201905.01
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Military commanders investigating on-base domestic violence are largely out of compliance with Defense Department rules, report concludes

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An analysis of more than 200 cases of domestic violence at eight military installations, including Camp Pendleton, has determined that commanders and law enforcement personnel are not following their own rules when investigating and handling these cases and their victims. The report, released April 19, reviewed military law enforcement practices when responding to domestic violence…

201905.01
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Are Dems greener than GOP? List of O.C. award winners offers clue

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As the Orange County League of Conservation Voters gears up for its 20th annual Environmental Leadership Awards Dinner on May 10, its list of honorees offers a stark reminder of the increasingly partisan divide on environmental advocacy and regulation. The league is non-partisan as are the groups represented by its three honorees. But both the…

201905.01
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Mueller frustrated with Barr over portrayal of findings

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By ERIC TUCKER WASHINGTON  — Special counsel Robert Mueller expressed frustration to Attorney General William Barr last month about how the findings of his Russia investigation were being portrayed, saying he worried that a letter summarizing the main conclusions of the probe lacked the necessary context and was creating public confusion about his team’s work,…

201905.01
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2 dead, motive unclear in North Carolina campus shooting

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By TOM FOREMAN Jr. and SARAH BLAKE MORGAN CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A student with a pistol and no motive that was immediately apparent killed two people and wounded four others at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte before campus police disarmed and arrested him, authorities said. “I just went into a classroom and shot the guys,”…

201905.01
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Two ‘persons of interest’ in 2009 disappearance of Placentia millionaire arrested, later released

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Investigators citing an ongoing homicide investigation withheld the identities of two Placentia residents who were arrested and later released in connection to the 2009 disappearance of a local millionaire, officials said Tuesday, April 30. The arrests were made sometime in April, after a decade of investigation into the presumed homicide of Robert “Bob” Harrod, said…

201904.30
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Man seriously burned after fire and explosion at Garden Grove mobile home

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A  fire and explosion destroyed a mobile home in Garden Grove, leaving a man critically injured on Tuesday, April 30. The incident was reported near the 13000 block of Fairview Street at 6:20 p.m., said Garden Grove Fire Department Capt. Thanh Nguyen. Firefighters found a man in his 50s suffering from life-threatening burns who was…