NEW YORK (AP) — A plane has been quarantined at New York’s Kennedy Airport when about 10 passengers became ill aboard a flight from Dubai. The Emirates flight landed around 9:10 a.m. Wednesday. The airline says the passengers were getting medical attention “as a precaution.” Video from news helicopters showed the jet sitting on the…
Firefighters came across a body in the trunk of a car early Wednesday after dousing a vehicle fire in Westminster. The Orange County Fire Authority arrived at the scene at 2:40 a.m. and called police 20 minutes later, after making the discovery in a parking lot at 6422 Industry Way, said Officer Alan Aoki, a…
By JILL LAWLES The Associated Press LONDON — British officials announced Wednesday that they have charged two alleged Russian military intelligence agents with the nerve agent poisoning of ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in the English city of Salisbury — though they held out little hope of being able to bring them to…
She was 16 years old when assistant water polo coach Joshua Owens, whom she met at Kennedy High School in La Palma, molested her. But he wouldn’t be the only man to abuse her at the school, the girl’s attorney, Morgan Stewart, said. Another water polo coach, Barham Hojreh, is also accused of sexually…
Attorneys for the family of a woman who was killed by a police officer’s bullet during a shootout and hostage standoff at a Trader Joe’s in Silver Lake called on the Los Angeles Police Department to release more video of the incident and criticized the officers for firing their guns into a crowded…
When Ann Sonne started at the Los Angeles Times, she wanted to be a foreign correspondent. But, in 1953, she started where most female journalists did — the society section. Enthusiastic to work at The Times, where she’d dreamed of working since she was a child growing up in Southern California,…
A pilot killed in a plane crash Tuesday afternoon near Palo Alto Airport was volunteering his time with a nonprofit that provides free, nonemergency air travel for children and adults with serious medical conditions. The man, whose name has not yet been released, had flown a patient and their mother…
A Los Angeles police commander and an L.A. Police Department sergeant have been charged in connection with an alcohol-related incident in April in which Glendale police said they found the two intoxicated inside an unmarked police cruiser. The Los Angeles County district attorney’s office charged…
For Randy Weston, Africa was the wellspring of music — the spiritual and rhythmic source of blues, African American spirituals, samba, bossa nova and, above all, jazz. Weston, who was 92 when he died Sept. 1 at his home in Brooklyn, was among the most prominent ambassadors for traditional African…
Homicide detectives in Anaheim are investigating after a person’s body was found Tuesday, Sept. 4. A passerby noticed the corpse floating in a flood control reservoir sometime before 7 p.m. and notified authorities, said Anaheim Police Sgt. Daron Wyatt. Related Articles Former Fullerton police sergeant charged with filing false report on then-city manager’s DUI crash…
