TEMECULA — The theater and dance community has raised more than $12,000 so far for the family of choreographer and dance teacher, Brooke Morris, who died on Oct. 1 from complications from a “brain bleed,” according to friends. Morris had been involved in musical theater since she was a young child, according to friends, and more recently had been a...
MARTIN CRUTSINGER
AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Friday that the U.S. economy is facing some risks at the moment, but overall it is in a "good place" and the Fed's main job is to "keep it there as long as possible."
Powell noted that unemployment is at a half-century low and inflation is running...
SACRAMENTO (AP) — California is trying to stop the use of deceptively edited videos and audio aimed at influencing elections.
Legislation signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom targets "deep fakes." That includes deceptively edited audio and video designed to give someone a false impression about a political candidate's actions or words.
A state Democratic lawmaker introduced the legislation after an altered video...
LAKE ELSINORE — Cal Fire Riverside County Fire reported an aircraft emergency at 12:07 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4 that involved a tow airplane that ended up on its roof, causing injury to the two people inside.
The Federal Aviation Association and National Transportation Safety Board will be investigating the incident that occurred in the 20000 block of Cereal Street in...
WILDOMAR — Riverside County Sheriff's Department served a search warrant on the 21000 block of Front Street in Wildomar on Friday, Oct. 4 and discovered 35 pounds of marijuana and more than 1,300 marijuana plants in an illegal grow house.
One man was arrested as a result.
Sergeant Glen Warrington reported the suspect in the case stole more than "$30,000 worth...
FRENCH VALLEY (CNS) - More than 50 gallons of jet fuel was inadvertently dumped onto a ramp at French Valley Airport on Friday, Oct. 3, prompting a hazardous-materials response by the Riverside County Fire Department.
The spill was reported about 11:10 a.m. outside a hangar near the midpoint of the county-owned airfield, according to the fire department.
A battalion chief at...
QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA
Associated Press
BAGHDAD (AP) — Security forces opened fire directly at hundreds of anti-government demonstrators Friday in central Baghdad, killing at least 10 protesters and injuring dozens, hours after Iraq's top Shiite cleric warned both sides to end four days of violence "before it's too late."
The deaths raised to 53 the number of people killed in clashes during...
MARK SHERMAN
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to plunge into the abortion debate in the midst of the 2020 presidential campaign, taking on a Louisiana case that could reveal how willing the more conservative court is to chip away at abortion rights.
The justices will examine a Louisiana law requiring doctors who perform abortions to have...
NEKESA MUMBI MOODY
AP Entertainment Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Diahann Carroll, the Oscar-nominated actress and singer who won critical acclaim as the first black woman to star in a non-servant role in a TV series as "Julia," has died. She was 84.
Carroll's daughter, Susan Kay, told The Associated Press her mother died Friday in Los Angeles of cancer.
During her...
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Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
1. AMERICAN DIPLOMATS DANGLED TRUMP MEETING FOR UKRAINE PROBE
Kurt Volker and other U.S. envoys encouraged Kyiv’s newly elected president to conduct an investigation linked to Joe Biden’s family in return for a visit to Washington with President Trump.
2. HOW GOP IS...