WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said Thursday that President Donald Trump has "tossed a stick of dynamite into a tinderbox" with the targeted killing of Iran's top general in an airstrike at Baghdad's international airport.
The former vice president joined other Democratic White House hopefuls in criticizing Trump's order, saying it could leave the U.S. "on the...
QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and ZEINA KARAM
Associated Press
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iran has vowed "harsh retaliation" for a U.S. airstrike near Baghdad's airport that killed Iran's top general and the architect of its interventions across the Middle East, as tensions soared in the wake of the targeted killing.
The killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran's elite Quds Force, marks...
RIVERSIDE (CNS) - A state prison inmate convicted of attempted murder in Riverside County is a suspect in the death of his cellmate, who was serving time for a Los Angeles County murder, prison officials said Thursday.Lawrence Tate, 63, was found unresponsive in his cell in North Kern State Prison's Facility B in Delano around 11 p.m. New Year's...
DON THOMPSON
Associated Press
SACRAMENTO (AP) — Black drivers in California were stopped by police at 2.5 times the per capita rate of whites and searched three times as often, according to the latest report Thursday from a first-in-the-nation attempt to track racial profiling by police.
Under a 2015 law, when California police make a stop of any kind they are...
ASTRID GALVAN and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN
Associated Press
PHOENIX (AP) — The U.S. government on Thursday began sending asylum-seekers back to Nogales, Mexico, to await court hearings that will be scheduled roughly 350 miles (563 kilometers) away in Juarez, Mexico.
Authorities are expanding a program known as Remain in Mexico that requires tens of thousands of asylum seekers to wait out their immigration...
BECKY BOHRER and MARTHA BELLISLE
Associated Press
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Five fishermen missing after a crab boat sank in the frigid waters off Alaska were feared dead after authorities called off a search for those working in the one of the most dangerous industries in the U.S.
Two other crew members were rescued after the disaster Tuesday, telling authorities they...
QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and ZEINA KARAM
Associated Press
BAGHDAD (AP) — The Pentagon said Thursday that the U.S. military has killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran's elite Quds Force, at the direction of President Donald Trump.
An airstrike killed Soleimani, architect of Iran's regional security apparatus, at Baghdad's international airport Friday, Iranian state television and three Iraqi officials said, an...
PERRIS (CNS) - One person was killed today when an off-road vehicle crashed into an embankment in Perris.The crash was reported at 6:51 a.m. near the intersection of Orange Avenue and Evans Road, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.No information was immediately available on what caused the crash, or on the identity of the person who died.There were...
FRENCH VALLEY (CNS) - The long-awaited groundbreaking for a library in French Valley is scheduled next week, and the Riverside County supervisor who pushed for the project said today that he's "excited" about it finally coming to fruition.The planned 25,000-square-foot French Valley Library will occupy a 2.6-acre parcel at Skyview and Winchester roads, where a ceremony is set for...
Under the leadership of adult advisers, the students who have been participating in Temecula Presents’ arts education internship since October are nearing the opening of the musical, “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Revised).”The student-led musical production, supported in part by the California Arts Council, features a cast of more than a dozen students under the direction of fellow...