ERIC TUCKER and ZEKE MILLER
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has assembled a made-for-TV legal team for his Senate trial that includes household names like Ken Starr, the prosecutor whose investigation two decades ago resulted in the impeachment of Bill Clinton. Former Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz said he will deliver constitutional arguments meant to shield Trump...
MURRIETA (CNS) - A Vista man who stole and crashed a California Highway Patrol cruiser, carjacked one vehicle and later stole another during a 90-minute, three-county pursuit was sentenced Friday to five years, eight months in prison.Adolfo Makano Moreno, 20, pleaded guilty in November to three counts each of felony evading and auto theft, as well as one count...
Law enforcement activity in Anza on Thursday was the result of a search for a murder suspect, authorities confirmed, but a sheriff's department official would not say who the suspect was.Anza Valley residents posted reports of a high speed chase in the area of Mitchell Road to a local Facebook group around 1:30 p.m. Thursday. A later post described...
DON THOMPSON
Associated Press
SACRAMENTO (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday indefinitely blocked a new California labor law from applying to more than 70,000 independent truckers, deciding that it is preempted by federal rules on interstate commerce.
The state law that took effect Jan. 1 makes it harder for companies to classify workers as independent contractors instead of employees who...
YURAS KARMANAU
Associated Press
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has rejected his prime minister's resignation and asked Oleksiy Honcharuk to stay on the job.
Honcharuk submitted his resignation days after he was caught on tape saying Zelenskiy knows nothing about the economy.
In a video released by Zelenskiy's office on Friday evening, the president said he decided to "give...
TOM KRISHER
AP Auto Writer
DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government's auto safety agency is looking into allegations that all three of Tesla's electric vehicle models can suddenly accelerate on their own.
An unidentified person petitioned the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration asking for an investigation into the problem. An agency document shows 127 owner complaints to the government that include...
OAKLAND (AP) — Calling California's homeless crisis a public health issue, hospital giant Kaiser Permanente on Friday pledged $25 million to a new state fund aimed at getting people off the streets.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order last week creating what he proposes to be a $750 million fund that providers could use to pay rents, subsidize affordable...
WILDOMAR — In an ongoing effort to reduce serious injury/fatal traffic collisions, the Wildomar Traffic Team conducted an enforcement operation from 6 a.m. to noon on Jan. 15, according to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.In all, 59 drivers were cited for hazardous moving violations, one driver was cited for licensing violations and five other citations were issued."The focus of...
TEMECULA — Razor blades were found in two separate incidents in Temecula attached to the inside of car door handles that the Riverside County Sheriff's Department said were placed there to cause injury.The first report came at 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 9 at the 41000 block of Carleton Way and the second report came in at 9:12 a.m. at...