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White House pushes gun safety, but it means little without Congress
WASHINGTON -- The White House plans to announce Tuesday that it has improved gun safety in the country by chipping away at 21 of 23 items on an executive to-do list issued in January. But the progress report will also highlight steps that Congress has...
Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Justice System, White House, Government, Crime, Law and Justice
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Deployment to war doesn't figure in majority of military suicides
Nate Evans had three children depending on him and held down a good job running a hyperbaric chamber at a hospital. But what he really wanted was to go to war. In 2008, as the U.S. death toll in Iraq and Afghanistan approached 5,000, Evans became a...
Tags: Psychiatrists, University of Utah, U.S. Department of Defense, Methamphetamine (drug), Health and Medical Professionals
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Santa Monica shooting brings calls for gun regulations
Local officials are calling for better systems to identify and treat mental health problems and for stronger gun-control lobbyists and legislation in the wake of last week's rampage that left five dead. Police on Thursday said that John Zawahri, 23,...
Tags: Shootings, John Zawahri, National Rifle Association of America, Interior Policy, Crime, Law and Justice
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Lawmakers should close bullet-buying loophole
From what I've been reading, the Santa Monica killer was packing an illegal assault rifle and 40 high-capacity ammunition magazines. He sprayed 100 bullets and had access to 1,300. And, oh yes, he was a mental case. The guy's exact background and...
Tags: Kevin de Leon, Assault, Darrell Steinberg, Interior Policy, Jim Nielsen
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Remorse, but not hate, in note left by Santa Monica gunman
The gunman who killed five people last week during a shooting rampage through Santa Monica left an "almost conversational" farewell note expressing remorse for killing his father and brother, law enforcement authorities said Thursday evening. John...
Tags: Shootings, John Zawahri, Crime, Law and Justice, Belief and Faith, Colleges and Universities
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Santa Monica shooting suspect, possible motive identified, officials say
The gunman accused of killing four people in a Santa Monica shooting rampage Friday was apparently angry over his parents' divorce and had some mental health issues in the past, a law enforcement source told The Times. The suspect was identified by five...Tags: Shootings, Prosecution, Colleges and Universities, Arts and Culture, Witnesses
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Treatments of physical and mental health are coming together
Many days, the sheer weight of Iszurette Hunter's clinical depression becomes more than she can lift. She clings to her bed in her South Los Angeles home. Important obligations slide away, including keeping appointments with doctors who are trying to...
Tags: Glaucoma, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Hospitals and Clinics, Asthma, Health and Medical Professionals
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James Holmes' attorneys seek to attend mental exam
CENTENNIAL, Colo. — The mental state of accused theater gunman James E. Holmes continues to take center stage as he heads toward trial, with his attorneys and a mental health expert wrangling over a key question: Should Holmes’ attorneys...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Crime, Law and Justice, Psychiatrists, Colorado Movie Theater Shooting, Justice System
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Michael Jackson was 'trembling, rambling,' director said
At the same time people involved in rehearsals for Michael Jackson’s London concerts were saying he needed therapy, his business manager was asking the concert promoter for a $1 million advance for the cash-strapped singer and the chief executive of...
Tags: Corporate Officers, Prosecution, Justice System, Health and Medical Professionals, AEG
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Dr. Dean Brooks dies at 96; key figure in filming 'Cuckoo's Nest'
When he ran a large state mental hospital, Dr. Dean Brooks made some bold decisions, but one of the most daring was to heed the call of Hollywood. Over protests from his boss and many mental health professionals, Brooks allowed the cast and crew of "One...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Psychiatrists, Health and Medical Professionals, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (movie), Movies
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Friends, relatives of suicide victims are bound in grief
Hope was the theme of the day, but unremitting pain was the backdrop when friends and family members of suicide victims gathered in a Culver City park on Saturday for their annual summer potluck. "Survivors After Suicide" they call themselves. It's a...Tags: Suicide, Depression, Behavioral Conditions, Human Interest
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Metta World Peace releases children's book, 'Metta's Bedtime Stories'
Metta World Peace has released a children's book entitled "Metta's Bedtime Stories." Available via createspace.com, "Metta's Bedtime Stories" was "written to help children think about daily events in a positive light." World Peace, formerly Ron...
Tags: Jerry West, Ronnie Lester, Los Angeles Lakers, Metta World Peace
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