EILEEN NG and JOHN LEICESTER
Associated Press
HONG KONG (AP) — In a fearsome escalation of violence, Hong Kong police shot a protester at close range in the chest Tuesday, leaving the teenager bleeding and howling on the ground. Tens of thousands joined anti-government demonstrations that spread across the semi-autonomous Chinese territory even as Communist leaders in Beijing celebrated 70 years...
PERRIS (CNS) - Monster trucks, live music, livestock shows, carnival rides, speed contests and other entertainment will highlight the 106th Southern California Fair, opening Saturday and continuing for more than a week at the Perris Fairgrounds.
Activities are generally slated to run between 11 a.m. and 11 p.m. during the weekend, and between 4 p.m. and 11 p.m. weekdays, according...
PALM SPRINGS (CNS) - The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway's annual Snow Guessing Contest begins tomorrow, pitting locals against one another in a playful contest to guess when the first inch of snowfall will grace the tram's Mountain Station.
The first 10 entries received with the correct date will be good for four Tram admissions plus "a special Tram gift memento,''...
MESFIN FEKADU
AP Music Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Jessye Norman, the renowned international opera star whose passionate soprano voice won her four Grammy Awards, the National Medal of Arts and the Kennedy Center Honor, has died, according to family spokesperson Gwendolyn Quinn. She was 74.
A statement released to The Associated Press on Monday said Norman died at 7:54 a.m....
KRISTIN M. HALL
Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Grammy-nominated songwriter-producer busbee, who co-wrote Maren Morris' breakout hit "My Church" and also crafted songs for Keith Urban, Lady Antebellum, Pink, Shakira and Florida Georgia Line, has died. He was 43.
Warner Records confirmed his death in a statement released Sunday but offered no details on the cause of death. His real name...
TASSANEE VEJPONGSA and JERRY HARMER
Associated Press
BANGKOK (AP) — Their story gripped the world: determined divers racing against time and water to rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach trapped for more than two weeks in a flooded cave deep inside a northern Thai mountain.
The ordeal in late June and early July 2018 had barely ended when filmmakers began...
ALEXANDRA OLSON and STAN CHOE
AP Business Writers
NEW YORK (AP) — WeWork's new leaders shelved plans to enter the stock market Monday as they sought to repair the battered image of a company that appeared to revolutionize the office-rental industry and was poised just weeks ago to go public with a valuation of nearly $50 billion.
The decision came less...
LAKE ELSINORE — A fatal accident between a motorcyclist and a vehicle at 12:50 p.m. Monday, Sept. 30 on State Route 74, also known as the Ortega Highway, occurred near 2 miles west of Grand Avenue in Lake Elsinore.According to California Highway Patrol Temecula Area officer Mike Lassig, a 66-year-old Lake Elsinore man was making a left turn into...
BERNIE WILSON
AP Sports Writer
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego Padres couldn't wait to put another lost season behind them and move on to 2020.
They'll have new uniforms, a new manager and, maybe, just maybe, it will finally be the year they contend after a few years of boasting about their talent-rich farm system.
The Padres envisioned being .500 this...
JOSH DUBOW
AP Pro Football Writer
Oakland Raiders linebacker Vontaze Burfict was suspended Monday for the rest of the season for a helmet-to-helmet hit on Indianapolis Colts tight end Jack Doyle that is the most severe punishment in NFL history for an on-field infraction.
Burfict will miss the final 12 games of the season and any playoff games for "repeated violations of...