SACRAMENTO — California Gov. Gavin Newsom's critics almost certainly have qualified a recall election for the ballot, a remarkable feat in this heavily Democratic state. Now the real work begins. Uphill Climb to Attract Independent and Democrat Votes The chance to recapture the governorship in the most populous state is...
Murder Charges in Killing of 3 Children by ex-Porterville Mom
LOS ANGELES — A former Porterville mother has been charged with killing her three young children in Los Angeles earlier this month, prosecutors said Monday. Liliana Carrillo, 30, is charged with three counts of murder, with an allegation of using a knife as a deadly and dangerous weapon against her...
Ex-Cop Guilty of Murder and Manslaughter in Floyd Case
MINNEAPOLIS — Former Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted Tuesday of murder and manslaughter for pinning George Floyd to the pavement with his knee on the Black man’s neck in a case that touched off worldwide protests, violence and a furious reexamination of racism and policing in the U.S. Chauvin, 45,...
Biden Ends Federal Use of the Term ‘Illegal Aliens’
WASHINGTON — Employees of the two main U.S. immigration enforcement agencies were directed Monday to stop referring to migrants as “aliens,” a dated term that many people consider offensive. Maintaining the Dignity of Every Individual Memos issued by Customs and Border Protection, as well as Immigration and Customs Enforcement, tells...
Jury Reaches Verdict at Trial Over George Floyd’s Death
MINNEAPOLIS — The jury has reached a verdict at the murder trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd. The verdict is to be read Tuesday afternoon. Floyd died last May after Chauvin, a white officer, pinned his knee on the 46-year-old Black man’s...
First Woman Ever Applies to Run for President of Syria
BEIRUT — A woman from the capital Damascus has applied to run for president of Syria, the parliament speaker said Tuesday, making her the first female to make a bid for the country's top job. The largely symbolic election is certain to be won by President Bashar Assad. The presidential...
Ted Nugent, Who Once Dismissed COVID-19, Sickened by Virus
Rocker Ted Nugent is revealing he was in agony after testing positive for coronavirus — months after he said the virus was “not a real pandemic.” "I thought I was dying," Nugent says in a Facebook live video posted Monday. “I literally could hardly crawl out of bed the last...
Israeli Police Scuffle with Protesters in Arab Neighborhood
TEL AVIV, Israel — Israeli police scuffled with protesters in an Arab neighborhood in Tel Aviv for a second night late Monday after the assault of a rabbi over the weekend. The protesters, including Arabs and Jews, say Jewish nationalist religious groups are buying up property in the traditionally Arab...
Watsonville Parachuter Dies After 2,000 Successful Jumps
SACRAMENTO — A woman who died in a weekend parachute accident in Northern California had made thousands of previous jumps, the owner of the skydiving center said Monday. Sabrina Call, 57, of Watsonville, died Saturday when her primary parachute and her reserve chute tangled, The Sacramento Bee reported, citing the...
Bush Criticizes GOP Isolationism, Anti-Immigration Rhetoric
WASHINGTON — George W. Bush says the Republican Party he served as president has become “isolationist, protectionist and, to a certain extent, nativist” and says he’s especially concerned about anti-immigration rhetoric. “It's a beautiful country we have and yet it's not beautiful when we condemn, call people names and scare...