Palace Malice Wins Belmont Stakes
Palace Malice, the pace-setter at the Kentucky Derby, sprinted to a decisive win at the 145th running of the Belmont Stakes, dashing Orb's last Triple Crown chance for redemption. Veteran jockey Mike...
View ArticleSen. Blumenthal to Nickelodeon: Ban Unhealthy Food Ads
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal wants the children’s media network Nickelodeon to drop junk food ads. On Monday, Sen. Blumenthal and Jennifer Harris, of the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, held a...
View ArticleChewbacca Actor Battles TSA Over Light Saber Cane
North Texas resident and "Star Wars" Chewbacca actor Peter Mayhew had a dust-up with Transportation Security Administration agents in Denver when they attempted to confiscate his light saber-shaped...
View ArticlePelosi: Balancing Liberty and Security Is Not New
In San Diego Monday, U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi — asked about the leak of details of a National Security Agency data surveillance program — said she will call for full empowerment of the Privacy and Civil...
View ArticleFather, Daughter Among Shooting Victims
Marcela Franco, 26, went with her father, Carlos, to pick up psychology textbooks from Santa Monica College on Friday. They were running late, so Carlos Franco, 68, called his wife to let her know. Her...
View ArticleSnoutless Dog Receives Hero's Welcome
A famed dog that lost her snout and upper jaw saving two girls' lives in the Philippines returned home after months of surgery at a California hospital. Read the full story here.Photo Credit: UC Davis
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90-Year-Old Birthday Girl Escapes Limo Fire
Follow @nbcbayarea A Northern California woman celebrating her 90th birthday almost didn't make it to her party on Sunday morning, after the limousine she and her friends were taking burst into smoke...
View ArticleBoyfriend Arrested in Murder of NJ Teen
Authorities say they've arrested the 18-year-old man wanted in the murder of a teenage girl found shot dead inside her bedroom in New Jersey last week. Al-Muqqadin Means of East Orange was taken into...
View ArticleVictim Chases Away Robbers in Fed Ex Uniforms
A pair of robbers pretending to be Fed Ex workers targeted an elderly woman inside her New York City home Monday, only to be chased right back out by the victim, police and family members said. Two...
View ArticleiPhone Software Gets a Facelift, iTunes Radio Unveiled
Apple CEO Tim Cook unveiled a new digital radio service and an operating system for the company's mobile devices that he called the biggest change ever to the iPhone. Developers from 64 countries...
View ArticleOutsmarting Feral Hogs With Smartphones
Trappers are capturing feral hogs in traps with cameras that link to smartphones so the traps can be triggered remotely.Photo Credit: Goin Fencing
View ArticleShooter's Mom: "I Am in Mourning"
The mother of a man who went on a deadly rampage through Santa Monica last week released a statement read by a neighbor on Monday saying she is mourning her family and struggling to "come to grips with...
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Victims of Santa Monica Shootings Remembered
Mourners gathered Monday at Santa Monica College to remember the five victims killed when a gunman opened fire Friday on and around the campus. "Tonight, we mourn," said Chiu L. Tsang, Santa Monica...
View ArticleCaught on Video: Explosion Lifts Roof Off School Gym
An explosion linked to a water heater lifts the roof off a school gym on Tuesday, June 11, 2013. Surveillance video at Santa Ana Valley High School captured the blast as student ran for cover.
View ArticleFormer Voice of Big Tex Wants His Job Back
The voice of Big Tex for the past 11 years wants his old job back. Bill Bragg lost the gig voicing the 52-foot tall animatronic cowboy two months ago in a contract dispute. So far, his pleas to the...
View ArticlePrinceton University Reopens After Bomb Threat
Princeton University reopened its campus at 6:25 p.m. Tuesday after a bomb threat forced an evacuation of the New Jersey campus for about eight hours, university officials said. No explosive devices...
View ArticleSanta Monica Shooting Victims: Who They Were
The shooting rampage in Santa Monica on Friday claimed the lives of five victims and injured several others. Authorities shot and killed the gunman. Here are the stories of those who lost their lives....
View ArticleTraitors or Heroes: NSA Leaker Joins Infamous List
Edward Snowden, the 29-year-old who spilled the beans on the National Security Agency's snooping of Americans' phone records and Internet messages around the world, is being called a lot of things...
View ArticleTeen Girls Home Alone Scare Off 5 Burglars
Five startled burglars ran out of a house in Grand Prairie, Texas, Monday morning after they came face-to-face with a 15-year-old girl who “just told them to leave.” Fifteen-year-old Jasmine Ramirez...
View Article2 Shot Near Santa Monica College
One of two men shot Tuesday less than a mile from Santa Monica College has died, police said. The shooting shocked residents already reeling from a shooting rampage in the area that left six people...
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