1000-acre Bogart fire in Riverside County was caused by 'juvenile activity' near public park, officials say
A fast-moving vegetation fire north of Beaumont spread to 1,000 acres Tuesday afternoon, briefly displacing hundreds of residents from rural communities in Riverside County, although evacuation orders were lifted later in the day, authorities said.The Bogart fire was reported at 12:25 p.m. near Winesap Avenue and International Park Road in Cherry Valley, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. Investigators with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said the fire..>> view originalState finds 30 deleted Clinton emails on Benghazi
A judge asked the State Department to speed up its review of the documents in preparation for release to Judicial Watch. (AP Photo). State finds 30 deleted Clinton emails on Benghazi. By Sarah Westwood (@sarahcwestwood) • 8/30/16 12:58 PM.>> view originalPrep school sex assault victim: 'I feel ready to stand up and own what happened to me'
Before Owen Labrie, a student at the prestigious St. Paul’s School in New Hampshire, was convicted last August for sexually assaulting a younger student, his accuser Chessy Prout had spent days testifying about the effects of her assault.But for two years, she remained anonymous, her voice disguised in her testimony and her face omitted from the coverage of the case.On Tuesday, Prout spoke up publicly for the first time, saying she felt “ready to stand up and own what happened to me.”“It’s been..>> view originalArizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio easily wins primary — but now faces his toughest general election in decades
When the Republican presidential ticket pivoted to focus on illegal immigration this summer, Donald Trump pointed to the man who has come to embody the muscular enforcement approach of the 2000s — massive immigration raids, unremitting warnings about the dangers posed by illegal immigrants and bold public pronouncements about enforcing the rule of law.But while Joe Arpaio, Maricopa County’s six-term sheriff, has become a national touchstone to hardcore immigration enforcement advocates, he is i..>> view originalSmall plane crashes at Nevada RV park, no reports of injuries
SPARKS, Nev. – Officials say a small plane crashed into an RV park as it approached Reno-Tahoe International Airport. The condition of the pilot or anyone else who may have been aboard is unclear, but there were no injuries on the ground. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor says the single-engine plane crashed for unknown reasons into the Rivers Edge RV Park in Sparks about a half-mile from the airport about 6:15 p.m. Tuesday Sparks police say the plane hit the ground nose fir..>> view originalObama commutes prison sentences of 111 federal inmates
WASHINGTON D.C. -- President Barack Obama cut short on Tuesday the sentences of 111 federal inmates in another round of commutations for those convicted of nonviolent drug offenses.Mr. Obama has long called for phasing out strict sentences for drug convictions, arguing they lead to excessive punishment and incarceration rates unseen in other developed countries.White House Counsel Neil Eggleston said the commutations underscored the president’s commitment to using his clemency authority to..>> view originalAfter easy win, Rubio has bigger challenge to keep seat
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Republican Sen. Marco Rubio’s presidential aspirations and insistence that he was done with the Senate didn’t hurt him with GOP voters, now it’s time to see if the rest of Florida will be as forgiving as he seeks a second term.Rubio easily won the Republican nomination to retain his seat and will be challenged by Democratic U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, who defeated Congressman Alan Grayson in Tuesday’s Senate primary. It’s a race Democrats are targeting in an effort to rega..>> view originalNorth Carolina Republicans Accused of Dodging Order to Fix Election Rules
Politics is a contact sport, he added, and no one should be surprised that Republicans and Democrats alike try to stage elections on terms that favor their party. Photo Voting rules posted at a ballot station in Greensboro, N.C., in March. A federal appeals court last month struck down the state’s voter identification law. Credit Andrew Krech/News & Record, via Associated Press Mr. Patterson said he was puzzled by the way the rules had been written. “These are two very f..>> view originalIf You Dont Know What Donald Trumps Immigration Speech Will Say, You Havent Been Listening
His much-ballyhooed recent ‘softening’ aside, Donald Trump has been giving the same immigration speech for months. The way Donald Trump talks about his immigration policy can sound perplexing, but it’s actually quite simple. Still, the public can be excused for being confused. As with all things Trump, he’s been on all sides of the issue.One day a “deportation force” is a serious policy idea, and the next day undocumented immigrants are “great people.” It’s all over the map, and that’s why there..>> view originalPolice look into whether sun glare was factor in kayak crash
By JENNIFER PELTZAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Authorities are looking into whether sun glare was a factor in an accident in which a ferry departing a Manhattan pier slammed into a group of kayakers, critically injuring one and knocking some into the Hudson River. Ten people in eight kayaks were paddling down the river Thursday evening on a sunset excursion when they were struck by a NY Waterway ferry, New York Police Department Inspector David Driscoll said. Five people we..>> view original
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