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Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin moves to new prison

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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Sen. Robert F. Kennedy's assassin was moved to a new prison in California on the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Kennedy's brother, President John F. Kennedy.
 
A state corrections official says Sirhan Sirhan was transferred Friday from Corcoran state prison in central California to Richard J. Donovan prison in San Diego.
 
Corrections spokeswoman Deborah Hoffman tells U-T San Diego that the transfer was routine and the date "an unfortunate coincidence."
 
Sirhan, 69, is serving a life sentence for shooting Robert Kennedy in 1968 in Los Angeles.

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Erroneous gun reports cause chaos at Los Angeles

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A car crash just outside Terminal 5 at Los Angeles International Airport and an anonymous call reporting a man with a gun in Terminal 4 incited panic Friday evening and triggered a large police response.
 
LAX spokeswoman Nancy Castles said the vehicle crash outside Terminal 5 Friday night caused passengers to report gunfire.
 
"Apparently there was a very loud crash. People inside the terminal did not know what was happening. Some people panicked and they self-evacuated from the terminal," reported KCAL9's Derek Bell.
 
A woman driving on the airport's arrivals loop at about 7:30 p.m. lost control of her SUV, hitting another woman who was walking on a sidewalk before slamming into a parking garage across the roadway from Terminal 5, Los Angeles police Sgt. Mark Guardado said.
 
WZZM 13 tweeted that the car accident sounded like shots fired.
 
Soon after the car crash, an anonymous caller reported a gunman at a gate in Terminal 4, Castles said.
 
Police arrived on the scene and conducted a sweep of Terminals 4 and 5, according to ABC Los Angeles station KABC.
 
One Twitter user posted a photo of police with their guns drawn that the Twitter user says shows the inside of LAX.
 
LAX Police Sgt. Ortiz confirmed to NBC Los Angeles that no shots had been fired.
 
Terminal 4, which was evacuated as a precaution, has been deemed safe. Travelers must go through security again, Castles said.
 
Some 2,000 people were evacuated from the terminals, hundreds more were affected, dozens of flights were delayed and a few were diverted Friday night, airport officials said.
 
Both women in the crash were injured, the pedestrian seriously. Details on their conditions were not immediately available.
 
On Nov. 1, a Transportation Security Administration officer died and six people were hurt when a shooter opened fire at LAX. Paul Anthony Ciancia, 23, has been charged with murder in the case.

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6.5 earthquake hits south Pacific

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The U.S. Geological Survey says an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 has been recorded in the south Pacific.
 
The agency's National Earthquake Information Center said the tremor was at 0748 GMT Saturday. It was centered 322 kilometers (199 miles) west-northwest of Neiafu, Tonga, and 438 kilometers (271 miles) east of Lambasa, Fiji.
 
There were no immediate reports of damage.
 
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center did not issue a warning, explaining that the quake was centered too far underground.
 

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U.S. ‘Knockout game’ leads to arrests and more police patrols

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The dangerous "knockout" attacks on strangers in large U.S. cities are leading to arrests, more officers flooding the streets and more warnings for vigilance among an unsuspecting public.
 
Hoodlums have dubbed the violent practice as the 'Knockout Game,' where teens try to randomly knock out strangers with one punch.
 
The attacks have raised concerns across the country. Recent attacks have occurred in New York, New Haven, Conn., Washington, D.C. and suburban Philadelphia. But the violent attacks go back several years. In 2011, St. Louis, Mo. had a rash of incidents, one of which led to the killing of a Vietnamese immigrant.
 
The trend may have hit the west coast with an attack Tuesday on a man in downtown San Diego, according to local news stations.
 
Some of the assaults are recorded and posted on social media by the attackers.
 
In New York, where there have been seven incidents in the last month, police arrested four suspects Friday in Brooklyn, NBC News reports.
 
The NYPD told the station that a 24-year-old victim was walking in the Borough Park section of Brooklyn when he heard people talking about the game. The man was then hit in the head.
 
As the attackers ran away, police officers helped the man and fanned out across the area to find the suspects nearby, NBC reports. Their names were not released.
 
New York police Sgt. Brendan Ryan did not respond to a request for information about the arrests, but said in an email that extra officers have been assigned to the Crown Heights area of Brooklyn for the immediate short term.
 
The attacks in New York have racial overtones because the attackers are black and the victims have been Jewish.
 
In New Haven, police spokesman David Hartman says police are investigating six incidents in the last month as part of the knockout trend. He says investigators have identified three people of interest, though no arrests have been made.
 
He says no one suffered serious injuries in any of them. But as a result of the attacks, he says, more undercover officers are patrolling downtown and a neighborhood called South Hill, where five of the assaults occurred.
 
"I think the fact that this has been labeled a game is sickening," Hartman says. "This is not a game. This is violent."
 
