Quiz 5 Flashcards

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Kissing bug’ can give kiss of death

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County offers screening to quell Chagas disease

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Comic Garry Shandling spoofed TV talk shows

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The influential comedian Garry Shandling, whose landmark sitcom was one of the first to blur the line between fact and fiction in Hollywood, died Thursday at 66.

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Belgian officials concede

warning signs miss

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Interior and justice minis
ters offer to resign for failing
to prevent the deadly attack
by Islamic militants. PAGE A15

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U.S.: Hackers tied to Iran

targeted banks, dam

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Seven linked to the Iranian
government are charged with
executing nated cyberattacks. PAGE A15

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Metro board approves

tax hike for transit plan

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The plan calls for $120 billion
raised in taxes and expand
mass transit for highway, rail
and bicycle projects. PAGE A3

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A three-day extravaganza that would draw concertgoers to the Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area is raising concerns by bird watchers and conservationists who are ..

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Would be a three-day music festival to rival Coachella, only this one would be staged in the heart of the San Fernando Va l ley.

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Search for answers in wake of stabbing

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Suspect allegedly tried to steal hot dog and beer at 7-Eleven store

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Taliban says it targeted Christians in Easter attack

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breakaway Pakistani faction of the militant Taliban group has claimed responsibility for an Easter Sunday bombing that killed 65 people in a park in the eastern city of Lahore that was crowded with Christians, including many children.

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Syrian troops drive IS out of historic Palmyra

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ends the group’s 10-month reign of terror

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Los Angeles park gets ready for long closure

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Runyon Canyon Park is shutting down so Los Angeles city workers can fix a broken

90-year-old pipe.

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11
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Belgium

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Riot breaks out
at shrine for
Brussels victims

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SIDEWALK FIXES PASS TO OWNERS

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Change: City will repair them, relinquish future maintenance costs

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Ex-deputy details jail handling of informant

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He says Tanaka was kept in loop in hiding inmate

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Parent firm: Bankruptcy won’t close Roscoe’s

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parent company of Roscoe’s House of Chicken and Waffles has filed for bankruptcy protection in the face of a nearly $3.2 million settlement it owes to a former employee who claimed discrimination.

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Trump decries battery charge against top aide

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The videotaped altercation emerges as Florida police charge Donald Trump’s aide with a misdemeanor. PAGE A13

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Heartbreaker for LAUSD team at academic race

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Academic Decathlon swapped rankings for two Los Angeles Unified schools. PAGE A3

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ROAD TO $15/HR Minimum wage: Governor joins lawmakers, unions in backing plan for gradual hike by 2022

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Impact: Labor leaders say move would boost spending; some businesses say it’s too costly

18
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Feds hack iPhone, drop Apple court case

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Mysterious third party gets into gunman’s device

19
Q

Religious sex abuse case settled

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For nearly four decades, Allan Bruce said he held a closely guarded secret involving the Catholic Church.

20
Q

Georgia governor to veto

‘religious freedom’ bill

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The Republican governor’s
action follows boycott threats
by major corporations over the
bill seen

21
Q

Authorities warn public about
an increase in financial scams
targeting the online lovelorn.
PAGE A3

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Sharing your heart

online could be costly

22
Q

Sacramento

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Lawmakers
scrutinize plans
for bullet train

23
Q

Cars & burn

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Firetruck smashes into parked cars, knocks over power poles, starting fire in store

24
Q

Crash and burn

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Firetruck smashes into parked cars, knocks over power poles, starting fire in store

25
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Increased snowfall won’t end drought

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Slightly below normal accumulation is well short of expectations

26
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Witnesses implicate Tanaka

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For the second day in a row, witnesses in Paul Tanaka’s criminal corruption trial described how the former Los Angeles County undersheriff allegedly ordered subordinates to hide an inmate from federal officials.

27
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New Amazon fulfillment center coming to the Southland

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For the second day in a row, witnesses in Paul Tanaka’s criminal corruption trial described how the former Los Angeles County undersheriff allegedly ordered subordinates to hide an inmate from federal officials.

28
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Passionate advocate Bill Rosendahl dies

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The ex-cable talk show host who became the first openly gay member on the City Council, dies from cancer. PAGE A3

29
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Clinton: Reject call to target Muslims

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At USC, Democratic front-runner rejects Republican Cruz’s urging to boost patrols of Islamic neighborhoods in U.S., saying it plays into terrorist hands