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People walk to the information center at the Veterans Home of California in Yountville, California, on Friday March 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
March 10, 2018, 10:56 am
California gunman who killed three in veteran center was ex-patient
Three women devoted to helping traumatized soldiers shot dead by Afghanistan war veteran; authorities say motive unclear
By Ellen Knickmeyer and Janie Har
Vanessa Flores (R) embraces another woman after she leaves the locked down Veterans Home of California during an active shooter turned hostage situation on March 9, 2018, in Yountville, California. (Stephen Lam/Getty Images/AFP)
March 10, 2018, 6:14 am
Three hostages, gunman found dead after standoff at US veterans home
Officers locate bodies within northern California facility following hours-long standoff that included shootout
By Ellen Knickmeyer and Janie Har
Law enforcement members stage near the Veterans Home of California after reports of an active shooter Friday, March 9, 2018, in Yountville, Calif. (JL Sousa/Napa Valley Register via AP)
March 9, 2018, 11:45 pm
Gunman takes 3 hostages at largest US veterans home
Pathway Home's program treats veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars with post-traumatic stress disorder
By Ellen Knickmeyer and Janie Har
A firefighter gestures to his colleagues as he walks through thick smoke from a wildfire Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017, near Calistoga, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
October 13, 2017, 6:37 am
Death toll hits 31 as California infernos grow to size of NYC
Grim search for victims underway in the deadliest week of wildfires in the history of the state
By Ellen Knickmeyer and Jocelyn Gecker
Napa County firefighter Jason Sheumann sprays water on a home as he battles flames from a wildfire Monday, Oct. 9, 2017, in Napa, California. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
October 10, 2017, 3:54 am
At least 10 dead as fires burn in California wine country
1,500 homes and businesses destroyed as authorities scramble to evacuate towns in the path of gusting winds and flame
By JEFF CHIU and Ellen Knickmeyer
Protesters gather at JFK International Airport against Donald Trump's executive order on January 28, 2017 in New York. (AFP PHOTO / Bryan R. Smith)
January 29, 2017, 4:32 am
With US ban, despair sets in among refugees, their American relatives
'What's next?' asks US citizen whose father was detained, sent back to Iraq, 'are they going to create camps for Muslims and put us in?'
By Ellen Knickmeyer and Rachel Zoll
This undated photo provided by the FBI shows Tashfeen Malik, who killed 14 people with her husband in a Dec. 2, 2015 attack on a center for the disabled in San Bernardino, California (FBI via AP)
December 12, 2015, 5:21 pm
California attack raises fear of Islamic State ‘brides’
Experts warn that IS could shift its policy on women fighters, recruit them for terror plots in the West
By Ellen Knickmeyer
American Journalist James Foley, of Rochester, N.H., poses for a photo in Boston, May 27, 2011. (photo credit: AP/Steven Senne)
August 22, 2014, 3:39 am
Foley case lays bare debate over paying ransom
US journalist's Islamic State captors had demanded $132.5 million from his parents, political concessions from Washington
By Lara Jakes and Ellen Knickmeyer
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