L.A.’s Afternoon News: Maggie McKay and Michael Shappee

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Witness says man who disrupted flight ranted about CIA

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Passengers aboard a flight from Hong Kong jumped on a man who began ranting about national security and the CIA, then bound his hands and feet for the final six hours [...]

2013/06/17

In Israel, Streisand slams treatment of women

JERUSALEM (AP) — Entertainment star Barbra Streisand waded into one of Israel’s touchiest issues Monday on the first major stop of her tour of the country — Jewish religious practices that separate men and women. [...]

2013/06/17

Convicted killer, Richard Rameriz, aka the Night Stalker, in 1989. (AP Photo)

Cancer killed serial killer Richard Ramirez

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Coroner’s officials say a form of cancer killed the serial killer known as the Night Stalker who terrorized Southern California in the mid-1980s. Richard Ramirez died June 7 at age 53 [...]

2013/06/17

Video frame grab provided by The Guardian shows whistle blower Edward Snowden. (AP Photo)

NSA leaker Snowden live chats in hiding

WASHINGTON (AP) — NSA leaker Edward Snowden is defending his disclosure of top-secret U.S. spying programs in an online chat Monday with The Guardian and attacking U.S. officials for calling him a traitor. “The U.S. [...]

2013/06/17

Court rules Ariz. citizenship proof law illegal

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that states cannot on their own require would-be voters to prove they are U.S. citizens before using a federal registration system designed to make signing up easier. [...]

2013/06/17

Parking machines get green light at OC beaches

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — The California Coastal Commission has approved a plan to install parking machines and hike holiday parking fees at several popular Orange County beaches. The commission on Friday voted to [...]

2013/06/14

Collapsed deck at Shucker's Bar & Grill, North Bay Village, Miami, Florida. (AP Photo)

Authorities probe deck collapse at Fla. sports bar

NORTH BAY VILLAGE, Fla. (AP) — Investigators began examining a twisted pile of concrete, metal and wood on Friday to determine why a waterfront deck at a popular sports bar collapsed into shallow [...]

2013/06/14

AmeriCorps volunteer firefighter helps contain a spot fire in the Black Forest wildfire area, Colorado Springs, Colorado. (AP Photo)

Crews battling Colo. wildfire hold flames in check

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Crews battling the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history say they were better prepared to take on the flames because of lessons learned fighting last year’s Waldo Canyon Fire, a [...]

2013/06/14

Richard Donohue, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority officer critically wounded during shootout with suspects in 2013 Boston Marathon bombings. (Photo credit: MBTA/AP)

Officer shot in marathon showdown heads home

BOSTON (AP) — The police officer who survived a showdown with the Boston Marathon bombing suspects left the hospital Friday and headed home with a bullet still in his body, nearly two months after the [...]

2013/06/14

Elton John accepts award at the Songwriters Hall of Fame (AP Video)

Sting, Billy Joel, Elton John at Songwriters Hall

NEW YORK (AP) — Sting performed in honor of Elton John, Billy Joel sang snippets of Foreigner’s hits when introducing the band and Smokey Robinson debuted part of a new song he wrote about Berry [...]

2013/06/14

Calif. Senate passes $96.3B Democratic budget

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Legislature began passing California’s massive state spending plan Friday amid sharp divisions over whether the compromise struck by Democrats and Gov. Jerry Brown will further the state’s recovery or eventually [...]

2013/06/14

Kraft Foods' Zesty Guy campaign. (Photo credit: Kraft)

Zesty man over the top for One Million Moms

Kraft Foods’ new “Let’s Get Zesty” campaign features a naked male model partially covered to promote the brand’s Italian Zesty Dressing. The two-page spread in People Magazine among other places raised the ire of the [...]

2013/06/14

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