MOHAMMAD NASIRI, NASSER KARIMI and JON GAMBRELL
Associated Press
SHAHEDSHAHR, Iran (AP) — A Ukrainian airliner carrying 176 people crashed on the outskirts of Tehran during a takeoff attempt Wednesday hours after Iran launched its missile attack on U.S. forces, scattering flaming debris and passengers' belongings across farmland and killing everyone on board.
The Iranian military disputed any suggestion the plane...
By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK, ALAN FRAM and LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday there will be "no haggling" over the process for President Donald Trump's impeachment trial in a deepening standoff with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over Democratic demands for details and more witnesses.
McConnell has indicated Republicans have the leverage...
ZEKE MILLER and DEB RIECHMANN
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Iran appears to be "standing down" and no Americans or Iraqis were harmed in Iran's missile strike on two Iraqi bases housing U.S. troops.
Speaking from the White House, Trump seemed intent on deescalating the crisis, indicating that he would not retaliate militarily for the strikes....
Riverside County is one of the fastest-growing counties in the country, and the continual construction and improvement that comes with that growth will continue into the new year. Now that it’s officially in the 2020s, here are some construction projects to watch in the southwest Riverside region:I-15/I-215 improvementsIn November, the city of Temecula received a $50 million grant from...
When Gene Wunderlich, who was appointed to the Murrieta City Council to fill former councilman Randon Lane’s vacant seat just three months ago, was selected to be the city’s mayor in a 3-2 vote, it came as an apparent surprise to Jonathan Ingram and Kelly Seyarto, the two council members who voted against his appointment. At the Dec. 17 council...
RAINBOW - A suspect was shot during a botched holdup of an illegal dispensary in Rainbow late Tuesday, and deputies were warning local hospitals to be on the lookout for the injured would-be robber.According to San Diego County sheriff's Sgt. Jeff Schmidt, deputies responded at 7:22 p.m. to a reported armed robbery at a dispensary on Rainbow Valley Boulevard...
KEVIN FREKING and DEB RIECHMANN
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump insisted "All is well!" on Tuesday after Iran fired surface-to-surface missiles at two Iraqi bases housing U.S. troops. He promised to make a statement to the nation Wednesday morning about the increasingly precarious situation with Iran.
Trump offered no immediate indication of whether he would retaliate, and stayed...
Lake Elsinore City Councilmember Steve Manos kicked off his campaign for state assembly Saturday, Jan. 4, with the opening of his campaign headquarters at the Outlets at Lake Elsinore.Manos, a Republican, is running to fill the 67th Assembly District seat currently held by fellow Republican Melissa Melendez.Manos announced his candidacy for the assembly seat Nov. 9, soon after Melendez...
New laws passed last year are expected to impact things from police use of force to bicycle turning movements at intersections in the new year.The California Highway Patrol highlighted several of these new laws in an announcement at the end of December. Assembly Bill 392 amends the standard for police use of deadly force to “objectively reasonable force.” Before the...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The latest on U.S.-Iran tensions in the wake of the U.S. airstrike that killed Iran's top general (all times local):5:10 a.m.
The Federal Aviation Administration is barring U.S. pilots and carriers from flying in areas of Iraqi, Iranian and some Persian Gulf airspace.
The agency is warning of the "potential for miscalculation or mis-identification" for civilian aircraft...