DON THOMPSON
Associated Press
SACRAMENTO (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked a new California labor law from impacting more than 70,000 independent truckers.
The law makes it harder for companies to classify workers as independent contractors instead of employees, who are entitled to minimum wage and benefits such as workers compensation.
Freelance writers and photographers are also seeking a...
WINCHESTER (CNS) - One person was found dead inside a large, two-story house heavily damaged by fire in the Winchester area east of Menifee, authorities said today.
The fire was reported at 8:47 p.m. Tuesday in the 33000 block of Newport Road, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.
The house was about 50 percent involved in flames when firefighters arrived,...
HONG KONG (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people packed Hong Kong streets for an annual New Year's Day protest march as the monthslong pro-democracy movement extended into 2020 with further violence between police and demonstrators.
Police said they arrested some 400 people for unlawful assembly and carrying offensive weapons as hard-line, black-clad youths broke off from the main group...
ROBERT BURNS and ELLEN KNICKMEYER
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Charging that Iran was "fully responsible" for an attack on the U.S. Embassy in Iraq, President Donald Trump ordered about 750 U.S. soldiers deployed to the Middle East as about 3,000 more prepared for possible deployment in the next several days.
No U.S. casualties or evacuations were reported after the attack...
QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and JOSEPH KRAUSS
Associated Press
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iran-backed militiamen withdrew from the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad on Wednesday after two days of clashes with American security forces, but U.S.-Iran tensions remain high and could spill over into further violence.
The withdrawal followed calls from the government and senior militia leaders. It ended a two-day crisis marked by...
PASADENA (AP) — After a flyover by a B-2 stealth bomber, marching bands and floral floats took to the streets under mostly sunny California skies as the 131st Rose Parade drew hundreds of thousands of spectators on New Year's Day.
Among the fanciful floats was an award-winning entry from the Chinese American Heritage Foundation that marked the 75th anniversary of...
DON THOMPSON
Associated Press
SACRAMENTO (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday allowed California's updated light bulb efficiency standards to take effect with the new year.
U.S. District Judge Kimberly Mueller of Sacramento rejected a petition from the National Electrical Manufacturers Association and the American Lighting Association to temporarily block new minimum efficiency standards for light bulbs that the California Energy...
BERNARD McGHEE
Associated Press
A lauded writer who brought to light stories overshadowed by prejudice. An actress and singer who helped embody the manufactured innocence of the 1950s. A self-made billionaire who rose from a childhood of Depression-era poverty and twice ran for president.
This year saw the deaths of people who shifted culture through prose, pragmatism and persistence. It also...
Tong-hyung Kim
Associated Press
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has accused the Trump administration of dragging its feet in nuclear negotiations and warned that his country will soon show a new strategic weapon to the world as its bolsters its nuclear deterrent in face of "gangster-like" U.S. sanctions and pressure.
The North's state media said...
COLLEEN LONG
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The acting secretary of Homeland Security is taking aim Tuesday at new laws in New York, New Jersey and other states that allow immigrants to get driver's licenses without proof they are in the U.S. legally, and restrict data sharing with federal authorities.
Chad Wolf sent a memo to all the components of Homeland...