By MARYCLAIRE DALE, CLAUDIA LAUER and ALLEN G. BREED PITTSBURGH — As Barry Werber walked into the Tree of Life Synagogue, he passed a cart carrying glassware and whiskey meant for the baby-naming ceremony scheduled at Dor Hadash, one of three small congregations that worship there. He went downstairs, where his New Light Congregation meets,…
By ACHMAD IBRAHIM and STEPHEN WRIGHT KARAWANG, Indonesia — A Lion Air plane crashed into the sea just minutes after taking off from Indonesia��s capital on Monday, likely killing all 189 people on board, in a blow to the country’s aviation safety record after the lifting of bans on its airlines by the European Union…
Among humans, a debate rages over how to best manage a wild horse population in Modoc National Forest. But in the animal world, one mountain lion is busy killing horses.
Inglewood city elections were once the stuff of lawn signs and candidate forums. But as a wave of development transforms Inglewood into a destination for pro sports and entertainment, November’s mayoral race has become a contentious fight not just between political rivals but also between some…
Images from 1935 Halloween celebrations.
Crews extinguished a fire that burned about one acre at a popular hiking area in Orange on Sunday, Oct. 28. Teams from the Orange County Fire Authority and the City of Orange Fire Department were sent to fight a blaze that started near the intersection of North Cannon Street and East Creekside Avenue at the El…
Rabbi Heidi Cohen of Temple Beth Sholom lights 11 candles during a vigil in Santa Ana on Sunday, October 28, 2018. Each candle represents a victim killed in the shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG) People comfort each other during a vigil at Temple Beth…
VANCOUVER, Wash. — An Amber Alert has been issued in California for a 4-year-old Vancouver, Wash., girl who police believe was abducted by her non-custodial mother. KATU-TV reports 4-year-old Aranza Ochoa Lopez has been in foster care since 2017, after being removed from her mother’s home. Authorities believe they may be headed to Mexico. Aranza…
Funny Car winner J.R. Todd celebrates after winning the event title at the Toyota NHRA Las Vegas Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas on Sunday, October 28, 2018. Todd leads the Funny Car points standings over Robert Hight heading into the final race of the year at Pomona in…
Playwright, poet and author Ntozake Shange, whose most acclaimed theater piece is the 1975 Tony Award-nominated play “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf,” died Saturday, according to her daughter. She was 70. Shange’s “For Colored Girls” describes the racism,…
