MOSCOW (AP) — A U.S. diplomat on Monday visited an American jailed in Moscow for nearly a year on spying charges and said he is in good condition mentally.
Paul Whelan was arrested at a Moscow hotel at the end of last year and charged with espionage. He faces 20 years in prison if convicted, but the case has yet...
CATHY BUSSEWITZ
AP Business Writer
Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg resigned Monday with no end in sight to the crisis that has engulfed the manufacturer and its Max 737 jetliner.
The company's board said a change in leadership was needed to restore confidence in Boeing as it works to repair relationships with regulators and others in the wake of two Max 737...
JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK (AP) — Park rangers found human bones in a remote areas of Southern California's Joshua Tree National Park, the park service said.
There are no initial signs of foul play, but an investigation is ongoing, according to a news release from the National Park Service over the weekend.
The remains were spotted last week during an analysis...
LAKE ELSINORE (CNS) - The Riverside County coroner's office Sunday released the name of a man killed by a hit-and-run motorist while standing on the shoulder of Grand Avenue in Lake Elsinore.
Shawn Crouch, 46, lived in Lake Elsinore, the coroner said.
Crouch was standing on the shoulder when was struck at about 9:15 p.m. Friday by an unknown red sedan...
FOOTBALL
Defending NFC champions Rams eliminated from playoff race
SANTA CLARA (AP) — The Los Angeles Rams had a chance to put aside their Super Bowl hangover, needing one critical stop to remain in playoff contention.
Instead, this up-and-down season got yet another disappointment.
Los Angeles' defense allowed quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo to convert twice on third-and-16 to set up Robbie Gould's game-winning field...
RAHIM FAIEZ
Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An American service member was killed in combat Monday in Afghanistan, the U.S. military said, without providing further details, while the Taliban claimed they were behind a roadside bombing in northern Kunduz province that killed the U.S. soldier.
The latest fatality brings the number of U.S. deaths in Afghanistan this year to 20. There...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A new satellite image of a factory where North Korea makes military equipment used to launch long-range missiles shows the construction of a new structure.
The release of several images from Planet Labs comes amid concern that North Korea could launch a rocket or missile as it seeks concessions in stalled nuclear negotiations with the...
ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI and AYA BATRAWY
Associated Press
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — A court in Saudi Arabia sentenced five people to death Monday for the killing of Washington Post columnist and royal family critic Jamal Khashoggi, whose grisly slaying in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul drew international condemnation and cast a cloud of suspicion over Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Three...
ZEKE MILLER
Associated Press
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday that he was not ruling out calling witnesses in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial — but indicated he was in no hurry to seek new testimony either — as lawmakers remain at an impasse over the form of the trial by the GOP-controlled Senate.
The...
It’s not every day that Temecula City Hall’s Civic Center is filled with squeals of joy and laughter.But that was the scene all morning the Rose Again Foundation’s Bless the Children Breakfast with Santa held Saturday, Dec. 13, at the Temecula City Hall Civic Center.“We have done the Christmas event for five years,” Rhonda Reinke, executive director of Rose...