Will Marling, the executive director of the National Organization for Victim Assistance, says this trend is not an epidemic.
 
"But it could be the start of one," he says, because the attacks have a social media component that could go viral. "As experience shows, other kids will see this is an easy thing to do and then it becomes group think."
 
He says the attacks are an example of why there is a need for a deeper conversation with young people about respect.
 
Michelle Boykins, a spokeswoman for the National Crime Prevention Council, says what is so disturbing about the trend is that it is so random and the intent is to hurt someone seriously.
 
She says that the instances often involve someone walking alone, so she suggests the tried-and-true ways to stay safe: walk with a friend and always remain aware of your surroundings.
 
"There is safety in numbers," she says. "And if you are by yourself, there is nothing wrong for you to decide to cross the street if you see a group of people walking toward you."

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More than 50 dead in grocery roof collapse in Latvia

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RIGA, Latvia (AP) — The death toll from the collapse of a crowded Latvia supermarket roof has risen to 52 and the rescue operation has resumed after a temporary halt, rescue workers said Saturday.
 
Fire and Rescue Service spokeswoman Viktorija Sembele said some 3,200 square feet of ruins — approximately one-sixth of the total damaged area — remained to be searched.
 
Sembele said there was a chance more victims could be found but the area is particularly dangerous because of the risk of further collapse.
 
Rescue workers decided to stop the operation early Saturday and consult with engineers before continuing, the spokeswoman said.
 
The supermarket roof fell Thursday evening in the Latvian capital of Riga as customers were doing after-work shopping. At least 36 were wounded, including 11 firefighters, and 29 were hospitalized as of Saturday morning, Sembele said.
 
Preliminary reports indicate the roof caved in due to either faulty construction or building activities on the roof, where workers were creating a garden area and children's playground.

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Autopsy: TSA officer shot 12 times in Los Angeles attack

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Transportation Security Administration officer killed by a gunman at Los Angeles International Airport was shot 12 times, with bullets grazing his heart and piercing his bladder and intestines, according to an autopsy report released Friday.
 
Gerardo Hernandez had more than 40 bullet fragments in his body from the Nov. 1 shooting, the Los Angeles County coroner's office said.
 
He was in full cardiac arrest when he arrived at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. Doctors tried to repair damage to his heart with an emergency surgical procedure and twice used electricity to stimulate his heart before resorting to "internal cardiac massage," the report said.
 
Exploratory surgery in Hernandez's abdomen revealed massive injuries. He was declared dead 45 minutes after arriving at the hospital and nearly two hours after the shooting.
 
Earlier in the week, the coroner's office released preliminary findings and said Hernandez, 39, died within two to five minutes of being shot.
 
Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter explained why the official time of death was much later than his office's finding, which was not included in the final report.
 
Doctors were trying to "bring him back," he said.
 
"They were doing their damndest to try to save his life. Hats off to them," Winter said. "Honestly, I would hope that they would work on anybody if they're not sure. But he was gone."
 
Authorities have said Paul Ciancia, 23, had a vendetta against the federal government and was targeting TSA officers when he pulled a semi-automatic rifle from a bag and shot Hernandez. Two other TSA employees and an airline passenger were wounded before airport police shot Ciancia.
 
The Associated Press previously reported that Hernandez lay on the floor for 33 minutes before he was rushed to an ambulance outside, even though Ciancia had been subdued within five minutes.
 
The lack of quicker aid at the airport prompted the head of the TSA officers' union, J. David Cox Sr., to say he was appalled, and a local union official said a more timely response might have saved Hernandez's life.
 
Several agencies are investigating the response to the incident, including whether paramedics should have been allowed into the terminal sooner to attend to the wounded.
 
The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating whether one of its officers improperly told other responders that Hernandez was dead when he checked on him five minutes after the shooting.
 
Ciancia, who was released from the hospital this week, has been charged with murder. He could face the death penalty if convicted.

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U.S. Mental issues cost Navy Yard killer access to secrets

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Washington Navy Yard mass killer Aaron Alexis' employer had revoked his access to classified materials weeks before his rampage because of mental health problems but restored it two days later without alerting the Navy, the Associated Press reported Friday.
 
The revelation raises questions about whether the massacre might have been prevented if the company, Fort Lauderdale-based The Experts, had alerted the Navy to the 34-year-old computer specialist's mental health issues.
 
Alexis killed 12 and wounded four others Sept. 16 before being shot dead by police. Senior U.S. officials told AP that in early August, The Experts ordered him back to Washington from an assignment in Rhode Island after reports of erratic behavior, including yelling at hotel guests and telling police about voices and vibrations in his room.
 
The firm withdrew his access to secret data for two days before reinstating it without explanation, according to the officials, whom AP said spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the investigation.
 
