Author: Stefanie Dazio
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Officials: Flames blocked escape for 34 on dive ba
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. • Flames roared through a boat of sleeping scuba divers so quickly that it appears none of the 34 people below deck could escape, authorities said Tuesday as they ended their search without finding anyone who was missing still alive from the Labor Day tragedy off the Southern California coast. It’s not…
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Ex-USC gynecologist charged in sex assaults of 16 patients
LOS ANGELES • The former longtime gynecologist at the University of Southern California was charged Wednesday with sexually assaulting 16 women at the student health center, the first criminal counts in a case that has seen USC offer to pay $215 million to settle potentially thousands of claims. Dr. George Tyndall, 72, worked at USC…
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Schools turn to technology to reduce toll during shootings
LOS ANGELES — Efforts to combat the intractable problem of school shootings are starting to shift from preventing the violence to reducing the number of victims through technology that speeds up law enforcement’s response and quickly alerts teachers and students to danger. School districts are using products like gunshot detection systems that identify where shots…