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LOS ANGELES >> Days after the body of a woman was found in the Los Angeles area, a couple suspected of killing her and kidnapping her three children have been arrested in Colorado. Joshua Aaron Robertson, 27, and Brittany Humphrey, 22, were arrested Thursday without incident in Pueblo, about 40 miles south of Colorado Springs, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. The couple was wanted in coection with the death of Humphrey’s half-sister, Kimberly Harvill, whose body was found with multiple gunshot wounds along a road in a remote area of Los Angeles County on Aug. 14. Investigators said the couple kidnapped Harvill’s three young children, who were found safe Wednes...

WHITTIER >> Authorities at the U.S.-Mexico border arrested a Whittier couple who tried to leave the country with the body of a dead 2-year-old girl in a duffle bag on Tuesday. San Diego Police Lt. Ray Valentin said detectives believe the girl died in Whittier, and the suspects are not the parents of the girl. Johy Lewis Hartley, 39, and Mercy Mary Becerra, 43, were booked on suspicion of first degree murder and child endangerment causing injury or death. They remain in custody in San Diego. Authorities have not said how the suspects are related to the child, nor have they revealed when the toddler was killed. Mexican officials notified San Diego Police around noon Tuesday about a man ...

WHITTIER >> Authorities at the U.S.-Mexico border arrested a Whittier couple who tried to leave the country with the body of a dead 2-year-old girl in a duffle bag on Tuesday. San Diego Police Lt. Ray Valentin said detectives believe the girl died in Whittier, and the suspects are not the parents of the girl. Johy Lewis Hartley, 39, and Mercy Mary Becerra, 43, were booked on suspicion of first degree murder and child endangerment causing injury or death. They remain in custody in San Diego. Authorities have not said how the suspects are related to the child, nor have they revealed when the toddler was killed. Mexican officials notified San Diego Police around noon Tuesday about a man ...

WHITTIER >> Authorities at the U.S. border with Mexico arrested a couple who tried to leave the country with a dead toddler in a duffle bag on Tuesday. San Diego Police Lt. Ray Valentin said detectives believe the crime occurred in Whittier. Johy Lewis Hartley, 39, and Mercy Mary Becerra, 43, were booked on suspicion of first degree murder and child endangerment causing injury or death. They remain in custody in San Diego. Authorities have not said how the suspects are related to the child nor have they revealed when the toddler was killed. Mexican officials notified San Diego Police around noon Tuesday about a man they found was carrying a dead 2-year-old in a bag. The man and a woma...

LOS ANGELES >> The FBI is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a 27-year-old man with ties to Los Angeles and Orange counties who is suspected of killing his wife at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The body of Iris Armstrong, a human resources specialist assigned to the 189th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 82nd Airboe Division Sustainment Brigade, was discovered July 6 in the Nijmegen neighborhood home on Fort Bragg she shared with Jason Earl Armstrong Jr., according to the FBI. The FBI said James Armstrong allegedly killed his wife on July 1. A federal arrest warrant was issued in the U.S. District Court in the Easte District of North Carolina on July ...

He’s with her. But are his followers? Beie Sanders’ much-anticipated endorsement of Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, July 12, provided the symbolic moment sought by the Democratic Party. But the sight of Sanders with his arm around a candidate who represents everything they despise did anything but inspire his most ardent supporters. “It’s kind of like disbelief (and) a little bit of disgust,” said Alex Milledge, a 23-year-old from Brea who is part of OC Milleials for Beie. “An endorsement based on fear of Donald Trump is not the sort of platform that we all came on board with,” said Joey Aszterbaum, a 41-year-old from Hemet who is a Sanders delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Phila...

DALLAS — An Army veteran killed by Dallas police after the sniper slayings of five officers during a protest march refused to surrender and told authorities that he was upset about the police shootings of two black men earlier this week and wanted to exterminate whites, “especially white officers,” officials said Friday. • PHOTOS: Gunman shoots 12 Dallas police officers, 5 dead The man identified as 25-year-old Micah Johnson was among the suspects in the attack that marked the deadliest day for U.S. law enforcement since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. In all, 12 officers were shot. Johnson was a private first class from the Dallas suburb of Mesquite with a specialty in carpentry and...

A woman who may have deliberately placed herself in danger was taken to a hospital in critical condition Wednesday night after being struck by a vehicle in North Long Beach, authorities said. The pedestrian, whose name was not released, was walking in traffic about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday near the crossing of 56th Street and Cherry Avenue, according to Long Beach Police Department spokeswoman Nancy Pratt. Officers who responded to a report of the woman’s walking in the roadway discovered she had been struck by a vehicle before they arrived. The driver of the vehicle that hit the woman remained at the scene. Early indications suggest the woman appeared to be suicidal, but the incident remains u...

