By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump on Monday compared himself to Nelson Mandela, who spent 27 years in South African prisons before emerging to lead the nation out of decades of apartheid rule, as he railed against the numerous criminal charges against him. Trump, the front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean officials say suspected North Korean defectors were found in a small wooden boat near the two Koreas’ sea border. Defections by North Koreans have been a sore point in relations between the two Koreas. South Korea accepts those who choose to resettle in
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — A wave of violence killed least 19 people in Mexico’s southwestern states of Guerrero and Michoacan on Monday. Authorities say a local security secretary and 12 police officers were shot dead in a town on Guerrero’s Pacific coast, while a community leader was slain in the state capital. Officials in neighboring
Continue ReadingPANAMA CITY (AP) — Protesters marched across Panama against a contract extension for copper mining in a biodiverse region. Teachers, construction workers and environmentalists led the demonstrations Monday. In areas outside Panama City police met protesters with tear gas. The protests were set off by the president last week signing a contract for a huge
Continue ReadingWVUE-DT, LSP, VIEWER HANDOUT, CNN By Mary Gilbert and Macie Goldfarb, CNN (CNN) — At least seven people were killed Monday in a slew of crashes along Interstate 55 in Louisiana’s St. John the Baptist Parish that involved at least 158 vehicles, state police say. More than 25 people were taken to hospitals with injuries
Continue ReadingPANAMA (AP) — Protesters marched across Panama against a contract extension for copper mining in a biodiverse region. Teachers, construction workers and environmentalists led the demonstrations Monday. In areas outside Panama City police met protesters with tear gas. The protests were set off by the president last week signing a contract for a huge copper
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A 21-year-old motorcyclist was pronounced dead after a crash early Monday morning in La Quinta. The crash was reported at around 2:30 a.m. near the intersection of Avenida Bermudas and Calle Tecate. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office, deputies arrived to the scene and found a green 2014 Kawasaki motorcycle on the sidewalk and
Continue ReadingDHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A cargo train has hit a passenger train outside the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka in a crash that killed 15 people and injured scores. Rescuers joined residents in extracting passengers from the wreckage of the train cars at Bhairab, in the central district of Kishoreganj. The collision happened at 3:30 p.m. Monday.
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The city has posted that Indian Canyon will be closed on Wednesday, October 25th night, between Garnet Avenue and Sunrise Parkway for construction striping, realigning Indian Canyon Drive as part of the Indian Canyon Drive Widening Project. The city is working to finish up repairs due to Hilary. The Indian Canyon area has multiple construction
Continue ReadingNEW ORLEANS (AP) — At least seven people were killed Monday morning after a “superfog” of smoke from south Louisiana marsh fires and dense fog caused multiple massive car crashes involving 158 vehicles, authorities said. Twenty-five people were injured and the number of fatalities may increase as first responders work into the night clearing the
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER and DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has defended his sweeping COVID-19 pandemic restrictions while facing an onslaught of criticism from Republican challenger Daniel Cameron. The exchanges came during a high-stakes debate Monday night. It comes about two weeks before Kentucky’s closely watched gubernatorial election. The bitter rivals sparred
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott’s presidential campaign says the Republican is shifting staff and money from New Hampshire to Iowa in an effort to boost his standing in the leadoff caucus state with less than three months until the first votes of the 2024 election
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A man accused of supplying a lethal dose of fentanyl to a 19-year-old Eastvale resident was ordered today to stand trial on a second-degree murder charge. Alvin Barrington Linton Jr., 38, of Ontario, was arrested in 2021 following a yearlong investigation into the death of Javon Richard. At the end of a preliminary hearing
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Holmes, Alayna Treene and Daniel Strauss, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s decision to skip next month’s third GOP presidential primary debate and instead hold a rivaling rally just up the road highlights how complicated – and at times thorny – the relationship between the Republican National Committee and the front-runner’s team
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press American gymnastics icon Mary Lou Retton has returned home following a lengthy hospital stay because of pneumonia, her daughter said Monday. Shayla Kelley Schrepfer, the oldest of Retton’s four daughters, posted an update on Retton’s condition on Instagram nearly two weeks after the family disclosed that the former Olympic all-around champion
Continue ReadingBy HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Tens of thousands of people, many of them Chinese, have been caught up in cyber scams based in Southeast Asia. Local and Chinese authorities have netted thousands of people in a crackdown on such schemes, but experts say they are failing to root out the local elites
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. special envoy for Haiti says growing gang violence is devastating the lives of its people, with major crimes rising to a new high. Maria Isabel Salvador told the U.N. Security Council on Monday that gangs engage in killings, sexual violence including collective rapes
Continue ReadingNEW ORLEANS (AP) — At least seven people were killed Monday morning after a “superfog” of smoke from south Louisiana marsh fires and dense fog caused multiple massive car crashes involving a total of 158 vehicles, authorities said. Twenty-five people were injured and the number of fatalities may increase as first responders continue to clear
Continue ReadingBy ARON HELLER Associated Press KFAR SABA, Israel (AP) — Ohad Munder-Zichri’s 9th birthday is on Monday. But instead of celebrating at home with his family and friends, he is believed to be somewhere in Gaza, one of more than 200 hostages held by Hamas since the militants’ devastating Oct. 7 incursion. The fourth-grader from
Continue ReadingBy DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Merrill Kelly retired Kyle Schwarber, Trea Turner and Bryce Harper in order in the fifth inning, striking out Schwarber and Harper — October’s biggest home run threats. When the pitcher reached the dugout, manager Torey Lovullo offered a handshake to signal the start was over after
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