ALEXANDER: Reign, Gulls to log a lot of freeway time

ONTARIO - This is the funny thing about life in the minor leagues: Sometimes expediency trumps common sense.Then again, it's not that funny. Try peculiar. Or annoying.The Ontario Reign and San Diego Gulls both wrapped up their AHL first-round...

Ohio Police Unravel Family Massacre, Slowly

Last week eight members of one family, the Rhodens, were executed in Ohio, in four different homes on the same night. Local authorities still haven't found the killer or killers, and all of Pike County, the rural Ohio region where the slayings took place, is reportedly on edge. There......

RIVERSIDE: Golf course could become graves, not homes

Riverside's General Old Golf Course may still close, but could become part of Riverside National Cemetery instead of rows of homes.
The March Joint Powers Authority– which oversees former military land around March Air Reserve Base – is...

New Focus on Rape Kits and Sexual Assault Victim Rights

This month the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously passed a bill to standardize the rights of sexual assault victims and improve prosecution of sex crimes. That federal legislation, introduced by New Hampshire's Senator Jeanne Shaheen, shone a light on rape kit reform throughout the country. This week, Governor Nathan Deal......

ALEXANDER: Chargers target best player available, who will be ...

The Chargers should wind up with the best player in Thursday's NFL draft with the No. 3 pick, precisely because the teams in front of them are picking for need.The Rams and Philadelphia Eagles both mortgaged portions of their futures to move up to...

3 Flint Authorities Criminally Charged for Water Crisis: More to Come?

Politicians in Flint, Michigan are waiting and no doubt worrying. Last week criminal charges were filed against three men involved in the water crisis there. Mike Glasgow, Stephen Busch, and Mike Prysby face years in prison if convicted, according to CNN, and they are the first government workers criminally......

Cleveland to Pay $6M to Settle Tamir Rice Shooting Lawsuit

The city of Cleveland has agreed to pay $6 million to the family of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old shot and killed by police officer Timothy Loehmann in 2014. Rice was in a park playing with a toy gun when he was shot. It is the latest in a series of......