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Tokyo bound typhoon kills U.S. airman, 2 more missing

A powerful typhoon is heading toward Tokyo after lashing southern Japan, where it killed at least one U.S. airman on Okinawa island and left two others missing. The Meteorological Agency says Typhoon Phanfone was off the coast of southwestern Japan Sunday night, packing winds of up to 90 miles per hour.

 
2 Southern California crashes leave 10 dead — mostly teens

A pair of deadly nighttime crashes only hours apart in Southern California killed a total of 10 people, most of them teenagers, including a group of five boys and girls returning from an amusement park who were burned beyond recognition, officials said Saturday.

Oregon man charged after co-worker’s body found in cornfield

Prosecutors in Benton County have charged an Oregon man with killing a Pasco, Wash., co-worker whose body was one of three found near a cornfield in south-central Washington in August.

 
Blown tires stop Aeromexico flight’s takeoff

A pair of tires blew out on an Aeromexico jetliner carrying 129 passengers and six crew members as it was getting ready to take off from the Los Angeles airport early Saturday, forcing the pilot to stop the plane but causing no injuries.

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ISIS events, acronym tarnishing businesses with the same name

Aeran Brent is tired of visitors asking about her store’s name or snapping pictures of the sign outside. Unfortunately, that’s life for a small-business owner whose shop — Isis Bridal and Formal — shares a name with ISIS, the acronym of a notorious Islamic militant group that the United States is fighting in Iraq and Syria.

 
5 killed in fiery Chino, 3-vehicle crash

Authorities say five people were killed in a three-vehicle crash on the edge of Chino. Chino police spokeswoman Monica Gutierrez said Saturday that officials were still identifying the dead from the crash that occurred Friday night.

 
Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters gather for massive rally

Pro-democracy protesters were defiant in the face of attacks by opponents and warnings by the Hong Kong government to clear the streets, staging a massive rally Saturday evening in the downtown business district they’ve occupied for a week.

Sandoval fits into 1 of 3 GOP camps on gay marriage

As same-sex marriage cases cascade through the federal courts, Republican politicians find themselves awkwardly split into three camps. Several GOP governors, including Brian Sandoval, fit into the category of not ready to embrace same-sex marriage but wary of antagonizing its supporters.

 
GM recalls 500K cars, SUVs, stops new truck sales

General Motors Co. said Friday it was recalling 524,384 cars and sport utility vehicles globally and would stop sales of two new truck models with potential air bag defects.

 
Here’s the latest on Ebola around the country, world

A passion for Liberia and the plight of its people drove Ashoka Mukpo to work there, first to aid relief efforts and then as a photojournalist to tell its story.

 
ISIS militants’ video shows beheading of UK citizen

Islamic State militants fighting in Iraq and Syria released a video on Friday that purported to show the beheading of a man it identified as British citizen Alan Henning.

Justice Dept. to investigate N.C. inmate’s dehydration death

The U.S. Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into what happened to a mentally ill inmate in North Carolina who was found dead from dehydration after a prison transfer in March.

Fla. child welfare agency scrutinized after family killings

A Florida agency under scrutiny since a recent murder-suicide killed a family of eight defended one of its managers on Friday, noting that he was cleared of accusations of inappropriate workplace behavior shortly before the deaths.