California
A 47-year-old Good Samaritan was stabbed to death as he tried to stop a purse snatcher who had just robbed a woman in Yucaipa, authorities said.
April 30, 2014
Crime: The victim was chasing a man who stole a pocketbook from a woman in Santa Ana.
July 8, 1996
A Good Samaritan was shot and killed south of downtown Los Angeles early Saturday morning when he chased after one of two suspects who had snatched a woman’s purse, police said.
Feb. 27, 2016
World & Nation
The way police are telling the story today, Miguel Garcia is possibly both Good Samaritan and thief.
April 6, 1988
A Texas physician treating Ebola patients in Liberia has tested positive for the deadly virus, the Christian charity for which he works reported Saturday.
July 26, 2014
Emory University Hospital in Atlanta said Thursday it planned to accept a patient who has Ebola “within the next several days,” but did not say whether it was one of the American volunteers who has the disease.
July 31, 2014
Evelyn M. O’Neil, 66, got her car back Wednesday but not her faith in people.
Jan. 14, 1988
An American who was working in Liberia to combat a deadly Ebola outbreak has tested positive for the virus, officials with a Christian charity said Sunday.
July 27, 2014
Movies
A uniformed officer was chasing a purse-snatcher on Olvera Street the other day when a passer-by intervened and threw a crushing block on the suspect.
Oct. 20, 1989
A jury took less than a day to convict a 24-year-old man Tuesday of gunning down a good Samaritan attempting to foil a purse snatching.
Oct. 29, 1997