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Joshua Tree spider species named for U2's Bono
It appeared Bono and arachnids didn't mix when his "Spider-Man" musical had a rough Broadway run, but that didn't keep a biologist from naming an ...
Boy convicted of killing white supremacist father
A boy who was only 10 when he fatally shot his white supremacist father was convicted Monday of second-degree murder by a judge who said the child ...
Trial near end for boy charged with killing father
A slender blond boy with big eyeglasses appeared to listen intently Wednesday as lawyers argued over whether he knew the difference between right and ...
Calif. robbery spurs chase, long campus lockdown
A state university where some 10,000 students were locked down for hours reopened Thursday as authorities tried to track two robbers who managed to ...
3 US men plead not guilty in terror plot case
Three California men have pleaded not guilty to terrorism-related charges for allegedly plotting to kill Americans overseas. Ralph Deleon, Miguel ...
3 Calif men indicted in terror plot case
Three California men have been indicted on terrorism-related charges for allegedly plotting to kill Americans overseas. An indictment filed Wednesday ...
2 of 4 terror suspects were new Islamic converts
Three of the young men swept up in a federal terrorism probe grew up in the Southern California suburbs where they played pick-up basketball, ran for ...
$500 million animal abuse settlement reached
A California slaughterhouse where videotaped mistreatment of cows prompted the largest meat recall in U.S. history has reached a symbolic $500 million ...
Barner, No. 2 Oregon beat No. 18 USC 62-51
Kenjon Barner knew it was his last chance to play back home in Southern California with dozens of friends and family members in the Coliseum stands, ...
Stepmother: Boy, 10, shot his neo-Nazi dad
The 10-year-old son of a neo-Nazi leader told his younger sister that he planned to shoot their father, then a day later took a gun from his parents' ...
Boy faces murder charge in neo-Nazi dad's death
Nearly two years after a neo-Nazi leader was gunned down at point-blank while sleeping on his sofa, his son — who was 10 at the time of the killing ...
Salton Sea fingered as culprit of big Calif. stink
After a day of "odor surveillance" and other scent-based sleuthing, Southern California air quality investigators confirmed Tuesday what they had ...
Foul smell reported across Southern California
A strong rotten egg smell had Southern Californians plugging their noses and crying foul Monday as air quality investigators scrambled to determine ...
Many question life sentences for juveniles
Sara Kruzan was 17 when she was sentenced to die in prison for killing and robbing a pimp in a Riverside motel. Now, at 32, Kruzan has a chance at ...
Some residents near Wash. wildfire return home
Some residents forced to flee a large central Washington fire were allowed to return to their homes Thursday, while firefighters in rural Idaho ...