BRIAN MELLEY
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Elon Musk testified Tuesday that he was being insulting, not literal, when he called a British diver a pedophile in a tweet, prompting a defamation lawsuit from the man who helped rescue a dozen boys and their soccer coach from a flooded Thailand cave last year.
The Tesla CEO told jurors that he...
RIVERSIDE (CNS) - A Riverside man suspected of fatally shooting a 16-year-old boy and wounding his friend during an attack outside a Highgrove strip mall two months ago was being held Tuesday in lieu of $1 million bail.Adrian Anthony Barroso, 19, was arrested and booked into the Robert Presley Jail in Riverside Monday on suspicion of murder.According to the...
RIVERSIDE (CNS) - A parolee accused of killing a 22-year-old man during a confrontation in west Riverside must stand trial on a voluntary manslaughter charge, a judge ruled Tuesday.Kelvin Trayvone Taylor, 26, of Riverside was arrested in May following a nearly three-month investigation into the death of Jordan Love.Riverside County Superior Court Judge John Molloy ruled there was sufficient...
COLLIN BINKLEY
AP Education Writer
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos says Congress should consider splitting her department's financial aid operation into a separate federal agency with the flexibility to operate like a private bank.
DeVos made the comments Tuesday in Reno, Nevada, at an annual conference hosted by the Education Department's Federal Student Aid division, which oversees and manages nearly $1.6 trillion...
MATTHEW DALY
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new report from Democrats compiling evidence on impeachment has revealed extensive contact between President Donald Trump's personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, and California Rep. Devin Nunes, the top Republican on the Intelligence panel.
The report released Tuesday includes phone records obtained from AT&T and Verizon that show Giuliani also was in frequent contact with...
ASTRID GALVAN
Associated Press
PHOENIX (AP) — For months, asylum seekers have been prohibited from filing their claims at U.S. border crossings under a much-criticized Trump administration policy. Now some are sprinting down vehicle lanes or renting cars to try to make it inside the U.S.
The migrants' efforts are causing traffic delays at Arizona crossings because U.S. Customs and Border...
RACHEL LERMAN
AP Technology Writer
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The co-founders of Google are stepping down as executives of its parent company, Alphabet, ending a remarkable two decades during which Larry Page and Sergey Brin shaped a startup born in a Silicon Valley garage into one of the world's largest, most powerful — and, increasingly, most feared — firms in...
LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House released a sweeping impeachment report Tuesday outlining evidence of what it calls President Donald Trump's wrongdoing toward Ukraine, findings that will serve as the foundation for debate over whether the 45th president should be removed from office.
The 300-page report from Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee makes...
ANZA (CNS) - Nearly 4,000 marijuana plants were confiscated during a sweep in the Anza Valley targeting illegal grows, authorities said Tuesday.Riverside County sheriff's deputies, supported by California Department Fish & Wildlife agents and county Code Enforcement officers, served seven search warrants Monday at properties on Burnt Valley Road, sheriff's officials said.No arrests were made.According to the sheriff's department,...
RIVERSIDE – The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will be removing large boulders as part of the slope stabilization work on State Route 74 (SR-74) in Lake Elsinore.There will be a single one-hour full directional closure taking place every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday until December 19 between the hours of 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., weather dependent.Eastbound traffic will...