SYLVIE CORBET
Associated Press
PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors said a knife attack on Friday that left one man dead and two women injured in a park in the Paris area is being treated as terror-related.
In a statement Saturday, they said investigations over the past few hours revealed that the assailant, who was shot dead by police, had been radicalized...
AMIR VAHDAT and JON GAMBRELL
Associated Press
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A new Iranian general has stepped out of the shadows to lead the country's expeditionary Quds Force, becoming responsible for Tehran's proxies across the Mideast as the Islamic Republic threatens the U.S. with "harsh revenge" for killing its previous head, Qassem Soleimani.
The Quds Force is part of the 125,000-strong...
JOHN CARUCCI
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Rose McGowan doesn't plan be in the courtroom when Harvey Weinstein's criminal trial starts next week: One of Weinstein's most prominent accusers, McGowan says the trauma the fallen Hollywood mogul caused her is so great she couldn't bear the pain of it.
But Rosanna Arquette, another accuser, has already made plans to be...
QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SARAH EL DEEB
Associated Press
BAGHDAD (AP) — Thousands of militiamen and other supporters chanting "America is the Great Satan" marched in a funeral procession Saturday in Baghdad for Iran's top general after he was killed in a U.S. airstrike, as the region braced for the Islamic Republic to fulfill its vows of revenge.
Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the...
Crimes and Courts
Man arrested for alleged role in Jurupa Valley cannabis shop robbery
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RIVERSIDE (CNS) - The last of four men accused in a holdup at a Jurupa Valley cannabis shop, where two people were shot, is behind bars, authorities said today.Andrew Cage, 31, was arrested Thursday and booked into the Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside on suspicion of attempted murder and robbery. He's being held in lieu of $1 million...
IDYLLWILD (CNS) - U.S. Forest Service crews are slated next week to continue a series of controlled burns in the San Bernardino National Forest, north and south of Idyllwild, where nearly 50 acres of overgrowth will be eliminated, as long as winds remain calm, federal officials said today.According to the USFS, controlled burns that began in November, thanks to...
Crimes and Courts
Trial set for pair accused of smuggling drugs via experimental aircraft
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RIVERSIDE (CNS) - A Feb. 11 trial date is tentatively set for two of four men accused of conspiring in an operation that involved using an ultralight aircraft to smuggle methamphetamine into Riverside County from Mexico.Juan Carlos Iturriaga Centeno, 33, and Juan Favela Paredez, 25, both Mexican nationals, were indicted last month on conspiracy to distribute meth and possession...
RIVERSIDE (CNS) - Indoor and outdoor wood burning will be prohibited Saturday in most of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties because of weather conditions conducive to concentrated pollution, according to the South Coast Air Quality Management District.The agency issued a mandatory "no-burn" alert that will be in effect throughout the day Saturday for everyone living in...
Regional
Supervisors to weigh whether to grant sheriff autonomy over contracts
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RIVERSIDE (CNS) - Riverside County supervisors next week will consider revising policies to allow Sheriff Chad Bianco and his staff to take over management of facilities maintenance at sheriff's buildings, as well as independently handle future public works projects — cutting out the county Economic Development Agency to net savings.Supervisors Kevin Jeffries and Chuck Washington jointly introduced the proposal...
LISA MASCARO
AP Congressional Correspondent
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress opened the new year with the Senate deadlocked over President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, leaving the proceedings deeply in flux as Republicans refuse to bend to Democratic demands for new witnesses.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell showed no signs Friday of negotiating with the Democrats as he aims for Trump's swift acquittal....




