After controversy arose around Valley Children's CEO Todd Suntrapak's high rate of pay, the hospital responded by saying the $5 million-plus in compensation reported to the IRS for 2020 and 2021 was due to a change in accounting. As expected, the pay for Suntrapak and other Valley Children's executives dropped...
Israel’s Evacuation Orders Have Displaced 90% of Gazans: UN
Successive Israeli evacuation orders in Gaza, including 12 just in August, have displaced 90% of its 2.1 million residents since the Israel-Hamas war began in October, the top U.N. humanitarian official for the Palestinian territory says. U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris says she and President Joe Biden are working to...
Harris Confronts Democratic Divisions Over Gaza War in Convention Speech
WASHINGTON — With anger over the war in Gaza simmering, Vice President Kamala Harris tried to defuse one of the most divisive issues within the Democratic Party on the biggest political stage of her life. Harris' Remarks at the DNC Her remarks Thursday night in her speech accepting the party's presidential...
The Great Convention Divide: How Voter Energy Will Tip the Scales in November
Watching the Republican National Convention felt like tuning into an episode of "Succession," listening to one of the Trump kids boast about the amazing company he runs, while the Democratic National Convention felt more like attending a vibrant, loud weekend house party. As a viewer, the contrast between the two...
Stock Market Today: Wall Street Rallies After Fed’s Chair Says ‘Time Has Come’ for Cuts to Rates
NEW YORK — U.S. stocks are climbing closer to their records Friday after the head of the Federal Reserve finally said out loud what Wall Street has been expecting for a while: Cuts to interest rates are coming soon to help the economy. The S&P 500 was 1.2% higher after...
Bonta OKs Central Valley Meat Purchase of Cargill With Capped Layoffs
An agreement between California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Western Valley Meat — an affiliate of Central Valley Meat — clears the way for the Hanford company to purchase meat giant Cargill Inc.'s Fresno slaughter and processing plant. Part of the deal requires Western Valley to keep the plant open...
Supreme Court Rejects GOP Push to Block 41K Arizona Voters, but Partly OKs Proof of Citizenship Law
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a Republican push that could have blocked more than 41,000 Arizona voters from casting ballots for president in the state that Democrat Joe Biden won by less than 11,000 votes four years ago. But in a 5-4 order, the high court allowed...
Harris Aligns with Biden on Raising Taxes for the Wealthy. Will It Help or Hurt the Economy?
Vice President Kamala Harris has aligned herself with President Joe Biden's tax proposals, including a controversial tax on unrealized capital gains, as she campaigns for the presidency in 2024. Harris’s tax policies, experts told MarketWatch, closely mirror those of Biden. Reports indicate that Harris supports Biden's March budget proposal, which...
Pro-Palestinian Democrats Push to Speak on Convention Stage
CHICAGO — The United Auto Workers, a powerful labor union that is backing Vice President Kamala Harris, has thrown its support behind an effort by pro-Palestinian Democrats to feature a speaker on the final night of the Democratic convention that would address the human cost of Israel’s military campaign in...
Are You Ready for Some Mountain West Football? Check Out This Preview.
The opening of the 2024 football season is near, and it will be an interesting year for the Mountain West Conference, where the coaches are coming and going nearly as fast as star players in search of new NIL deals. Eight MW programs are under the leadership of new head...