Internet access returns to Afghanistan after Taliban blackout
Internet and telecom services are being restored in Afghanistan after a nationwide shutdown by the Taliban government provoked widespread condemnation. Local reporters said communications were resuming across provinces while internet…
Missing California woman found dead behind ‘secret wall’ inside home, police say
The body of a woman who had been reported missing for days was found hidden behind a “secret wall” in a Northern California home on Tuesday, according to authorities. Renia…
Can the Dodgers win a World Series with an unreliable bullpen?
Imagine if the Dodgers hadn’t scored a gazillion runs. Shudder. Imagine how the majority of spectators would have tensed up when manager Dave Roberts trudged to the mound to remove…
Stephen King is the most banned author in US schools, PEN report says
By HILLEL ITALIE, Associated Press National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A new report on book bans in U.S. schools finds Stephen King as the author most likely to be…
The week’s bestselling books, Oct. 5
Hardcover fiction 1. Alchemised by SenLinYu (Del Rey: $35) A woman with missing memories fights to survive a war-torn world of necromancy and alchemy. 2. What We Can Know by…
With solo drivers kicked out of California carpool lanes, how bad will traffic get for rest of us?
A new era in commuting begins today for clean-air vehicles with new rules that kick solo drivers out of California carpool lanes and uncertainty over how it will impact commute…
See three trapped students’ rescue
Dramatic rescue footage shows the boys in Indonesia pulled to safety after their school building collapsed on Monday. The three students, Yusuf, Haikal and Dani were all trapped under the…
Polarizing L.A. police official keeps post by default
A polarizing figure on the Los Angeles Police Commission will retain his seat despite having never received an approval vote from the City Council. Erroll Southers, who previously served as…
This week’s top high school football games
A look at two of this week’s top high school football games in the Southland: THURSDAY Eastvale Roosevelt (3-2) at Corona Centennial (4-1), 7:30 p.m. Centennial tries to give coach…
Looking to make, repeat history; same old; sac story – San Diego Union-Tribune
Good morning from Chicago, The Padres did yesterday what they too often do in losing 3-1 to the Cubs in Game 1 of their Wild Card Series. So now they…