Their divorce was finalized months ago, but the couple were still working out final details on how to divide their property and child support for their two younger children. By Wednesday evening, something had gone terribly wrong. Authorities believe Javier Casarez, armed with a weapon billed as…
The clerical sexual abuse scandal rocking the Roman Catholic Church hit home Thursday, as the Diocese of San Diego added eight priests to the list of those believed to have molested children. “This is a response to the terrible moment we are in,” said Bishop Robert McElroy, citing a recent Pennsylvania…
The Rams’ Mike Lansford left, celebrates after kicking a game-winning field goal against the New Orleans Saints – getting Los Angeles into the NFC playoffs.
In the fight against climate change, government and industry have traditionally been adversaries, as regulators try to force polluters to take costly steps to cut planet-warming emissions. But at Gov. Jerry Brown’s global climate summit this week, some of the world’s biggest companies are in the…
Authorities were investigating late Thursday, Sept. 13, after reports that a person had been struck by at least one vehicle on the southbound I-5 freeway in Santa Ana. The first report of a person being struck came at about 8:35 p.m. from a driver calling from southbound lanes, just north of the 55 freeway, according…
By ERIC TUCKER, CHAD DAY and MICHAEL BALSAMO The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Paul Manafort signaled Friday that he intends to plead guilty ahead of a second trial as prosecutors filed new charging documents against the former Trump campaign chairman. The charges in Friday’s filing were contained a criminal information, a document that can only…
ORANGE – It took about 50 firefighters one hour to extinguish a fire that tore through a laundromat early Friday, Sept. 14. About 15 fire engines and trucks battled the 1 a.m. blaze at Chapman Avenue and Feldner Road, according to a MetroNet, a fire dispatch service. By 2 a.m., the fire was extinguished, with…
No nickname ever more easily stuck. The guy people call “Southpaw” didn’t know what it meant at first. He thought people were making fun of him. He looked up the origin of the term and found that Southpaw was likely first used to describe a left-handed baseball pitcher, standing in the middle of a diamond…
By JONATHAN DREW The Associated Press WILMINGTON, N.C. — Hurricane Florence made landfall in North Carolina early Friday, pushing a life-threatening storm surge of floodwater miles inland and ripping apart buildings with screaming wind and pelting rain. More than 60 people had to be pulled from a collapsing motel at the height of the storm,…
