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The Cost of Terror in San Bernardino: Just $4.5K

Analysis provides breakdown of costs

(Newser) - It cost Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik less than $5,000 to build the arsenal used for the Dec. 2 terror attack in which they killed 14 people and injured 22 others in San Bernardino, Calif., according to an analysis by NBC News . Materials to make more than 20 pipe...

California Mosques Hit With 'Jesus' Graffiti

FBI treating vandalism as a hate crime

(Newser) - In what the FBI and local police are treating as a hate crime, two California mosques in the same city were vandalized with pro-Christian graffiti over the weekend. On Sunday morning, "Jesus Is the Way" was found painted on the front of one mosque in Hawthorne, and the word...

Video: LA Deputies Shoot 'Crawling' Man

He's identified as Nicholas Robertson of Lynwood, Calif.

(Newser) - Sheriff's deputies shot a man they say had a gun but relatives are questioning the killing after video apparently showed them continuing to shoot as he crawled on the ground. The man, identified Sunday as Nicholas Robertson, 28, of Lynwood, Calif., died at the scene Saturday morning in the...

Couple Charged With Smuggling Hundreds of Sea Turtle Eggs

They're worth $3 to $5 on the black market

(Newser) - Federal officials say a Southern California couple has been arrested on suspicion of smuggling more than 900 endangered and threatened sea turtle eggs into the US from Mexico. The US Justice Department said this week that Hemet residents Olga and Jose Jimenez have been charged in a four-count indictment. Each...

FBI Drops Bomb in San Bernardino Shooting

Syed Rizwan Farook, Tashfeen Malik were long 'radicalized'

(Newser) - The husband-and-wife team that murdered 14 people in San Bernardino, Calif., last week had apparently been "radicalized" for a good while, the New York Times reports. "We believe that both subjects were radicalized and for quite some time," says FBI assistant director David Bowdich. He adds that...

Cops: Mother of Newborn Buried Alive Found, Arrested

Calif. woman could face attempted murder charge

(Newser) - Police in Los Angeles County have found the woman they were looking for in the heartbreaking case of a newborn found buried alive under rubble in Compton the day after Thanksgiving. Investigators, who had called for the woman to come forward, announced Sunday night that the woman had been identified...

Reporters Storm Home of Shooting Suspects

'This is going to be a rather extensive chapter in future journalism textbooks'

(Newser) - It was a scene of complete chaos and questionable ethics Friday morning, as members of the media stormed into a California townhouse rented by the suspects in this week's mass shooting in San Bernardino. The New York Times reports landlord Doyle Miller let reporters and photographers—many of them...

ATF: San Bernardino Rifles Were Legal—at First

Weapons used by San Bernardino shooters altered for more power after purchase

(Newser) - The weapons used by the San Bernardino shooters may have been legally obtained , but that doesn't mean they remained legal under California law. The two .223-caliber semiautomatic weapons and two 9mm pistols said to have been carried by Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik in Wednesday's attack were...

'I'll Take a Bullet Before You Do': San Bernardino Cop to Workers

Video shows tense moments as group is led out of massacre site to safety

(Newser) - San Bernardino office workers trapped in the Inland Regional Center after Wednesday's shootings got some reassurance in the form of a police officer who led them to safety. In a video taken by employee Gabi Flores and provided to KPCC , the cop instructs frightened people to "keep your...

Doctor Says This Move Will Calm Almost Any Crying Baby

Dr. Robert Hamilton calls it 'The Hold'

(Newser) - In California, even the doctors are chill, and they know how to calm your wailing infants. Or at least soft-spoken pediatrician Dr. Bob Hamilton does, as he demonstrates in this viral video that desperate parents are apparently viewing in droves—it's had more than 5.7 million views since...

Guy Wins $1K —Then $10M Moments Later

Rodney Meadows 'let it ride'

(Newser) - We've heard of having a lucky day, but this is ridiculous. A man running errands Nov. 23 in Modesto, Calif., bought a $30 scratch-off ticket at the local Fast Mart and won $1,000, KCRA reports. Then things got even better. According to the Los Angeles Times , Rodney Meadows...

