“Among the important points for us is the issue of security and stability in neighboring states. Afghanistan and Pakistan are both our Muslim neighbors, and we believe that any estrangements in relations between the two countries can have…
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Evacuations ordered for brush fire burning east of Ramona
The Rancho Fire as seen from “Big” Black Mountain. (Image courtesy Cal Fire) A brush fire caused by a traffic accident spread east of Ramona Thursday, prompting evacuations before crews stopped its forward rate of spread.
Just after…
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DA says county seeing increase in ‘whippet’ DUIs
Nitrous oxide canisters and balloons for inhaling. (File photo courtesy Cleveland Clinic) There has been a recent increase in DUI cases involving drivers under the influence of nitrous oxide – commonly referred to as “whippets” –…
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Escondido distracted-driving crackdown nets 92 citations
An Escondido Police cruiser. (File photo courtesy Escondido Police Department) Nearly 100 motorists took home citations Friday courtesy of a crackdown on distracted driving in Escondido.
Of the 92 tickets handed out by officers over…
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Fraternity members accused of setting pledge on fire see cases dismissed
A gavel. (File photo courtesy of UC Berkeley Law) Criminal cases have been dismissed against fraternity members who were charged with intentionally setting one of the defendants on fire during a skit.
Prosecutors charged the four…
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Man arrested in San Marcos with ghost gun and drugs
Sheriff’s deputies discovered guns in a search of a driver’s vehicle. (Photos courtesy of the San Diego Sheriff’s Department) A man was arrested early Friday after San Marcos Sheriff’s deputies found him with drugs and two…
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Trump administration pushes to delay challenges in immigration cases
The Trump administration has attempted to postpone at least nine challenges to its immigration policies during the government shutdown, including cases that could determine whether people can be held in detention centers without…
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Man sentenced to 35 years to life for fatal City Heights shooting
San Diego Police officers at the scene of the 2023 shooting in City Heights. (File photo courtesy of OnScene.TV) A man convicted of gunning down an acquaintance in front of a City Heights home was sentenced Friday to 35 years to life in…
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Family Matters’ Actor Arrested in San Diego on Felony Warrant
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer wears a patch on their sleeve. (Photo courtesy of Customs and Border Protection) Actor Darius McCrary of the 1990s sitcom “Family Matters” is being held in a downtown San Diego jail…
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‘Inhumane’: 154 freed Palestinian prisoners forced into exile by Israel | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Families of many of the Palestinian prisoners being released by Israel under an exchange deal say their long-awaited freedom is bittersweet after they learned their loved ones would be deported to third countries.
At least 154 Palestinian…
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