Woman in shooting pledged allegiance to IS
By AMANDA LEE MYERS and TAMI ABDOLLAH The woman who helped her husband kill 14 people at a holiday banquet for his county co-workers pledged allegiance to the Islamic State…
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14 dead, 17 wounded in California shooting; 2 suspects dead
By AMANDA LEE MYERS and JUSTIN PRITCHARD A heavily armed man and woman dressed for battle opened fire on a holiday banquet for his co-workers, killing 14 people and seriously…
New plant tests US appetite for seawater desalination
By ELLIOT SPAGAT There’s far more riding on the Americas’ largest seawater desalination plant than the 50 million gallons of drinking water it will produce for the San Diego area…
Mud covers highways, strands drivers in Southern California
By CHRISTINE ARMARIO and AMANDA LEE MYERS Emergency crews shoveled head-high mounds of mud from parts of two important highways in the mountains and desert north of Los Angeles on…
Tragedies befall American heroes since French train attack
By DON THOMPSON and JULIE WATSON Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone, who helped stop a terror attack on a French train over the summer, was stabbed and seriously wounded Thursday…
Man who says he was cartel enforcer pleads guilty to murders
By SCOTT SMITH A man who says he was a cartel enforcer pleaded guilty Tuesday to nine counts of murder in California after acknowledging to investigators that he had committed…
NY district attorney’s policy barring guns prompts debate
By MICHAEL BALSAMO and JENNIFER PELTZ After a suburban district attorney barred her prosecutors from keeping handguns, even at home, her office said the goal was safety. But the now-changed…
Google’s driverless car drivers ride a career less traveled
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE Fresh out of college, Brian Torcellini dreamed about getting a job writing about surfing. Instead, he wound up in a dusty, dimly lit garage near Google’s Silicon…