The California Association of Realtors (CAR) announced on Wednesday that home prices in Riverside County dropped slightly in November compared to the previous month. While the $628,000 median price of an existing single-family home in November was a 1.1 percent drop from the month before, that price is still 2.9 percent higher than the amount
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) — Tsuneo Watanabe, the powerful head of Japan’s largest newspaper who had close ties with the country’s powerful conservative leaders, has died, his company said Thursday. He was 98. Watanabe, the editor-in-chief of the Yomiuri Shimbun for over 30 years, died of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital on Thursday, the Yomiuri
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MAJDAL SHAMS, Golan Heights (AP) — The four sisters gathered by the side of the road, craning their necks to peer far beyond the razor wire-reinforced fence snaking across the mountain. One took off her jacket and waved it slowly above her head. In the distance, a tiny white speck waved frantically from
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — When it comes to Christmas, there’s no getting away from Santa Claus. He’s been the subject of poems and stories, movies and songs, invoked as the judge of naughty or nice, the recipient of countless cookies and glasses of milk to sustain him on his journey. For a lot
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — An early rebound for U.S. stocks on Thursday petered out by the end of the day, leaving indexes close to flat. The S&P 500 edged down by 0.1% following Wednesday’s tumble of 2.9% when the Federal Reserve said it may deliver fewer cuts to interest rates next year
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BERLIN (AP) — Thousands of Syrian doctors work in Germany and the fall of Bashar Assad is raising concern over the potential consequences for the health sector if many of them were to return home. Germany became a leading destination for Syrian refugees over the past decade. Some politicians were quick to start
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Before Christa McAuliffe was an astronaut, she was a vibrant teacher in New England keen on showing her students how everyday people left extraordinary marks on U.S. history. Nearly four decades later, a new documentary focuses on how she still inspires others and less on her fate aboard the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The scientists at Hungary’s Eötvos Loránd University have been studying group robotics since 2009, and earlier succeeded in creating the world’s first flock of synchronized drones. But now, they’ve taken their discovery to a much larger scale and allowed the machines to take to the skies without pre-programming, moving
Continue ReadingAP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. life expectancy jumped last year, and preliminary data suggests there may be another — much smaller — improvement this year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday released a report on U.S. deaths in 2023. It showed a decline in death rates for almost all
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ALEPPO, Syria (AP) — After more than a decade as a refugee in Turkey, Ahmed al-Kassem decided to bring his family back home to Syria only days after the fall of Bashar Assad. He wanted back to his old life and to introduce his children — all but one of whom were born
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America UVALDE, Texas (AP) — A Texas judge on Thursday refused to throw out criminal charges accusing the former Uvalde schools police chief of putting children at risk during the slow response to the 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting, while a lawyer for his co-defendant said they want to move the upcoming
Continue ReadingAssociated Press AVIGNON, France (AP) — Gisèle Pelicot spoke of her “very difficult ordeal” after 51 men were convicted Thursday in the drugging-and-rape trial that riveted France and turned her into an icon, expressing support for other victims whose cases don’t get such attention and “whose stories remain untold.” “I want you to know that
Continue ReadingBy Karina Tsui, Whitney Wild, Amanda Jackson, Jillian Sykes, Dalia Faheid and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — Rubi Patricia Vergara was an “avid reader” and full of artistic promise at age 14, according to her obituary. She sang and played keyboard in a family band and “shared a special bond with her beloved pets,” Ginger
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan, CNN (CNN) — China and India agreed on Wednesday to work on easing their long-running border dispute, as the two Asian giants resumed a formal high-level dialogue for the first time in five years. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and India’s National Security Adviser Ajit Doval met in Beijing on Wednesday, the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s acting leader has vetoed a spate of contentious bills sponsored by the main opposition party, deepening political strife in the wake of parliament’s impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol. Four of the six bills vetoed by Prime Minister Han Duck-soo are meant to introduce greater state
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MACAO (AP) — When Portugal returned its colony Macao to China in 1999, coffee shop owner Daniel Chao was a first grader living in a different world. Since then his sleepy hometown has transformed into a bustling gaming hub lined with glittering casinos. Its once quiet streets are now jammed with tourist buses.
Continue ReadingPEORIA, Ill. (AP) — Duke Deen had 19 points in Bradley’s 66-64 win against San Francisco on Wednesday night. Deen had seven rebounds for the Braves (9-2). Zek Montgomery scored 12 points while going 4 of 9 (3 for 3 from 3-point range). Darius Hannah shot 3 of 11 from the field and 5 of
Continue ReadingBy Irene Nasser and Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s military launched deadly strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen early Thursday, just hours after the Iran-backed militant group’s latest attack on Israel. Nine people were killed and three others injured in Israeli airstrikes on a port and oil facility near the capital Sanaa, said Nasruddin
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court will decide the fate of the popular social media app TikTok in a matter of weeks. Unless the company wins its appeal to the high court or divests from Chinese ownership, the video platform could be banned in the US on January 19 due to
Continue ReadingMADISON, Wis. (AP) — Authorities order California man who messaged Wisconsin school shooter and planned his own attack to surrender guns.
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