Dan Whitcomb

FBI to revisit fatal beating of California transient after police cleared

December 23, 2018 at 9:09 p.m.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The FBI plans to re-examine the beating death of a mentally ill California transient after a jury acquitted two ex-policemen of all charges in connection with...

Syrian Electronic Army says hacked into Skype’s social media accounts

November 4, 2021 at 12:49 a.m.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Syrian Electronic Army, an amorphous hacker collective that supports Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, claimed credit on Wednesday for hacking into the social media accounts of...

Syrian Electronic Army says hacked into Skype’s social media accounts

December 23, 2018 at 9:04 p.m.

Veterans group to fight order to tear down landmark California cross

August 24, 2021 at 11:13 p.m.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A veterans association that built a massive cross overlooking San Diego as part of a war memorial plans to fight a federal judge's order to tear...

California Governor Jerry Brown would easily win re-election: poll

August 24, 2021 at 10:56 p.m.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California Governor Jerry Brown has earned the highest approval ratings of his current tenure and is on track to easily win re-election if he decides to...

California Governor Jerry Brown would easily win re-election: poll

May 23, 2019 at 9:23 p.m.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California Governor Jerry Brown has earned the highest approval ratings of his current tenure and is on track to easily win re-election if he decides to...

Prosecutors want accused LA airport gunman held without bail

November 4, 2021 at 12:41 a.m.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Prosecutors asked a federal magistrate judge on Tuesday to deny bail for a California man accused of opening fire at Los Angeles International Airport last month,...

Prosecutors want accused LA airport gunman held without bail

December 24, 2018 at 11:49 a.m.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Prosecutors asked a federal magistrate judge on Tuesday to deny bail for a California man accused of opening fire at Los Angeles International Airport last month,...

More than 50 arrested at Los Angeles protest over Wal-Mart wages

August 24, 2021 at 10:08 p.m.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - More than 50 people demanding better wages for Wal-Mart workers in a protest organized by a union activists were arrested outside the retailer's store in the...

Cuban-American novelist Oscar Hijuelos dies at 62: New York Times

December 24, 2018 at 11:00 a.m.

(Reuters) - Cuban-American writer Oscar Hijuelos, who won the Pulitzer Prize for his best-selling novel "The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love," has died at the age of 62, The...

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