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Man Who Brutally Murdered California Couple Killed in Prison

May 1, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—A state prison inmate serving a life sentence for brutally stabbing an elderly Monrovia, Calif., couple to death in 2003 has died, and prison officials suspect his cell mate—also a convicted murder—of killing him, authorities said on May 1. At approximately 2:05 a.m. Saturday, officials at Kern Valley State Prison in Central California discovered…

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Bear Takes up Residence Under Monrovia Home

December 15, 2021
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MONROVIA, Calif.—A bear, possibly pregnant, has taken up residence under a house in Monrovia and may give birth soon. Jerry Shutman told City News Service he was awakened by his barking dog Monday morning, Dec. 13, and saw a bear, accompanied by her cub, “tearing up the grass and some of the plants that were nearby” in the…

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Salami Product Sold at Trader Joe’s Investigated in Salmonella Outbreak

October 25, 2021
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Federal officials have warned the public not to eat a salami product sold at Trader Joe’s stores. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advised consumers to avoid eating Citterio brand Premium Italian-Style Salame Sticks after the product was linked to a salmonella outbreak in California and seven other states. Twenty illnesses and…

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As Many as 17 Missing After Cargo Ship Sinks Off Liberia

July 20, 2021
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MONROVIA—As many as 17 people were missing from a cargo ship that sank off the coast of Liberia over the weekend despite being barred from setting sail, the Maritime Commissioner said. The Liberian-registered Niko Ivanka left the capital Monrovia on Saturday for a port in the West African country’s south, despite being under a detention…

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