A woman who may have deliberately placed herself in danger was taken to a hospital in critical condition Wednesday night after being struck by a vehicle in North Long Beach, authorities said. The pedestrian, whose name was not released, was walking in traffic about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday near the crossing of 56th Street and Cherry Avenue, according to Long Beach Police Department spokeswoman Nancy Pratt. Officers who responded to a report of the woman’s walking in the roadway discovered she had been struck by a vehicle before they arrived. The driver of the vehicle that hit the woman remained at the scene. Early indications suggest the woman appeared to be suicidal, but the incident remains u...

I only wanted people to like me. More people, I mean, than already like me. I’m not stupid; I hear things. People laugh at my hair, even still. They laugh at the way my homes are decorated. I didn’t do it myself, I hired a gal. I just told her to fill my mansion and apartments with fuiture made by Frenchmen. Frenchmen make the best fuiture, like King Louie Louie the Whatever. I got tired of it, the laughing. Millions of people actually do like me. They like my image, they like the Trump brand. If you see Trump on a product, you can be sure it’s the fanciest, classiest of whatever it is: steaks, wine, books, hotels, universities, casinos, golf courses. That’s what I wanted more people to real...

LAKE ISABELLA >> A vast and voracious wildfire that has bued at least 80 homes in central Califoia killed an elderly couple as they tried to flee, authorities said. The two were outside their house when they were overcome with smoke, Ke County Sheriff Doy Youngblood said at a Friday evening news conference on the fire that has bued nearly 47 square miles and forced the evacuation of 1,500 homes near Lake Isabella, a popular recreation area east of Bakersfield. The names of the two dead, whose bodies were found Friday, have not been released. The sheriff said his department hasn’t been able to search very extensively and would be looking through bued homes with cadaver dogs seeking more...

A Long Beach man and woman killed by a suspected drunken driver in Lakewood Tuesday night were a longtime couple plaing to get married in October, friends and family said. The victims, 30-year-old Brian Urquia and 28-year-old Rosaa Williams, were identified Friday by the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office. A GoFundMe page set up by Abel Urquia, Brian’s father, has raised $11,890 of its $10,000 goal as of 4 p.m. Friday. All funds raised will be used to provide for funeral services to be held at All Souls Mortuary in Long Beach, Abel Urquia wrote on the fundraiser page. The date for funeral services remains to be determined. In the two days since the fundraiser started, 155 people donated, m...

James Bone and his family have their week-long vacation all mapped out, with three days of braving the summer crowds at Disneyland and maybe a few baseball games. But first, on Thursday, the Texas travelers had a must see stop: The Wedge. • Photos: The Wedge in Newport Bech “I’ve never seen anything like it, in person. I’ve seen it on television and magazines,” said Bone, a 42-year-old who has never surfed but fell in love with the surfing culture as a teenager. “It’s pretty amazing.” Bone was just one of the spectators who on Thursday trekked to the Balboa Peninsula in Newport Beach to check out the Wedge. There, waves in the 15-foot range pounded surfers, bodyboarders, skimboarders and bod...

Just hours after the worst mass shooting in American history took place inside a gay club in Florida, a man whose car was filled with explosive material and weapons was arrested by police early Sunday, telling them he was on his way to the LA Pride parade in West Hollywood. James Howell, 20, from Indiana, was arrested in the city of Santa Monica, where police found three rifles, several high capacity magazines loaded with ammunition, as well as chemicals which could be used for improvised explosives, said Santa Monica Police Lt. Saul Rodriguez during a news conference. • Related Story: 50 dead in Orlando nightclub shooting, worst mass shooting in US history Howell was arrested after police ...

SANTA MONICA >> Just hours after the worst mass shooting in American history took place inside a Florida gay nightclub, a man whose car was filled with explosive material and weapons was arrested by police early Sunday on his way to the LA Pride parade in West Hollywood. James Howell, 20, from Indiana, was arrested in the City of Santa Monica and told police he wanted to harm people at the gay pride event, said Santa Monica Police Chief Jacqueline Seabrooks. A preliminary investigation is continuing, she added. Howell was arrested for possession of weapons and explosive materials, Seabrooks said. But any relation to the deadly shooting in Orlando was unclear. • Live Updates: Local and...