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Southern California family's dog recovering after vicious coyote attack

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Southern California family's dog recovering after vicious coyote attack

An 18-pound Chihuahua terrier mix named Sammy is recovering at the vet after being mauled by a coyote over the weekend at his owner’s Shadow Hills home in an attack that was caught on surveillance cameras.  

The terrifying ordeal occurred Sunday morning around 10 a.m., according to Sammy’s owner, Vickie Sampson, who said she happened to be looking out the window to check the clouds when she saw the coyote with her beloved 14-year-old dog’s neck in its mouth.  

She said she banged on the second-floor window and flew down the stairs to get outside and scare the wild animal off. 

Sampson’s home security cameras captured the coyote on what appears to be the side of their property, creeping up the driveway, pausing and then moving toward an entry of the home where Sammy was.  

From another angle, the coyote is seen stalking the dog from behind a bush before rushing toward Sammy just out of view of the camera’s view.  

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Moments later, the coyote is seen pulling the struggling and whimpering Sammy down the path by his neck.  

That’s when Sampson said she shook a jug full of rocks to make a lot of noise and the coyote dropped the 14-year-old dog, jumped over the fence and ran off.  

The Shadow Hills homeowner, who said there are lots of coyotes around her home, but that she’s never seen one that early in the morning, rushed Sammy to the emergency vet.  

“He did have two puncture wounds because the coyote grabbed him around the neck dragged him,” Sampson explained. “No broken bones, but he might have a puncture in his trachea. He hasn’t eaten anything because it probably hurts to swallow.”  

Fortunately, Sammy is expected to be okay, though Sampson said the vet wants to monitor him for another night due to the bruising on his trachea.  

A GoFundMe campaign has been organized to help Sampson defray the cost of Sammy’s mounting medical expenses as a result of the attack.  

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Sean 'Diddy' Combs arrested after grand jury indictment: report

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Music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs was arrested Monday evening in Manhattan after being indicted by a grand jury, according to multiple reports.  

According to reporting by the New York Times, the charges against the 54-year-old were not entirely clear, but the rapper, producer and entrepreneur has been embroiled in in a federal investigation and sexual assault lawsuits.  

Agents with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security raided a mansion in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Holmby Hills in March, along with another one of his homes in Miami.  

Combs’ attorney Marc Agnifilo told TMZ that they were disappointed with “what we believe is the unjust prosecution of Mr. Combs by the U.S. Attorney’s Office.”  

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“He is an imperfect person but is not a criminal,” his lawyer told TMZ. “To his credit Mr. Combs has been nothing but cooperative with this investigation and he voluntarily relocated to New York last week in anticipation of these charges.” 

This is a developing story. Please check back for additional details.  

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Palmdale Sheriff's Station closes to honor fallen deputy

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The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Palmdale station announced it will be closed Monday in honor of fallen Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer.

“Today, September 16, 2024, marks the one year anniversary of our fallen brother, Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer’s passing,” the Palmdale Sheriff’s Station posted on Instagram.

In honor of Clinkunbroomer, the Sheriff’s Station closed its lobby doors so its personnel could stand watch in front of the station.

“We will not be open to provide our residents with vehicle/repo releases, copies of reports or other inquiries until 12:01 AM on September 17, 2024,” the post read.

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Clinkunbroomer was ambushed and fatally shot one year ago while sitting at a red light in his patrol vehicle. 

The shooting was described as “cowardly and senseless” by Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón.

The man accused in the shooting has been charged with murder.

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'Shogun' and 'Hacks' win top series Emmy Awards and 'The Bear' and 'Baby Reindeer' take 4 apiece

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'Shogun' and 'Hacks' win top series Emmy Awards and 'The Bear' and 'Baby Reindeer' take 4 apiece

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Shogun” had historic wins in an epic 18-Emmy first season, “Hacks” scored an upset for best comedy on what was still a four-trophy night for “The Bear,” and “Baby Reindeer” had a holiday at an Emmy Awards that had some surprising swerves.

“Shogun,” the FX series about power struggles in feudal Japan, won best drama series, Hiroyuki Sanada won best actor in a drama, and Anna Sawai won best actress. Sanada was the first Japanese actor to win an Emmy. Sawai became the second just moments later.

”‘Shogun’ taught me when we work together, we can make miracles,” Sanada said in his acceptance speech from the stage of the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.

Along with 14 Emmys it claimed at the precursor Creative Arts Emmys, it had an unmatched performance with 18 overall for one season.

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“Hacks” was the surprise winner of its first best comedy series award, topping “The Bear,” which most had expected to take it after big wins earlier in the evening.

Jean Smart won her third best actress in a comedy award for the third season of Max’s “Hacks,” in which her stand-up comic character Deborah Vance tries to make it in late-night TV. Smart has six Emmys overall.

