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Those ‘Baby Driver’ car chases took Edgar Wright 20 years to bring to movie screens

No one handles a car like Baby, the title character in Edgar Wright’s sixth feature film, “Baby Driver,” opening Wednesday. He can stop on a dime, glide through traffic and put the pedal to the metal when necessary, which is often since he’s a getaway driver. And all of this to the sound of sweet, […]

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Pomona man’s series of bad decisions ends in 18-year sentence following DUI fatal crash

POMONA >> A Pomona man who stole a car from his neighbor while intoxicated, triggering a crash that killed another driver while fleeing from police at speeds topping 120 mph, was sentenced Monday to 18 years to life in prison. Michael D. Gardner, 39, was convicted April 20 of second-degree murder for the May 7, […]

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2 killed when wrong-way driver slams into vehicle on I-5 freeway in Fullerton

FULLERTON — Two people were killed early Monday when a wrong-way driver slammed into another vehicle on the I-5 freeway, authorities said. The crash was reported around 3:20 a.m. on the freeway north of the 91, said California Highway Patrol Officer Monica Posada. A Honda sedan had been driving northbound in southbound lanes at about […]

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1 dead in crash near London mosque suspected as terrorism

LONDON >> A vehicle struck pedestrians near a mosque in north London early Monday morning, killing one man and injuring 10 other people in what police are investigating as a terrorist incident. Police said the 48-year-old man who was driving the car has been arrested and taken to a hospital as a precaution. He will […]

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Navy confirms 7 died in USS Fitzgerald collision off Japan

YOKOSUKA, Japan >> The U.S. Navy has identified the seven sailors who died when their destroyer collided with a container ship off Japan on Saturday. Seven crew members were unaccounted for after the collision flooded berths with seawater. Navy divers recovered the bodies after the severely damaged USS Fitzgerald returned to a Navy base in […]

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Bodies of missing sailors found by Navy divers in aftermath of ship collision near Japan

YOKOSUKA, Japan >> Navy divers found the bodies of missing sailors Sunday aboard the stricken USS Fitzgerald that collided with a container ship in the busy sea off Japan, the Navy said. Searchers gained access to the spaces that were damaged during the collision and brought the remains to Naval Hospital Yokosuka where they will […]

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US, Japan search for 7 Navy sailors, puzzle over ship crash

YOKOSUKA, Japan >> U.S. and Japanese vessels and aircraft searched Saturday for seven American sailors who were missing after their Navy destroyer collided before dawn with a container ship four times its size off the coast of Japan. The USS Fitzgerald was back at its home port in Yokosuka Naval Base south of Tokyo by […]

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Trapped driver freed, but severely injured after car flips in Pomona

POMONA >> A man suffered severe injuries when the car he was driving flipped over in Pomona and crashed into a wall, trapping him, authorities said Friday. The crash was reported at 10:13 p.m. Thursday in the area of McKinley and Towne avenues, according to the Pomona Police Department’s Traffic Services. Los Angeles County Fire […]

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Family of Whittier autistic teen who died on school bus awarded $23.5M in settlement

NORWALK >> The family of an autistic teenager from Whittier who died when he was left on a sweltering school bus for hours in 2015 has received $23.5 million in a settlement with the company whose employee was convicted in January in the teen’s death. The parents of Hun Joon “Paul” Lee, 19, a student […]

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