ADAM SOBOLESKI
Associated Press
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Boise State was looking for a fast start against UNLV, especially coming off a bye week.
And, while second-half defense had been the key to the No. 16 Broncos' previous four wins, their first-half defensive work was near perfect Saturday.
Murrieta Valley High School alumn Hank Bachmeier threw for 299 yards and two touchdowns...
HUNTINGTON BEACH (AP) — Five people were hurt and revelers scrambled for safety when a series of explosions in an underground electrical vault sent flames shooting into the sky during an Oktoberfest celebration at a German-themed shopping and dining complex in Southern California, authorities said Sunday.
The first blast blew a vault door off its hinges and knocked several people...
CHRISTINA LARSON and MIKE STOBBE
Associated Press
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — One afternoon last month, a young woman with a tablet computer sat next to Alphonsine Umurerwa on the living room couch, asking questions, listening carefully.
She learned that the woman's 23-year-old daughter, Sandrine Umwungeri, had been very sick for about a year, gradually becoming so weak she stopped leaving their...
ASHRAF KHALIL
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Since America's early days, leading politicians have had to contend with awkward problems posed by their family members. Joe Biden is the latest to navigate this tricky terrain.
President Donald Trump has sought, without evidence, to implicate Biden and his son Hunter in the kind of corruption that has long plagued Ukraine. Hunter Biden...
TOM KRISHER
AP Auto Writer
DETROIT (AP) — Contract talks aimed at ending a 21-day strike by the United Auto Workers against General Motors have taken a turn for the worse, hitting a big snag over product commitments for U.S. factories, a union official wrote in an email to members.
The letter from UAW Vice President Terry Dittes casts doubt on...
HEMET (CNS) - Hemet turned up on a national magazine's recent list of the 50 Most Miserable Cities in America.Business Insider said it used U.S. Census data to analyze 1,000 U.S. cities on criteria such as crime, drug addiction, population changes, job opportunities, commute times, household incomes, abandoned homes and effects from problems such as natural disasters. Hemet was...
City News Service
BEVERLY HILLS (CNS) - Comedian Rip Taylor died on Sunday, Oct. 6 in Beverly Hills at the age of 84, his publicist announced.
Taylor died at 1:59 p.m., publicist Harlan Boll said.
Boll told City News Service that Taylor "suffered a seizure that has been undefined. It left him weak and yesterday the doctors said there was nothing they...
ERIC TUCKER
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — As the U.S. warned allies around the world that Chinese tech giant Huawei was a security threat, the FBI was making the same point quietly to a Midwestern university.
In an email to the associate vice chancellor for research at the University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign, an agent wanted to know if administrators believed Huawei had stolen...
LINDSEY BAHR
AP Film Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Warner Bros.' R-rated "Joker" has set a new record at the October box office.
Studios on Sunday estimate that the dark spin on the classic Batman villain earned an estimated $93.5 million from ticket sales in its first weekend in North American theaters. The previous October record-holder was the Spider-Man spinoff "Venom" which...
JOE REEDY
AP Sports Writer
CARSON (AP) — It looks as if Melvin Gordon has picked the right time to return to the Los Angeles Chargers backfield.
The Pro Bowl running back is expected to see his first action on Sunday when the 2-2 Chargers host the winless Denver Broncos in an AFC West matchup. Gordon held out for 64 days due...