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LA Weekly’s new owner fires top editors, all but one staff writer in purge

August 22, 2019 at 1:49 a.m.

LA Weekly’s staff was gutted Wednesday as Voice Media Group completed its sale of the alternative newsweekly to a newly created company, Semanal Media. Nine of the 13 members of...

Construction worker dies after bee swarm attack in California

June 23, 2019 at 5:18 a.m.

A swarm of bees attacked construction workers in Riverside on Monday after their hive was disturbed, leaving one worker dead and two others injured, fire and hospital officials said. The...

A person holds a sign that reads in French "I am Charlie" during a gathering in solidarity with the victims of recent attacks in France at the French Alliance community center in Quito, Ecuador.

Charlie Hebdo’s next issue to feature crying Muhammad on cover

June 23, 2019 at 4:41 a.m.

The cover of Charlie Hebdo's next issue, due out Wednesday, will have a cartoon of the prophet Muhammad crying and holding an "I am Charlie" sign under the headline "All...

A girl walks past a slogan painted on a wall reading "Stop Ebola" in Monrovia, Liberia, on Aug. 31.

U.S. Ebola survivor reveals identity, says he’s grateful

June 20, 2019 at 4:33 a.m.

A former Ebola patient and physician whose identity was kept secret during his 40-day treatment at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta chose to reveal his ordeal this weekend, saying he...

Watch tiny hamsters eat tiny Thanksgiving feast

May 9, 2019 at 7:09 p.m.

There's a new video of hamsters eating tiny food -- this time, a Thanksgiving feast. In Hello Denizen's latest YouTube offering, seen above, a man wearing a stereotypical pilgrim outfit...

Clinic that treated Joan Rivers committed errors, report finds

April 5, 2019 at 9:04 p.m.

The New York clinic where Joan Rivers stopped breathing committed a number of errors, including failing to get Rivers' consent for all the procedures that were performed, according to a...

Protesters gather in front of the police station in Ferguson, Mo.

Judge: Police in Ferguson can’t forbid protesters to stand still

June 20, 2019 at 8:16 a.m.

Officers in Ferguson, Mo., violated the Constitution by requiring peaceful protesters to keep moving rather than stand still during demonstrations that followed the Aug. 9 police shooting of an unarmed...

Intruder uses golf club to kill 920 chickens in California

June 20, 2019 at 9:01 a.m.

At least one person broke into a chicken shed in California this month and used a golf club to kill 920 birds, officials said Tuesday. Deputies arrived at the Foster...

Suspect in Hannah Graham case linked to similar disappearance in 2009

June 22, 2019 at 11:19 a.m.

The arrest of the man suspected of abducting University of Virginia student Hannah Graham this month has provided a break in a similar case from five years ago, Virginia state...

Inmate still at large after California jail escape; 4 others captured

June 19, 2019 at 6:46 p.m.

Four inmates were recaptured and one remains on the loose after their Friday night escape from Madera County jail, officials said. Roel Soliz, 29, of Chowchilla is still at large,...

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