Phoenix: Woman found dead after hiking Camelback Mountain

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2021

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Phoenix: Woman found dead after hiking Camelback Mountain

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Audrey Jensen | Arizona Republic Troy Warren for PhoenixNewsAndTalk.Com A woman in her 30s who was visiting Phoenix from out of town was found dead on Friday after she hiked up Camelback Mountain, officials said. At about 1 p.m., a man called 911 after he returned from hiking Camelback Mountain and said he could not find the woman. Fire officials said the two started their hike together on Echo Canyon Trail earlier in the day but at one point, the woman turned around halfway because she was overheated and the man continued to the top of the mountain. Capt. Rob…

Aug

01

2021

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Atlanta: Islamic fashion show celebrates modesty, highlights designers’ creativity

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By Paradise Afshar, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for AtlantaNewsAndTalk.Com If she had her way, N’aimah Abdullah would have spent her summer island hoping through the Caribbean with her friends, and they’d all be decked out in some of the most unique modest fashion designs out there. Unfortunately, that wasn’t in the cards this year due to the pandemic. But Abdullah did manage to use her role of show coordinator for the recent 35th annual Sealed Nectar Fashion Show to create a cruise-themed Islamic fashion show, complete with beachwear, tropical music and dancing. The show not only serves as a fundraiser for Atlanta Masjid of…

Aug

01

2021

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Los Angeles: FBI investigating ‘jetpack man’ after another LAX sighting

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By The Associated Press Troy Warren for LosAngelesNewsAndTalk.Com The FBI is investigating what one commercial airline pilot said might have been an airborne person with a jetpack, high in the busy skies near Los Angeles International Airport. The Los Angeles Times reported that the Boeing 747 pilot radioed to report “a possible jetpack man in sight” at around 6:12 p.m. Wednesday, according to a recording from the website LiveATC. The pilot spotted an object that might have resembled a jetpack 15 miles east of LAX at 5,000 feet altitude, a Federal Aviation Administration spokesperson told the newspaper. “Out of an abundance…

Jul

31

2021

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San Diego: With expansion upcoming, trolley hits 40 years of service

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By: Jonathan Horn | 10News.Com Troy Warren for SanDiegoNewsAndTalk.Com SAN DIEGO (KGTV) -- Hundreds of people gathered at Chula Vista's E Street transit center Saturday to celebrate four decades of the trolley. But the coming years are going to be even bigger. This fall, the trolley will begin service to the north end of San Diego, which is undergoing a building boom. The trolley will add nine stops along 5 North, including near Clairemont, Pacific Beach, on the UC San Diego campus and at the Westfield UTC mall. "With every track that we put down, with every car we put…

Jul

31

2021

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Los Angeles: Streamland Closes Buy of Sim Video as Postproduction Giant Expands

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BY CAROLYN GIARDINA | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for LosAngelesNewsAndTalk.Com Combined with the recent purchase of Technicolor Post, the Bill Romeo-led company has widened its Los Angeles and global footprint. Streamland Media has completed its acquisition of Sim Video International’s postproduction business, roughly three months after it acquired Technicolor’s post business. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Plans for the Los Angeles-headquartered Streamland — the parent of leading audio post facility Formosa Group as well as Picture Shop, Picture Head, Ghost VFX, The Farm Group and Finalé Post — to acquire Sim were first announced in April. The Sim Post acquisition, like the Technicolor…

Jul

31

2021

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Las Vegas: Buffets Are Back, Baby

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By Lissa Townsend Rodgers | FoodAndWine.Com Troy Warren for LasVegasNewsAndTalk.Com The reopening of The Buffet at Bellagio is a bellwether of better times ahead for Sin City. Many cities are identified with an iconic food. Philadelphia has its cheesesteaks, New York has pizza, New Orleans has po-boys, Baltimore has crab cakes. Las Vegas has all of them, because Vegas means a buffet. "I think it's about having a sense of indulgence and having everything. All of the choices are there for you but you don't really have to make a decision," says Wes Holton, executive chef at Bellagio Las Vegas, "I think that kind of sums…

Jul

31

2021

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Long Beach: Artist Tristan Eaton – New, Interactive Exhibit at Long Beach Museum of Art

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BY DEGEN PENER | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for LongBeachNewsAndTalk.Com The muralist and Kidrobot toy designer's 25-year retrospective showcases his Marvel fine-art prints and art that went to the Super Bowl and into space. Tristan Eaton’s art has travelled many places. It’s gone into space. It’s gone to the Super Bowl, emblazoning the game’s tickets in 2020. It’s found a home at Universal Studios, where the artist painted murals of classic Universal monsters in 2019. And his large-scale murals have covered walls in cities around the world, from New York, Los Angeles and Honolulu to Paris, Cozumel and Berlin. Now a two-floor,…

Jul

31

2021

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Atlanta: Among the country’s best places to live for the weather

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By Kiersten Willis, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for AtlantaNewsAndTalk.Com Despite today being the hottest day of the year, Atlanta has ranked among the top 20 best places to live for the weather. U.S. News analyzed the most populous metro areas that offer sunshine and moderate temperatures. “We looked for places that had the fewest average number of days above 90 degrees and below 32 degrees Fahrenheit, as well as those with the fewest fully cloudy days, based on information from the National Weather Service and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Centers for Environmental Information,” it said. Atlanta came in at No. 13 on…

Jul

31

2021

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Baltimore: Woman stashed bodies of niece, nephew in her car for months

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By Tim Darnell, Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for BaltimoreNewsAndTalk.Com A Baltimore woman is facing several charges after local police said she drove around with the body of her niece in her trunk for years, then placed her nephew’s body in the same trunk as well. Nicole Michelle Johnson, 33, has been charged with neglect; failure to report the death of Joshlyn Marie James Johnson, 7, and Larry Darnell O’Neal, 5; disposal of their bodies and child abuse that resulted in the death of the two children, according to the Baltimore Sun. According to court documents, police discovered the bodies during a traffic…

Jul

30

2021

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Tulsa: Mom arrested after 12-year-old gives birth to 24-year-old man’s child

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By Avery Newmark, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for TulsaNewsAndTalk.Com An Oklahoma mother has been arrested and charged after her 12-year-old daughter gave birth to a 24-year-old man’s child. Desiree Castaneda, 33, was taken into custody on Thursday and charged with child neglect and enabling child sex abuse, according to the Tulsa Police Department. Her arrest comes two weeks after Juan Miranda-Jara, a 24-year-old man, allegedly told authorities that he was the baby’s biological father when he brought the girl in labor to a local hospital on July 14. Hospital staff alerted police and the newborn’s father was arrested and…

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