ELLEN KNICKMEYER and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. carried out military strikes in Iraq and Syria targeting a militia blamed for an attack that killed an American contractor, a Defense Department spokesman said Sunday.
U.S. forces conducted "precision defensive strikes" against five sites of Kataeb Hezbollah, or Hezbollah Brigades, an Iran-backed Iraqi militia, spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said...
RACHEL LERMAN
AP Technology Writer
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Forty million Californians will soon have sweeping digital-privacy rights stronger than any seen before in the U.S., posing a significant challenge to Big Tech and the data economy it helped create.
So long as state residents don't mind shouldering much of the burden of exercising those rights, that is.
Come Wednesday , roughly...
RYAN TARINELLI and MICHAEL BALSAMO
Associated Press
MONSEY, N.Y. (AP) — A knife-wielding man stormed into a rabbi's home and stabbed five people as they celebrated Hanukkah in an Orthodox Jewish community north of New York City, an ambush the governor said Sunday was an act of domestic terrorism fueled by intolerance and a "cancer" of growing hatred in America.
Police...
KATHY GANNON and RAHIM FAIEZ
Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban's ruling council agreed Sunday to a temporary cease-fire in Afghanistan, providing a window in which a peace agreement with the United States can be signed, officials from the insurgent group said. They didn't say when it would begin.
A cease-fire had been demanded by Washington before any peace...
WHITE SETTLEMENT, Texas (AP) — Two people were killed in a shooting at a church near Fort Worth, Texas, on Sunday morning and a third person has been taken to a hospital, first responders said.
MedStar Mobile Healthcare spokeswoman Macara Trusty told the Associated Press that one person died at the West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement and...
FOOTBALL
Burrow throws 7 TDs, No. 1 LSU routs No. Oklahoma 63-28
ATLANTA (AP) — Joe Burrow turned in the greatest performance yet in his Heisman Trophy season, throwing for seven touchdowns and 493 yards as No. 1 LSU romped to a breathtaking 63-28 victory over No. 4 Oklahoma in the Peach Bowl semifinal game Saturday.
The Tigers (14-0) headed to the...
JOE REEDY
AP Sports Writer
COSTA MESA (AP) — The Los Angeles Chargers' playoff hopes were dashed weeks ago. Austin Ekeler still has plenty to play in the finale Sunday at Kansas City.
Ekeler needs 50 yards to become at least the fourth running back since the NFL-AFL merger to have 1,000 receiving yards in a season. He leads the league...
DAN GREENSPAN
Associated Press
THOUSAND OAKS (AP) — By the time quarterback Jared Goff bounced back after a miserable November, the Los Angeles Rams' season was already all but lost.
Goff wants to close out a strong final month with another good performance against Arizona on Sunday, but it cannot mask the disappointment of not making the playoffs.
"For me, personally, but...
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WILDOMAR (CNS) - Riverside County sheriff's deputies raided an alleged illegal marijuana growing operation in Wildomar on Saturday, seizing plants and processed pot, and arresting a man, authorities said.The deputies served a search warrant at 8:30 a.m. near the 23400 block of Crooked Arrow Drive, Riverside County sheriff's Sgt. Glenn Warrington said. The warrant was obtained following complaints of...