Body found in barrel in Lake Mead identified. It's a man from California

Los Angeles Times - Oct 16, 2026

More than four years after human remains were found in a barrel in Lake Mead, investigators have identified the man as a murder victim from the 1980s.

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A conservative AI safety group is calling for the U.S. to implement tighter restrictions on advanced chip sales to China and limit the development of “vastly superhuman AI” as part of a new framework for AI policy. Humans First, chaired by former Tea Party leader Amy Kremer, laid out what it described as an “America...

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Oct 16, 2026

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Brush fires spark in Southern California, prompting evacuation orders

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Warsh offers no fresh signals on interest rates

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Warsh offers no fresh signals on interest rates

Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh declined Friday to predict central bank officials’ future course on interest rates, less than two weeks before they meet to discuss monetary policy.  “I don’t prejudge meetings. I don’t believe in saying now what I might do at the meetings that we have in the balance of this year,” Warsh...

3 children, 1 teacher dead in Oregon elementary school shooting, police say

Oct 16, 2026

3 children, 1 teacher dead in Oregon elementary school shooting, police say

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Bass vs. Raman: Who can make housing more affordable?

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Bass and Raman trade accusations over ICE — and former LAPD chief Daryl Gates

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100,000 Edison customers lose power as SoCal braces for peak of Santa Ana winds

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A man's neck was broken in an L.A. County jail. His family is suing the Sheriff's Department

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LAPD chief becomes polarizing figure as Bass and Raman diverge on handling of police

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GOP senators press Pentagon over Ukraine’s loss of Starshield data 

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