2 San Bernardino Suspects Named
 2 San Bernardino 
 Suspects Named 
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Dec 3, 2015 12:19 AM CST

2 San Bernardino Suspects Named

Syed Farook was county health employee

(Newser) - Still no word on a motive in Wednesday's mass shooting in San Bernardino , but law enforcement sources have now identified two of the shooters as Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and Tashfeen Malik, 27. The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department tweeted that Farook and Malik were the man and...

At Least 14 Dead in California Active Shooting Incident

Authorities seeking suspect or suspects

(Newser) - Authorities in San Bernardino, California, are responding to an active shooting situation Wednesday, the AP reports. Details are developing, but the San Bernardino police chief said during a press conference streamed on KTLA that up to 3 people entered the Inland Regional Center and opened fire on people inside, and...

Hunt for Abalone Way Deadlier Than You Think

Latest diver was found dead Sunday

(Newser) - A diver was found dead after searching for abalone off the coast of Northern California, becoming at least the ninth person to perish this year while seeking the delicacy. The body of Eric Stine, 58, was discovered Sunday in the surf in Manchester State Beach, 140 miles north of San...

Calif. Man Pulls Off Good Deed Before His Death

Matthew Jackson, 28, paid for a mom's groceries day before he died in car wreck

(Newser) - A declined credit card, not enough cash to pay a $200 grocery bill, a long line of annoyed customers behind you, and a crying baby. It's enough to make most parents want to sink into the floor, and probably how Jamie-Lynne Knighten felt one night earlier this month at...

Would-Be Burglar in Chimney Dies After Owner Lights Fire

Suspected burglar has been identified as Cody Caldwell

(Newser) - The latest entrant for the Darwin Awards is a hapless guy who got stuck Saturday in the chimney of the Central California house he was apparently trying to burgle. The alleged effort turned fatal when the AP reports the homeowner lit a fire in the fireplace around 3pm; when the...

Lawsuit: Airbnb User Unwittingly Hosted Porn Shoot

 Lawsuit: Airbnb User 
 Unwittingly Hosted Porn Shoot 
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Nov 29, 2015 3:20 PM CST

Lawsuit: Airbnb User Unwittingly Hosted Porn Shoot

Woman says California mansion was littered with evidence of it when she returned

(Newser) - Built on the tail end of the Roaring Twenties, the Acacia Mansion in Ojai, Calif., likely has been the scene of many a Gatsby-esque party. But, after allegedly serving as the set for a five-day fetish porno shoot last August, it’s safe to say that the bar for wild...

Newborn Found Buried Alive
 Newborn Found 
 Buried Alive 
Nov 29, 2015 1:50 PM CST

Newborn Found Buried Alive

Two sisters hear baby crying while taking a walk

(Newser) - Two sisters were out taking a walk in Compton, Calif., on Friday afternoon when they heard a baby crying—or was it a cat? Evangelina McCrary and Angelica Blount weren't sure, but two deputies soon responded to their call and found a newborn buried alive under rubble and pieces...

Cops Find Spiked Bats Throughout San Francisco

Nearly 30 have been found around the city since Thanksgiving

(Newser) - San Francisco police are asking for help leading to those chaining up spiked baseball bats to poles throughout the city. Sgt. Michael Andraychak says officers first received reports of wooden or metal baseball bats appearing on poles and parking meters in the city on Thanksgiving morning. Andraychak says 27 bats...

Archaeologists on Hunt to Unearth Long-Buried Movie Set

Flights over desert helping in 'Ten Commandments' search

(Newser) - Thou shalt restore the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes to their natural state once filming wraps up. That’s the commandment given to movie director Cecil B. DeMille, who filmed his epic The Ten Commandments in the sand dunes on the Central California coast in the early 1920s, KCBX reports. Apparently, though, he...

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