Leo, the first U.S. pope, will visit Turkey from November 27 to 30 and then will be in Lebanon from November 30 to December 2.
Leo’s predecessor Pope Francis had planned to visit both countries but was unable to go because of his worsening…
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Warnings grow of executions, ethnic cleansing in Sudan's El-Fasher
Reports were mounting on Tuesday of ethnically motivated atrocities in the western Sudanese city of El-Fasher since its capture by paramilitaries, with allies of the army accusing fighters of executing “more than 2,000” civilians.
El-Fasher fell…
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Climate plans don’t limit dangerous warming, UN says ahead of COP
Matt McGrathEnvironment correspondent
Getty ImagesOnly 64 countries have submitted new plans to cut carbon, the UN says, despite all being required to do so ahead of next month’s COP30 summit.
Added together these national pledges would fail to…
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Sites join Saturday’s ‘Prescription Drug Take-Back Day’
Prescription drugs. Photo courtesy CVS Health Unused or expired medications can be dropped off anonymously at nine San Diego County Sheriff’s Office locations Saturday as part of National Prescription Drug Take Back Day
These are in…
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Parolee pleads guilty to assault after outburst at Santee Great Clips
Great Clips on Mission Gorge Road in Santee. (Photo courtesy of Google Street View) A man who hurled merchandise and foul language at employees and customers inside a Santee hair salon pleaded guilty to an assault charge and is slated…
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Motorist killed in early Sunday crash on SR-125
A traffic advisory from the California Highway Patrol. (Image courtesy CHP) One motorist was killed and as many as three others were injured in an early Sunday collision on State Route 125 in La Mesa.
The crash occurred at 4:30…
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Child killed in hit-and-run in Chollas View
(File photo by Alexander Nguyen/Times of San Diego) A 6-year-old boy was killed by a hit-and-run driver Saturday night in the Chollas View neighborhood, and officials said that the driver of the car remained at large as of Sunday…
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Poway councilman facing recall election charged with bribery, perjury
Tony Blain. (Photo courtesy of city of Poway) Prosecutors filed multiple felony charges Friday against a Poway city councilman, two of them connected to key city votes.
Councilman Tony Blain, who already is facing recall in the city’s…
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Driver of Hyundai Sonata sought in El Cajon hit-and-run
Exterior of El Cajon Police Department headquarters. (File photo courtesy of the department) Investigators on Friday sought a motorist involved in a hit-and-run that left a pedestrian seriously injured in El Cajon.
The…
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Robbers flee after home invasion at Bay Terraces apartment complex
A San Diego police cruiser. (File photo courtesy of OnScene.TV) Two robbers remain at large after an early morning home invasion Saturday in a Bay Terraces apartment.
The masked men, San Diego police said in news release,…
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