Editorial Dept.
Without basketball, Magic Johnson shifts focus to community
DAN GELSTON
AP Sports Writer
Magic Johnson might actually miss the Los Angeles Lakers if he wasn't always checking up on them.
Johnson quit as the...
US unemployment rate hits a 50-year low even as hiring slows
CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 3.5% in September, the lowest level in nearly five decades, even though...
Abortion, immigrants, LGBT rights top high court’s new term
MARK SHERMAN
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Abortion rights as well as protections for young immigrants and LGBT people top an election-year agenda for the...
Wildomar announces start to calendar photo contest
WILDOMAR — The City of Wildomar invites amateur and professional photographers of all ages to submit their best images celebrating our community, in the third...
Motorcycle crash sparks brush fire in Guatay
GUATAY (CNS) - The spread of a 10-acre brush fire, sparked by a motorcycle crash, was stopped on Sunday, Oct. 6, Cal Fire said.
The...
Two students arrested in fight at Moreno Valley middle school
MORENO VALLEY (CNS) - Two 12-year-olds were arrested for allegedly attacking another student and a teacher at Sunnymead Middle School in Moreno Valley, sheriff's...
Security forces kill more than 80 in 5 days of Iraq protests
QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA
Associated Press
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi protesters pressed on with angry anti-government rallies in the capital and across several provinces for a fifth...
4 homeless men beaten to death with pipe in New York City
VERENA DOBNIK and REBECCA GIBIAN
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — A homeless man wielding a long metal bar rampaged through New York City's Chinatown...
Clampdown on vaping could send users back toward cigarettes
MATTHEW PERRONE
AP Health Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Only two years ago, electronic cigarettes were viewed as a small industry with big potential to improve public...
Strasburg, Scherzer pitch Nats past Dodgers to even NLDS
BETH HARRIS
AP Sports Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The bullpen gate swung open and out trotted ... Max Scherzer? Yep, Washington's ace surprised the...