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Israel is pulling some troops from southern Gaza. Now the plan is to clear Hamas from Rafah

Israel’s military announced Sunday it had withdrawn its forces from the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, wrapping up a key phase in its ground offensive against the Hamas militant group and bringing its troop presence in the territory to one of the lowest levels since the six-month war began.

Farmworker who survived mass shooting at Northern California mushroom farm sues company and owner

A migrant farmworker who survived a mass shooting last year at a Northern California mushroom farm has filed a lawsuit against the farm and one of its owners, saying they failed to keep him safe from the colleague who authorities say committed the killings, the worker and his attorneys said Friday.

Biden faces protest over his support for Israel during White House meeting

President Joe Biden has faced protests over the conflict in Gaza all over the country, but this week he confronted one inside the White House itself.

Judge rejects Donald Trump’s request to delay hush-money trial until Supreme Court rules on immunity

A judge on Wednesday rejected Donald Trump’s bid to delay his April 15 hush money criminal trial until the Supreme Court rules on presidential immunity claims he raised in another of his criminal cases — spurning another of the former president’s ploys to put off the historic trial. Several more are pending.

Lou Conter, last survivor of USS Arizona from Pearl Harbor attack, dies at 102

HONOLULU (AP) — Lou Conter, the last living survivor of the USS Arizona battleship that exploded and sank during the Japanese bombing of Pearl...

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Feds Target Casa Blanca Rifa Street Gang In Riverside County

This week, a 51-year-old Riverside County man was sentenced to 21 years in federal prison for his lead role in an operation that saw large quantities of methamphetamine trafficked from Mexico into the Inland Empire, prosecutors announced.

Californians will see lower electricity rates and a new fee that won’t vary with power use

State utility regulators decided today to let California’s largest power providers stick their customers with a new monthly flat fee in exchange for a reduction in the overall price of electricity, a controversial change to the way that millions of households pay their utility bills with weighty implications for state climate change policy.

Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians supports fallen firefighters

Members of the Soboba Tribal Council unanimously agreed to support the Riverside County Professional Firefighters Benevolent Fund in the aftermath of the Aug. 6, 2023 mid-air collision of two helicopters that were suppressing a fire in the community of Cabazon.

Annual ceremony honors fallen Riverside County deputies

Uniform lines of black, brown, blue and green surrounded the “Safe in His Arms” memorial statue Wednesday evening, May 8, at the annual Riverside County Peace Officers’ Memorial Ceremony in Riverside.