Despite losing out on the night’s biggest comedy prize after winning it for its first season at January’s strike-delayed ceremony, FX’s “The Bear” star Jeremy Allen White won best actor in a comedy for the second straight year, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach repeated as best supporting actor.

And Liza Colón-Zayas was the surprise best supporting actor winner over competition that included Meryl Streep, becoming the first Latina to win in the category.

“To all the Latinas who are looking at me,” she said, her eyes welling with tears. “keep believing, and vote.”

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Netflix’s darkly quirky “Baby Reindeer” won best limited series. Creator and star Richard Gadd won for his lead acting and his writing and Jessica Gunning, who plays his tormentor, won best supporting actress.

Accepting the series award, Gadd urged the makers of television to take chances.

“The only constant across any success in television is good storytelling,” he said. “Good storytelling that speaks to our times. So take risks, push boundaries. Explore the uncomfortable. Dare to fail in order to achieve.”

“Baby Reindeer” is based on a one man-stage show in which Gadd describes being sexually abused along with other emotional struggles.

Accepting that award, he said, “no matter how bad it gets, it always gets better.”

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The Associated Press does not typically name people who say they have been sexually abused unless they come forward publicly as Gadd has.

Jodie Foster won her first Emmy to go with her two Oscars when she took best actress in a limited series for “True Detective: Night Country.”

Foster played a salty police chief investigating a mass killing in the round-the-clock dark of an Alaskan winter on the HBO show. While her castmate Kali Reis missed out on becoming the first Indigenous actor to win an Emmy in the supporting category, Foster praised her, and the show’s collaboration with Indigenous contributors.

“The Inupiaq and Inuit people of northern Alaska who told us their stories, and they allowed us to listen,” Foster said. “That was just a blessing. It was love, love, love, and when you feel that, something amazing happens.”

Greg Berlanti, a producer and writer on shows including “Dawson’s Creek” and “Everwood,” received the Television Academy’s Governors Award for his career-long contributions to improving LGBTQ visibility on television. He talked about a childhood when there was little such visibility.

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“There wasn’t a lot of gay characters on television back then, and I was a closeted gay kid,” Berlanti said. “It’s hard to describe how lonely that was at the time,”

The long decline of traditional broadcast TV at the Emmys continued, with zero wins between the four broadcast networks.

In the monologue that opened the ABC telecast, Dan Levy, who hosted with his father and “Schitt’s Creek” co-star Eugene Levy, called the Emmys “broadcast TV’s biggest night for honoring movie stars on streaming services.”

Though other than Foster, movie stars didn’t fare too well. Her fellow Oscar winners Streep and Robert Downey Jr. had been among the favorites, but came up empty.

“Robert Downey Jr. I have a poster of you in my house!” said Lamorne Morris, who beat Downey for best supporting actor in a limited series, said from the stage as he accepted his first Emmy.

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The evening managed to meet many expectations but included several swerves like the win for “Hacks.”

“We were really shocked,” “Hacks co-creator Jen Statsky, who also won for writing, said after the show. ”We were truly, really surprised.”

And “Shogun” got off to a quiet start, missing on early awards and not getting its first trophy until past the halfway point.

Still, it shattered the record for Emmys for one season previously held by the 2008 limited series “John Adams” in 2008. And its acting wins would have been hard to imagine before the series became an acclaimed phenomenon.

Sanada is a 63-year-old longtime screen star whose name is little known outside Japan, even if his face is through Hollywood films like “The Last Samurai” and “John Wick Chapter 4.” Sawai, 32, who was born in New Zealand and moved to Japan as a child, is significantly less known in the U.S. She wept when she accepted best actress.

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“When you saw me cry on stage, it was probably the 12th time I cried today,” Sawai said backstage. “It was just mixed emotions, wanting everyone to win all that. I may cry again now.”

“The Bear” would finish second with 11 overall Emmys, including guest acting wins at the Creative Arts ceremony for Jamie Lee Curtis and Jon Bernthal.

The Levys in their opening monologue mocked the show being in the comedy category.

“In honor of ‘The Bear’ we will be making no jokes,” Eugene Levy said, to laughs.

Elizabeth Debicki took best supporting actress in a drama for playing Princess Diana at the end of her life in the sixth and final season of “The Crown.”

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“Playing this part, based on this unparalleled, incredible human being, has been my great privilege,” Debicki said in her acceptance. “It’s been a gift.”

Several awards were presented by themed teams from TV history, including sitcom dads George Lopez, Damon Wayans and Jesse Tyler Ferguson and TV moms Meredith Baxter, Connie Britton, and Susan Kelechi Watson.

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For more on this year’s Emmy Awards, visit: https://apnews.com/hub/emmy-awards

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