BRIEFLY SUSPICIOUS ITEM CLEARS TERMINAL.Terminal Three at Los Angeles International Airport “LAX” redirects here. For other uses, see LAX (disambiguation). “KLAX” redirects here. For other uses, see KLAX (disambiguation). Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX, FAA LID: LAX was partially evacuated Sunday after an X-ray machine Noun 1. X-ray machine - an apparatus that provides a source of X rays apparatus, setup - equipment designed to serve a specific function fluoroscope, roentgenoscope - an X-ray machine that combines an X-ray source and a fluorescent screen to enable direct detected a suspicious item in a suitcase, officials said. Bomb squad personnel later discovered that the item was a belt buckle with an image of an explosive device on it, said LAX spokeswoman Gaby Pacheco. No arriving flights were affected, but six departures were delayed, Pacheco said. - City News Service Fatal Palmdale shooting probed PALMDALE - Sheriff's deputies are investigating the shooting death of a 16-year-old boy. The boy was apparently wounded in a shooting about 2 a.m. Sunday on Avenue S in Palmdale, then driven by friends to Antelope Valley Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, said Sgt. Vincent Burton of the Palmdale sheriff's station. The boy's name was not immediately released. Burton said the boy was shot during an exchange of gunfire between two cars, but he did not know whether the cars were parked or moving. Sheriff's deputies on patrol in Palmdale later spotted a vehicle that resembled the one from which the fatal shot was fired and chased its driver into a house. Deputies were questioning people in the house in connection with the slaying. - Daily News Car emissions bill to get Davis' OK Today, California Gov. Gray Davis will sign a bill requiring automakers to cut carbon dioxide carbon dioxide, chemical compound, CO2, a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that is about one and one-half times as dense as air under ordinary conditions of temperature and pressure. emissions by the 2008 model year. The bill directs the California Air Resources Board California Air Resources Board (CARB) is the "clean air agency" of the state of California in the United States. Established originally in 1967, it is a part of the California Environmental Protection Agency, an organization which reports directly to the California to decide how much to reduce emissions overall and how to do it. - The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times Autopsy provides little information An autopsy Sunday failed to determine the cause of death for a 4- month-old Hacienda Heights boy who was left for hours in his mother's car, authorities said. The autopsy on Christian Rodrigo was inconclusive and toxicology tests will be performed, said Fred Corral corral a small fenced-in enclosure with high, wooden fences, suitable for holding cattle or horses. corral system a management system in which range cattle are put into corrals and fed hay for a period when the environment is most , a spokesman for the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office. The boy's mother, Roxanne Rodrigo, was arrested Saturday after her father discovered the body inside the car, authorities said. - Associated Press Pedestrians killed in crash near mall SHERMAN OAKS - A man and woman were hit and killed Sunday night as they crossed Riverside Drive in front of the Sherman Oaks Fashion Square mall, authorities said. The identities of the victims were not immediately released, but police described them as a Latino couple in their mid-30s. The couple was crossing Riverside Drive from north to south just after 9 p.m. when they were struck by an eastbound Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck, police said. The victims were carrying a television set, a backpack and speakers when they were struck by the pickup, police said. The 22-year-old driver of the truck told police he did not see the couple until they were directly in front of him, authorities said. - Daily News Man hurt in gun battle on freeway SYLMAR - One man was shot Sunday night after gunfire erupted between two cars on the southbound Golden State Freeway The Golden State Freeway is a north-south freeway running through Kern County and Los Angeles County, California. Originally built as U.S. Highway 99, it was re-signed as Interstate 5 in 1964. , just north of the San Diego Freeway The San Diego Freeway (Interstate 405, and the part of Interstate 5 south of the El Toro Y[1]) is one of the principal north-south highways in Southern California, and the major beltway of I-5 running through Southern California. interchange, police said. The unidentified victim was taken to Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Providence Holy Cross Medical Center is a hospital in Mission Hills, California, USA. The hospital has 254 beds, and is part of Providence Health & Services. History in Mission Hills for treatment. There was no immediate word on his condition. - Daily News |
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