A student who heckled Black and Latina soccer players from Buchanan High School with racist taunts during a championship game has been identified and is being held accountable, officials said. The student made monkey noises and gestures as a Black girl on the Clovis team prepared to take a...
Will Newsom Deliver on Tax Rebate to Combat Record Gas Prices?
SACRAMENTO — California Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed sending money back to taxpayers to offset record-high gas prices but rejected calls to increase oil drilling, saying he wants to free the state “once and for all from the grasp of petro-dictators.” The average price for a gallon of gas in...
Live Updates: Russian Strike Hits Maternity Hospital, Officials Say
The latest developments on the Russia-Ukraine war KYIV, Ukraine — A Russian attack severely damaged a maternity hospital in the besieged port city of Mariupol, Ukraine said Wednesday, and citizens trying to escape shelling on the outskirts of Kyiv streamed toward the capital amid warnings from the West that...
1st Capitol Riot Trial Ends in Conviction on All Counts for Texas Man
A Texas man was convicted on Tuesday of storming the U.S. Capitol with a holstered handgun, a milestone victory for federal prosecutors in the first trial among hundreds of cases arising from last year’s riot. A jury also convicted Guy Wesley Reffitt of obstructing Congress’ joint session to certify the...
Live Updates: Pentagon Rejects Poland’s Fighter Jet Offer for Ukraine
The latest developments on the Russia-Ukraine war: WARSAW, Poland — The Pentagon on Tuesday rejected Poland’s offer to give the United States its MiG-29 fighter jets for use by Ukraine, in a rare public display of disharmony by NATO allies seeking to boost Ukrainian fighters while avoiding getting caught up...
Biden to Ban Russian Oil Imports Over Ukraine War
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has decided to ban Russian oil imports, toughening the toll on Russia’s economy in retaliation for its invasion of Ukraine, according to a person familiar with the matter. The move follows pleas by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to U.S. and Western officials to cut off...
Convoy Protesting COVID-19 Mandates Slows DC Area Traffic
A large group of truck drivers who object to COVID-19 mandates drove two loops around the beltway surrounding Washington on Sunday, deliberately moving slowly to impact traffic and make their feelings known to lawmakers in the nation's capitol. People crowded onto overpasses, waving at the “People’s Convoy" and holding...
Man Used ‘Ghost Gun’ to Kill 3 Daughters in Church
The gunman who killed his three daughters, a chaperone who was supervising his visit with the children and himself in a Northern California church this week was armed with an unregistered “ghost gun,” authorities said Friday. David Mora, 39, was armed with a homemade semiautomatic rifle-style weapon. He had...
Iran Seeks ‘Creative Ways’ to Restore Nuke Deal After New Russian Demand
A top Iranian official said Monday that his country is seeking “creative ways” to restore its nuclear deal with world powers after Russia's foreign minister linked sanctions on Moscow over its war on Ukraine to the ongoing negotiations. The tweet by Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran's powerful Supreme...
Supreme Court Won’t Review Decision That Freed Bill Cosby
The U.S. Supreme Court quietly announced Monday that it would not review Bill Cosby's sexual assault case, leaving him a free man and ending a two-decade legal drama that shifted the cultural landscape, destroyed the groundbreaking Black actor’s reputation, and sent him to prison for several years late in...