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Nicholas Hamlett, seen on these images from his wanted poster, was the subject of a weekslong manhunt following the Oct. 18 murder of Steven Lloyd. Authorities say Hamlett befriended Lloyd and lured him into a wooded area in Tennessee, killing him in an attempted identity theft plot.

A man told 911 a bear chased him off a cliff. Weeks later, he was arrested for murder

Authorities say Nicholas Hamlett killed a man in Tennessee in an attempt to steal his identity, and reported it to police as a bear attack. He was arrested in South Carolina after a weekslong manhunt.

Middle and high school football players in Alabama, Florida, Kansas, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia have died this month during or after a game or practice.

At least 7 middle and high school football players have died in August

Similar tragedies have occurred repeatedly in several states this month, as families that had been celebrating a new school year and the start of football season are instead confronted with a nightmare.

Students and parents walk to Dailard Elementary in San Diego during the Friday morning downpour, Dec. 12, 2014.

Report finds wealth, age, education gap between Latinos and whites

Latinos in San Diego County are younger than the average county resident, and the vast majority were born here or are citizens.

A high heat advisory sign is shown at Iron Mountain trailhead in Poway, Nov. 22, 2017.

High heat continues in San Diego County deserts, valleys

An excessive heat warning remained in effect for desert areas until at least 9 p.m. Thursday, according to the National Weather Service.

Scripps Institution of Oceanography Assistant Professor Sarah Aarons leads a lecture at UC San Diego on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. Her class, titled "The Oceans," fulfills the university's new climate change requirement.

UC San Diego launches climate change course requirement

Course options include science, urban planning, anthropology and art classes.

A person wears a shirt in support of Amendment 3, a ballot initiative that would legalize the recreational use of marijuana in Florida. North and South Dakota are also voting on whether to legalize the drug.

Three takeaways from crime ballot measures around the country

Voters will decide on a slew of criminal justice ballot measures this election. Legalizing some drugs, increasing penalties for others and boosting police pay are among the proposed changes.

Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., speaks after being elected Senate Majority Leader for the 119th Congress following the Senate Republican leadership elections on Nov. 13.

Trump picks loyalists for top jobs, testing loyalty of Senate GOP

Nominees for several key Cabinet posts in the new administration of President-elect Trump caught officials in Washington off guard and ignited a firestorm of criticism — not all of it from Democrats.

In this election, demographics did not determine how people voted

Groups that Democrats believed would always turn out in their favor did not do so this year. Here's how the vote shook out in the seven swing states.

View of the Anza Borego Desert from the mountains around Julian, April 12, 2023.<br/>

Excessive heat warning in effect for San Diego County deserts

The excessive heat warning is in effect until at least 8 p.m. Thursday for the San Diego County deserts.

With three days until the election, Trump is campaigning for re-election in the battleground state of North Carolina, shown here at a rally in Greensboro on Saturday, where recent polls have the former president and his opponent, Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris in a dead heat.

It was all about North Carolina on the campaign trail with Trump and Harris Saturday

The key state, that wasn't expected to be in play this election, enjoyed visits from both presidential candidates — two from former President Donald Trump — as he and Harris make their final pitches.

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