RAHIM FAIEZ
Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan President Ashraf Ghani appears to have narrowly won a second term, according to preliminary results from September's balloting that were announced Sunday, although his main challenger rejected the outcome as illegitimate.
If the outcome stands despite the complaints of ballot fraud, it could give Ghani the authority he has sought to demand...
JAKE COYLE
AP FilmWriter
NEW YORK (AP) — The Force was a little less strong with "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker." J.J. Abrams' Skywalker finale couldn't match its recent predecessors on opening weekend, but it still amassed a $175.5 million debut that ranked as the third largest weekend of the year.
"The Rise of Skywalker" came in with worse reviews...
CHICAGO (AP) — A shooting early Sunday at a house party held in honor of someone who was killed in April left 13 people wounded, four of them critically, Chicago police said.
The shooting stemmed from a dispute at the memorial party, Chief of Patrol Fred Waller said at an early morning news conference. He said shots were first fired...
ELANA SCHOR
Associated Press
As the political clamor caused by a top Christian magazine's call to remove President Donald Trump from office continues to reverberate, more than 100 conservative evangelicals closed ranks further around Trump on Sunday.
In a letter to the president of Christianity Today magazine, the group of evangelicals chided Editor-in-Chief Mark Galli for penning an anti-Trump editorial, published...
NICK PERRY
Associated Press
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The death toll from a volcanic eruption in New Zealand has risen to 19 after police said Monday another person died at an Auckland hospital overnight.
There were 47 people visiting the tourist destination of White Island when the volcano erupted Dec. 9, killing 13 people initially and leaving more than two...
THOMAS BEAUMONT
Associated Press
INDIANOLA, Iowa (AP) — "Field of Dreams" actor Kevin Costner returned to Iowa on Sunday to go to bat for Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, pitching the small-town mayor as someone worth listening to in the crowded lineup of White House hopefuls.
"Whether your road leads you to Pete, like mine has, that's for you to judge,"...
SEAN MURPHY
Associated Press
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Returning to the state where she was born, Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren met privately with Native American tribal leaders Sunday and offered no new apology for the DNA test she took to counter President Donald Trump's taunts about her claim to American Indian heritage, according to a meeting participant.
Warren had released...
SAN JACINTO (CNS) - Five people were injured Sunday in a multi-vehicle crash in front of a Walmart in San Jacinto.
The crash was reported at 1:12 p.m. at South San Jacinto and East Commonwealth avenues, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.
One person was hospitalized with moderate injuries and four others with minor injuries, fire officials said.
Two people were...
FRENCH VALLEY — A Garden Grove man was arrested Friday for outstanding arrest warrants from Orange County, the illegal cultivation of marijuana within a residential neighborhood, the felony theft of utilities, and possession of illegal drug paraphernalia (crack pipes) during a raid at a French Valley house on Friday, Dec. 20.Thang Duc Tran, 48, was later booked into the...
LAKE ELSINORE (CNS) - Authorities on Saturday were looking for a hit-and-run driver who killed a 46-year-old pedestrian just outside of Lake Elsinore.
The crash occurred at about 9:15 p.m. Friday at Grand Avenue and Sangston Drive in the Lakeland Village area, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The male victim was standing on the shoulder of Grand Avenue when he...