NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs is accused in one of two lawsuits filed Monday of drugging and sexually assaulting a 10-year-old boy in a New York City hotel room in 2005. The second lawsuit accuses the jailed hip-hop mogul of similarly assaulting a 17-year-old would-be contestant on the reality television series “Making the…
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A newly renovated Topanga Canyon home previously owned by award-winning actress Thandiwe Newton just hit the market for $4.195 million. Located on a cul-de-sac in the wooded Fernwood neighborhood, this rustic compound changed hands in January 2023 for $2.75 million. It spans 3,033 square feet with four bedrooms, five bathrooms and a great room anchored…
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By Jonel Aleccia | The Associated Press A 15-year-old high school freshman is hospitalized with severe complications of food poisoning after eating McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers three times in the weeks before a deadly E. coli outbreak was detected. Kamberlyn Bowler, of Grand Junction, Colorado, had to be flown 250 miles to a hospital near…
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DEL MAR — He’s from France. He rides most of the year on the East Coast. But the best jockey in America says of California: “It’s home for me.” “That’s where I started in America, where I started to have success, and where people gave me the chance to ride good horses,” Flavien Prat said.…
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The jaw-dropping Spider-Man “stuntronic” robot that gracefully somersaults through the air above Avengers Campus in Disney California Adventure will add more performances to his busy crime fighting schedule just in time for the kickoff of the Christmas holiday season. Spider-Man will fly through the skies in Avengers Campus even more times throughout the day starting…
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Rancho Palos Verdes officials, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Office of Emergency Services on Monday evening, Oct. 28, announced a $42 million voluntary buyout program for property owners in the Greater Portuguese Bend area where land movement has damaged homes and forced the shutoff of gas and electricity to scores of…
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Tired of endless debate over important issues that actually matter? Then it’s time for Disneyland fans to imagine a dream line-up of theme park-related ballot initiatives instead. Sit Down and Watch Act: Inspired by a visit to the Tokyo Disney Resort, this initiative would clear all local legal restrictions that prevent theme parks such as…
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By Larry Urish, contributing writer When it comes to apprenticeships, everybody wins. Apprentices are paid while learning in-demand occupations; employers appreciate the influx of trained workers; and the community as a whole gets a social and economic boost with higher employment rates and the associated benefits that result. Knowing this, state leaders have emphasized the…
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Two Buena Park police officers were recovering after they were involved in a collision in Anaheim. The officers responded to the 300 block of North Dale Avenue in Anaheim around 9:20 p.m. Monday, Oct. 28. According to reports from the scene, a pursuit suspect who Buena Park officers chased from Buena Park into Anaheim was…
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A 1950s-era bridge connecting Collins Island with Balboa Island in Newport Bay is set to be replaced, and the plan is to make it more resistant to higher tides and storm surges as sea levels rise. The Newport Beach City Council has approved having city engineers move forward with plans to rebuild the Collins Island…
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