By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER WASHINGTON — U.S. employers added just 134,000 jobs in September, the fewest in a year, though the figure was likely lowered by Hurricane Florence, while the unemployment rate fell to 3.7 percent, the lowest level since 1969. Hurricane Florence struck North and South Carolina in the middle of September and closed thousands…
SANTA ANA — A 31-year-old Costa Mesa man died early Friday, Oct. 5, after the car he was driving crashed into a guard rail on the southbound 55 Freeway. At about 1:20 a.m. officers found the car with heavy damage and debris in the southbound lanes near MacArthur Boulevard, according to the California Highway Patrol….
By MARK LEWIS and JIM HEINTZ OSLO, Norway — The Nobel Peace Prize on Friday was awarded to a Congolese doctor and an Iraqi woman who was held captive by the Islamic State group for their work to highlight and eliminate the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war. Dr. Denis Mukwege and…
By LISA MASCARO and ALAN FRAM WASHINGTON — A deeply divided Senate pushed Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination past a key procedural hurdle Friday, setting up a likely final showdown this weekend in a battle that’s seen claims of long-ago sexual assault by the nominee threaten President Donald Trump’s effort to tip the court rightward…
Former Vice President Joe Biden accused President Trump’s Republican allies in Congress of choosing “party over country” as he campaigned in Orange County for Democrats running for the U.S. House. “The truth itself is being thrown aside in favor of a cultish devotion to the whims of one man,” Biden…
The father and brother of Melyda Corado, the 27-year-old store manager killed by a police officer’s bullet at a Trader Joe’s in Silver Lake, have filed claims for damages with the city. The claims, which allege excessive force, wrongful death and other violations, are a necessary step before suing…
FULLERTON – Former Vice President Joe Biden accused Republicans of dismantling American ideals Thursday evening at a campaign stop aimed at helping regional Democrats running for Congress and possibly testing the waters for his own presidential run in 2020. With less than five weeks until the Nov. 6 election, Biden rallied a supportive crowd of…
Police in Van Nuys said they’re looking for other possible victims of an Uber and Lyft driver arrested this week on suspicion of raping and kidnapping a woman to whom he gave a ride home from a bar. The victim told investigators she summoned a Lyft ride on Tuesday night at around 10 p.m. after…
A 62-year-old Irvine woman was charged Thursday with killing her 92-year-old mother for financial gain. Cynthia Roberta Strange is facing a special circumstances murder charge related to the death of Ruth Strange at her mother’s Huntington Beach home. Officers around 11 a.m. on Sept. 4 responded to Ruth Strange’s home in the 6800 block of…
Riders for Uber, Lyft and Wingz wait under a tent for their ride on the third floor of the A2 parking structure at John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, CA on Wednesday, October 3, 2018. The airport recently added a pick-up area in the three structures in an effort to alleviate traffic congestion. (Photo by…