The Experts, which held an HP Enterprise Services contract to refresh equipment used on the Navy Marine Corps Intranet network, did not immediately return AP's request for comment.
 

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Two of 5 kids die after car lands in pond

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ST. LOUIS PARK, Minnesota (AP) — Rescuers worked frantically to free five children trapped in a submerged car after it veered off a highway ramp in suburban Minneapolis and into a frigid pond, smashing windows to get inside even as a tow truck winched the car out.
 
One of the children, 5-year-old Zenavia Rennie, later died, the Minnesota State Patrol said. KARE 11 reported late Thursday that family members also have confirmed 7-year-old Alarious Coleman-Guerrido died.
 
The other three children were listed in critical condition, according to KARE 11.
 
The car was under water for up to 45 minutes after Thursday's crash. St. Louis Park city spokesman Jamie Zwilling said the children were unconscious and unresponsive when pulled from the vehicle.
 
Conditions of the surviving children were not available Thursday night, and officials didn't provide details on the children's injuries or whether the car had filled up with water before rescuers got to the youngsters.
 
The driver of the car — mother and stepmother to the children — made it out on her own.
 
One witness described seeing her in the pond, screaming for help.
 
"The car was under water, and she must have been standing on top," said Jeff Robertson, who lives in a nearby apartment building, told the St. Paul Pioneer Press. "That pond is 8 or 9 feet deep, and the water was at her knees."
 
The crash happened in St. Louis Park, a western Minneapolis suburb. Minnesota State Patrol Lt. Eric Roeske said the car angled left off the ramp from Highway 7 to Highway 100 and plunged down a slope into the pond about 40 to 50 yards from the road.
 
He said there was no guardrail separating the pond and ramp.
 
The driver was identified as Marion Guerrido, 23, of Brooklyn Center.
 
The Minnesota State Patrol identified the children as Aliyana E. Rennie, 1; Zenavia C. Rennie, 5; Zarihana M. Rennie, 6; Amani N. Coleman-Guerrido, 5; and Alarious M. Coleman-Guerrido, 7; all of Brooklyn Center.
 
On its website, the patrol said Zenavia of Brooklyn Center had died.
 
Roeske said the first victim was pulled from the water about 25 minutes after the crash was reported about 6:10 a.m.
 
Passers-by attempted to rescue the children before police arrived, but the 1998 Pontiac Grand Am was submerged in 8 to 9 feet of cold water.
 
Roeske said the "incredibly cold, nearly freezing-temperature water" would have made it difficult for anyone to reach the children.
 
Roeske said investigators were working to determine whether speed was a factor in the crash. The road was wet from light mist, but not icy, he said.
 
He said there was no indication that Guerrido intentionally drove into the water. No alcohol was found in her system.

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32 dead in grocery roof collapse in Latvia

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RIGA, Latvia (AP) — At least 32 people died, including three firefighters, after large sections of a roof collapsed at a Latvian supermarket, the country's rescue service said Friday.
 
The reason for the collapse on Thursday was still not known but rescue and police officials said that a winter garden, involving large amounts of soil, was being built on the roof. Rescue officials were unsure how many survivors might be under the rubble, and expected the death toll would rise.
 
Interior Minister Rihards Kozlovskis ruled out a natural disaster or terrorist activity and said that in all likelihood construction regulations had been violated and triggered the collapse.
 
The Fire and Rescue Service said 35 people were injured, 28 of whom were hospitalized, including 10 firefighters.
 
The rescue service estimated that approximately 500 square meters (5,300 square feet) of roof collapsed, destroying large sections of the store's high walls and nearly all its front windows.
 
A large contingent of rescue workers, including soldiers and dogs, searched for survivors Friday morning at the store in a densely populated neighborhood. Four large cranes hovered over the supermarket as they tried to lift large pieces of construction material.
 
Rescue workers periodically turned off all equipment and asked relatives of missing people to call so that they can pinpoint ringing phones, rescue service spokeswoman Viktorija Sembele said.
 
She said work was proceeding slowly since both the rubble and remaining sections of roof were like a house of cards and could easily collapse further if a wrong piece is moved or lifted.
 
Firefighters suffered casualties when large sections of roof fell on them right after their arrival on the scene.

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Philippine typhoon death toll rises above 5,000

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MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine officials say the death toll from one of the strongest typhoons on record has risen above 5,000 and is likely to climb further.
 
Interior Secretary Mar Roxas said Friday that 4,919 people were killed in the Eastern Visayas region. Civil defense chief Eduardo del Rosario said 290 others died in other parts of the central and southern Philippines.
 
The regions were battered two weeks ago by fierce winds and tsunami-like storm surges from Typhoon Haiyan, locally called Yolanda.
 
Roxas said the situation was stabilizing, with major roads on Samar and Leyte islands cleared of debris, and some banks, stores and gasoline stations resuming business.
 

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