THOUSAND PALMS (CNS) - A Riverside County Sheriff's vehicle was involved in a collision while responding to a call in Thousand Palms today, the California Highway Patrol reported.The deputy was traveling north on Monterey Avenue through the intersection when a Chevrolet Cobalt driving westbound on Varner Road hit the sheriff's vehicle, according to CHP Officer Jacquelene Quintero.CHP logs show...
Detectives are investigating the death of a woman in Lake Elsinore as a homicide, a sheriff’s deputy said Thursday.Emergency dispatchers received a call around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday reporting an unresponsive woman at a home on Monroe Street near Garfield street, according to Riverside County Sheriff’s Sgt. Ken Thurm.Deputies arrived at the residence and found family members performing CPR on...
SIMI VALLEY (AP) — A Southern California woman punched a mountain lion Thursday and tried to pry its jaws open to save her dog from an attack in her backyard, officials said.
The unidentified woman suffered a minor cut after the mountain lion attacked her miniature Schnauzer in the city of Simi Valley near Los Angeles, police Sgt. Keith Eisenhour...
MICHAEL R. BLOOD and JULIE WATSON
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LAKESIDE (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Duncan D. Hunter has indicated he's on his way out of office after pleading guilty to a corruption charge, a break for California's beleaguered GOP that increases the chances the party keeps one of its few remaining House seats in the heavily Democratic state.
But Hunter's pending...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani was in Ukraine on Thursday, reviving the efforts that landed him and Trump in the impeachment inquiry now roiling Washington.
The inquiry was triggered by a July 25 phone call in which Trump pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to investigate Democratic rival Joe Biden and his son and also...
ABDOULIE JOHN, AHMED MOHAMED and CARLEY PETESCH
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NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) — The drowning of at least 58 migrants in the Atlantic Ocean off Mauritania sent despair through tiny Gambia on Thursday while some demanded a crackdown on human traffickers after one of this year's deadliest disasters among young Africans trying to reach Europe.
At least 83 survivors swam through...
HOUSTON (AP) — Video showing the U.S. Border Patrol cell where a 16-year-old from Guatemala died of the flu shows the teen writhing and collapsing on the floor for hours before he was found dead.
The footage published Thursday by ProPublica calls into question the Border Patrol's treatment of Carlos Hernandez Vasquez, who was found dead May 20.
According to ProPublica,...
VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
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MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin offered Thursday to immediately extend the only remaining nuclear arms reduction pact with the United States, but a senior U.S. official said Washington wants a broader deal involving China.
Speaking at a meeting with military officials, Putin said that Russia has repeatedly offered the U.S. to extend the New START...
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Davis scores 26 points, Lakers rout Jazz 121-96
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Los Angeles Lakers had plenty of energy left for the second night of a difficult back-to-back.
Anthony Davis scored 26 points, LeBron James added 20 points and 12 assists for his 17th double-double in 22 games, and the Lakers dominated on both ends of the court in...
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Iranian-American activist famous for her campaign against the Islamic Republic's mandatory headscarf, or hijab, for women has sued Iran in U.S. federal court, alleging a government-led harassment campaign targets her and her family.
Masih Alinejad's lawsuit seeking monetary damages comes in the aftermath of nationwide protests in Iran over spiking...