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This photo released by NASA shows astronaut Ken Mattingly. Mattingly, who is best remembered for his efforts on the ground that helped bring the damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft safely back to Earth, has died Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023, NASA announced. (NASA via AP)

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Ken Mattingly, astronaut who helped Apollo 13 crew return safely home, dies at age 87
By ROBERT JABLON - Associated Press
Fri,11/03/23-10:57PM , 86 Reads
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ken Mattingly, an astronaut who is best remembered for his efforts on the ground that helped bring the damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft safely back to Earth, has died, NASA announced. He was 87.
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Leslie Van Houten attends her parole hearing at the California Institution for Women Sept. 6, 2017 in Corona, Calif. California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday, July 7, 2023, that he will not fight a state appeals court decision that Van Houten should be let out on parole. (Stan Lim/Los Angeles Daily News via AP, Pool, File)

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Leslie Van Houten, follower of cult leader Charles Manson, is one big step closer to freedom
By ROBERT JABLON - Associated Press
Fri,07/07/23-7:15PM , 161 Reads
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s governor announced Friday that he won’t ask the state Supreme Court to block parole for Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten, paving the way for her release after serving 53 years in prison for two infamous murders.
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SEIU Local 99 Executive Director Max Arias, left, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and District superintendent Alberto Carvalho lock in arms after announcing on a new contract together in Los Angeles City Hall Friday, March 24, 2023. The Los Angeles Unified School District and union leaders say they have reached a deal on a new contract for workers after a strike that shut down the nation's second-largest school system for three days. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

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Los Angeles schools, union leaders reach deal after strike
By ROBERT JABLON - Associated Press
Fri,03/24/23-7:15PM , 173 Reads
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Unified School District and union leaders said Friday they reached a deal on pay raises for bus drivers, custodians and other support staff after a three-day strike that shut down the nation'
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A snow plow works along Mt Hamilton road in Unincorporated Santa Clara County, Calif. Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023. (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

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California could face floods, blizzards from huge US storm
By ROBERT JABLON - Associated Press
Fri,02/24/23-12:01AM , 117 Reads
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A coast-to-coast storm that paralyzed roads and blacked out nearly 1 million homes and businesses was set to pound California on Friday, sparking warnings about floods and blizzards.
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