LOS ANGELES — The California Horse Racing Board will weigh new safety and medication rules Thursday in the wake of 22 horse deaths at Santa Anita. The board is meeting at the track northeast of Los Angeles to consider whether to ban medication and whips on racing days, among other...
Official: Santa Anita Cancels Racing After 21 Horse Deaths
ARCADIA — Santa Anita has canceled racing indefinitely to re-examine its dirt surface after the deaths of 21 horses in the last two months. Tim Ritvo, chief operating officer of The Stronach Group, which owns Santa Anita, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that racing won't be held this weekend,...
My Band of Brothers Died in Vietnam. Only They Didn't Know It.
"The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceive the Veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by their nation." — George Washington Diabetes, Hodgkin’s disease, chronic B-cell leukemias, ischemic heart disease, chloracne,...
NorCal Wildfires Death Toll at 48. Many People Still Missing.
CHICO — A message board at a shelter for the many people who fled California's deadliest wildfire is filled with photos of the missing, as well as pleas for any information about relatives and friends. "I hope you are okay," reads one hand written note on the board filled with...
Authorities Probing Immigrant Saudi Sisters’ Mystery Deaths
NEW YORK — Police are investigating the mysterious deaths of two sisters from Saudi Arabia whose bodies, bound together with tape, washed up on New York City's waterfront last week. The sisters, Tala Farea, 16, and Rotana Farea, 22, were discovered Oct. 24 on a bank of the Hudson River,...
Indian Couple Who Died in Yosemite Took Risks for Photos
SAN FRANCISCO — She was a self-described "adrenaline junkie," and he took "wow-worthy photos" of the couple posing at the edge of cliffs and jumping from planes that appeared on social media and a travel blog that attracted thousands of followers. In one post at the Grand Canyon this spring,...
Follow These Tips to Keep Kids Safe on Halloween
Halloween is a day for children to dress up in their favorite costumes and get free candy. But many people may not know the last day in October is one of the most dangerous, particularly for young pedestrians. In fact, there is a 43 percent higher risk of pedestrian deaths...
Death of 2 Who Fell from Yosemite Ledge Under Investigation
SAN FRANCISCO — The deaths of two people who fell from a popular Yosemite National Park overlook were being investigated Friday by park officials who were still working to recover the bodies. Visitors can walk to the edge of a vertigo-inducing granite ledge without railings that has become a popular...
2 Die After Falling From Overlook in Yosemite National Park
SAN FRANCISCO — Two visitors died in a fall from a popular overlook at Yosemite National Park, an official said. Park rangers were trying to recover the bodies of a man and a woman Thursday, spokesman Scott Gediman said. He didn't say when the couple fell from Taft Point, which...
‘Unimaginable Destruction’ as Hurricane Smashes Rows of Houses
PANAMA CITY, Fla. — Search-and-rescue teams fanned out across the Florida Panhandle to reach trapped people in the wake of Hurricane Michael Thursday as daylight yielded scenes of rows upon rows of houses smashed to pieces by the third-most powerful hurricane on record to hit the continental U.S. At least...