TRISTAN LAVALETTE
Associated Press
PERTH, Australia (AP) — Wildfires burning across Australia's two most populous states Tuesday trapped residents of a seaside town in apocalyptic conditions and killed at least two people while more property along the country's east coast fell victim to a devastating fire season.
About 4,000 residents in the southeastern town of Mallacoota in Victoria state fled toward...
YURI KAGEYAMA and SARAH EL DEEB
Associated Press
TOKYO (AP) — Nissan's former Chairman Carlos Ghosn skipped bail while awaiting trial in Japan on allegations of financial misconduct, confounding authorities by showing up in Lebanon, where he announced Tuesday that he had fled to avoid "injustice and political persecution."
Ghosn, who is of Lebanese origin and holds French, Lebanese and Brazilian...
QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA
Associated Press
BAGHDAD (AP) — Angered by deadly airstrikes targeting an Iran-backed militia, dozens of Iraqi Shiite militiamen and their supporters broke into the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad on Tuesday, smashing a main door and setting fire to a reception area in one of the worst attacks on the embassy in recent memory.
American guards fired tear gas,...
GREG BEACHAM
AP Sports Writer
THOUSAND OAKS (AP) — The Los Angeles Rams have learned all about the minuscule differences between a Super Bowl run and an early offseason.
Despite finishing 9-7, coach Sean McVay's team missed the playoffs for the first time in his three seasons in charge. One year after winning the NFC title and then betting heavily on...
RIVERSIDE (CNS) - Riverside County Department of Waste Resources officials on Monday reminded residents that two county landfills will accept discarded Christmas trees for recycling only until Saturday.The Badlands Landfill at 31125 Ironwood Ave. in Moreno Valley and the Lamb Canyon Landfill at 16411 Lamb Canyon Road in Beaumont will take trees for free until the end of the...
PERRIS (CNS) - An exotic animal farm in Perris was burglarized Monday, resulting in about two dozen llamas being stolen and other creatures being turned loose, possibly by animal rights activists.The break-in occurred during the predawn hours at the 14-acre private facility near Orange Avenue and Murrieta Road, according to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department."We received a call about...
TEMECULA - A power outage affected hundreds of homes and businesses Monday in north Temecula before utility workers were able to restore electricity to most customers.About 900 electrical customers in an area near the Promenade Temecula shopping mall found themselves without power just before 1 p.m., according to Southern California Edison spokesperson Susan Cox.The outage disabled some traffic signals,...
DON THOMPSON
Associated Press
SACRAMENTO (AP) — A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked a new California law outlawing mandatory arbitration agreements that critics say can make it more difficult for workers to sue their bosses for sexual harassment.
U.S. District Judge Kimberly Mueller halted enforcement of the law, which had been set to take effect Wednesday, until she considers a...
KATHLEEN FOODY and DAVID EGGERT
Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) — Retailers legally selling marijuana for the past month in Michigan say they have drawn customers from surrounding Midwestern states where the drug remains illegal and, as Illinois prepares to joins the recreational market on Wednesday, officials are renewing warnings to consumers against carrying such products over state lines.
The dynamic is...
MARTHA WAGGONER
Associated Press
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A Catholic diocese in North Carolina on Monday published a list of 14 clergy who it says have been credibly accused of child sexual abuse in the nearly 50 years since the diocese was established.
The Diocese of Charlotte also listed six clergy members who served the area before the diocese was formed...