone viral of a woman in Laguna Beach disrupting a couple's romantic engagement in a public park, yelling, "This isn't Mexico. ... Go back to Mexico!"...
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A 16-year-old driver crashed into the back of a Nobu Malibu chef's parked car as he sat inside on PCH, according to the sheriff's department.
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Gayden's mother, who asked not to be identified, apologized to Hernandez's family and said her daughter had struggled with mental health issues for years....
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At least one person is dead after a driver crashed into a restaurant in Santa Fe Springs on Monday afternoon.
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A longtime chef at Nobu Malibu was killed when a 16-year-old boy allegedly drove a Range Rover SUV into his parked vehicle on Pacific Coast Highway.
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A retired teacher is recovering after he was attacked and robbed by six men outside a paint store in Hollywood over the weekend in broad daylight. Fouad Mahassine was taking a sip of coffee Saturday morning at a strip mall on La Brea Avenue when he was suddenly surrounded by a gr...
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Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton speaks at a press conference outside the California attorney general’s office in Sacramento on Aug. 5, 2025. ( Fred Greaves / CalMatters) Topline: Steve Hilton, the Republican candidate for California governor, will speak with a pan...
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One person is dead after a car crashed into a restaurant in Los Angeles County.
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Family and friends of two teenagers who were shot to death at a party in Northridge over the weekend are navigating their grief and seeking answers as law enforcement continues to search for the gunman responsible for the deaths. Video showed a chaotic scene Friday as shots rang ...
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New Orleans Saints legend Steve Gleason is opening up about his 15-year ALS fight and how it has brought him closer to other NFL players.
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San Jose State University (Smita Patel / EdSource) California State University is betting that artificial intelligence will transform the workplace — and that its 470,000 students need to learn how to use it before they graduate. Last year, CSU became the nation’s first public un...
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Actor Robert Kelker-Kelly, who spent many years on "General Hospital" and starred as Bo Brady on "Days of our Lives," has died at age 62.
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Adam Iza, 26, hired off-duty L.A. County sheriff's deputies to act as his personal enforcers, using them to set people up for arrest, extort money and commit other crimes....
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Jim Bakker, who along with his first wife Tammy Faye built an evangelical empire around the hugely successful “The PTL Club” TV show, only to lose it all over a sex scandal and financial crimes, has died. He was 86. Bakker died Monday, his second wife, Lori Bakker, said in a stat...
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A preliminary 3.5-magnitude earthquake struck about 19 miles southwest of Dana Point in Orange County at 1:22 p.m. Monday, according to the USGS.
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New video footage shows the moment that a driver smashed into a car on Pacific Coast Highway over the weekend, killing Nobu Malibu chef Ryo Uchimiya, who was sleeping inside the parked vehicle....
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Weather conditions have stymied efforts to help the animal, which was last seen Thursday.
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John Ryan, the driver in a Haverford Township, Pennsylvania crash that killed 1 and injured 8 had his license revoked for medical reasons, police said....
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The front of an Orange County mail-in ballot return envelope. (Tiffany Ujiiye/LAist) Newport Beach voters might get two separate ballots for the November election, which will determine whether they vote on one local ballot measure, or four. In one of the weirdest cases to join Or...
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Authorities provided very few details about the death of an 18-year-old student found on the campus of UC Irvine.
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This illustration shows people chatting with a robot, symbolizing the use of AI chatbots. (Getty Images) On a September evening, Adam Johnson, 40, settled on his porch chair in Morgantown, West Virginia, to go over his ballot for the upcoming midterm election. Chatting through al...
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Caleb Flynn, a former "American Idol" contestant, who was convicted last month of killing his wife Ashley Flynn, 37, was sentenced Monday to life in prison without the possibility of parole....
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Federal prosecutors charged Wanying "Heather" Zhang, a real estate agent based in Irvine, with acting as an unregistered agent of the Chinese government, alleging she photographed and followed the son of Taiwan's president as he traveled around the United States....
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Measles cases in Pennsylvania have surpassed 1,000 so far this year as the state continues to battle an outbreak of the virus, according to the state health department....
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An FBI patch is displayed on a ballistic body armor vest at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar on Sept. 25, 2026, in San Diego. (Kevin Carter / Getty Images North America) The FBI arrested a California real estate agent at the Los Angeles airport as she was leaving the country and ...
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Vehicles for sale are lined up at a CarMax dealership on April 4, 2025, in San Diego. (David Zalubowski / AP) When you buy a shirt, the tag tells you the price. Whether it’s clothing, food or rent , knowing how much you will spend is a pretty straightforward question … for most i...
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The Reading Pagoda has been a landmark in Reading, Pennsylvania for more than a century.
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A new report commissioned by Gov. Gavin Newsom concludes that no single decision or mistake caused the devastation Los Angeles experienced during the January 2025 wildfires....
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The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center houses the massive planes, historic spacecraft, and record-setting rockets simply too big for the National Mall.
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A New Mexico State Police officer shot and killed a suspected jaywalker who allegedly fired at him during a foot chase over the weekend.
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Joint problems and pain are common as we age, but a well known repetitive stress injury could be a sign of something much more insidious.
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Several Los Angeles County cities are taking a different approach to raising revenue: They want to increase hotel taxes, shifting more of the cost to visitors. Unlike Los Angeles’ Measure FD, which would increase the city’s sales tax and affect both residents and visitors, propos...
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Catching the Metrolink just got more expensive for Southern California riders for the first time in more than a decade.
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Country music artists are coming together to celebrate a legend! From Carrie Underwood and Lainey Wilson to Brad Paisley, see who is taking the stage to honor Dolly Parton in "CMA Presents I Will Always Love You: A Celebration of Dolly Parton." 🦋✨...
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So far this year, there have only been eight named storms and zero hurricanes in the Atlantic.
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“Days of Our Lives" star Robert Kelker-Kelly, best known for playing Bo Brady, has died, according to a report.
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Then-gubernatorial candidate Arnold Schwarzenegger celebrates his victory in the California recall election with his wife Maria Shriver at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, on Oct. 7, 2003. (NewsBase / AP Photo) Sacramento State political science professor Kim Nalder was wo...
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The Country Music Association and ABC will honor Dolly Parton with a live special airing Oct. 21.
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Amid a blistering heat wave, faith leaders and family members of people who’ve been detained by federal immigration agents will conclude a weeklong. Topline: Amid a blistering heat wave, faith leaders and family members of people who’ve been detained by federal immigration agents...
