DAKE KANG
Associated Press
HONG KONG (AP) — Trump signs, Pepe the Frog graffiti and British and American flags have become a common sight at Hong Kong's anti-government protests — and an unsettling one to longtime democracy activists on the left.
Beijing has seized on the images to portray the movement as a coddled, westernized middle class incited by foreign organizations...
LISA MASCARO, ALAN FRAM and ANDREW TAYLOR
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday she knows ''exactly when" she'll be transmitting the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, brushing back Democratic comments that the time has come to start the Senate trial.
Pelosi told reporters at the Capitol she had no concerns about the anxiety some...
BARBARA ORTUTAY
AP Technology Writer
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook has decided not to limit how political ads can be targeted to specific groups of people, as its main digital-ad rival Google did in November to fight misinformation. Neither will it ban political ads outright, as Twitter did last October. And Facebook still won't fact check them, as it's faced...
AMIR VAHDAT and JOSEPH KRAUSS
Associated Press
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran sent mixed signals Thursday as tensions with the U.S. appeared to ease, with President Hassan Rouhani warning of a "very dangerous response" if the U.S. makes "another mistake" and a senior commander vowing "harsher revenge" for the killing of a top Iranian general.
Both sides appeared to step back...
The backers of a planned Holocaust educational memorial in Murrieta’s Town Square Park will hold another event to raise funds for the project this month. The Holocaust Remembrance Foundation of the Valley are hosting the grandson of a survivor of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp from 4-6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18, at the Bordeaux Room, 27535 Jefferson Ave., in Temecula, according...
The Murrieta Police Department will waive application fees for city residents trying to obtain a license to carry a concealed weapon, the department announced Wednesday.Ordinarily, residents would have to pay $298 to apply for a carry concealed weapon permit, or CCW permit.However, the city will now cover that cost for residents using funds from Measure T, its one-cent sales...
HEMET (CNS) - A former welding instructor at Santa Ana College who now teaches at a Hemet continuation high school has been charged with molesting a former student, and investigators put out a call Wednesday for the public's help in identifying possible additional victims.George Moreno, who is now employed by the Riverside County Office of Education as a welding...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Billie Eilish came away with the most nominations for the upcoming iHeartRadio Music Awards.
iHeartMedia announced Wednesday that Eilish received seven nominations. The singer will compete for female artist of the year and song of the year with "bad guy." Lil Nas X and Lizzo are each nominated six times.
The awards will air live March 29...