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L.A. man guilty in ‘Grim Sleeper’ serial killings

Penalty phase for Lonnie Franklin Jr. begins next week

DATE: May 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Survivors found 6 days after Kenyan building collapse

Pregnant woman loses baby; man dies on way to hospital

DATE: May 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

NYC imposes 5-cent charge on plastic bags NEW YORK – Every minute of every day, usually without thinking, thousands of New Yorkers reach across the counter at shops and supermarkets and acce...

DATE: May 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Egyptian blames ‘Tom and Jerry’ for Mideast violence

CAIRO – Add this to the list of reasons for violence and extremism in the Middle East. “Tom and Jerry” cartoons. That’s what the head of Egypt’s State Information Servi...

DATE: May 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

Face transplant patient in hospital HARTFORD, Conn. – The Connecticut woman who underwent a face transplant five years ago after being attacked by a chimpanzee is back in a Boston hospital...

DATE: May 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Iranian commander threatens to close Strait of Hormuz to U.S.

TEHRAN, Iran – The deputy commander of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard said Iranian forces will close the strategic Strait of Hormuz to the United States and its allies if they “threaten...

DATE: May 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Kasich dropping out, AP sources say; Trump on clear GOP path

INDIANAPOLIS – Ohio Gov. John Kasich is leaving the Republican presidential contest, giving Donald Trump a clear path to his party’s nomination. Kasich will announce the end of hi...

DATE: May 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama to name Stonewall 1st national monument for gay rights

WASHINGTON – New York’s iconic Stonewall Inn, where the modern gay rights movement took root, will become the first national monument honoring the history of gays and lesbians in the U.S. un...

DATE: May 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Path cleared for Trump

Kasich ends bid for party nomination

DATE: May 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Dozens escaped from mental hospital since 2013

LAKEWOOD, Wash. – When a man accused of torturing a woman to death broke out of Washington state’s largest mental hospital with another patient in early April, officials called it a rare occ...

DATE: May 3, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Johnson & Johnson loses 2nd talcum powder lawsuit

ST. LOUIS – Twice in the past three months, juries have awarded tens of millions of dollars to ovarian cancer victims who blamed Johnson & Johnson talcum powder for their illness – among the...

DATE: May 3, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

Governor identifies SEAL killed in Iraq PHOENIX – The Navy SEAL killed in Iraq on Tuesday was identified as Charlie Keating IV, a former Phoenix high school star distance runner and the gra...

DATE: May 3, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World