NEW YORK — Paul Skenes, Shohei Ohtani, Jarren Duran and the rest of this year's All-Stars drew 7,443,000 viewers on Fox, up 6% from the 2023 game but the second lowest for the event. American League Victorious in Close Contest The American League's 5-3 victory at Arlington, Texas, on Tuesday...
Obama, Pelosi and Democrats Make a Fresh Push for Biden to Reconsider 2024 Race
WASHINGTON — Former president Barack Obama has privately expressed concerns to Democrats about President Joe Biden’s candidacy, and Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi privately warned Biden that Democrats could lose the ability to seize control in the House if he didn’t step away from the race. Pelosi Shows Biden Polling Pelosi...
The Last Cards Have Been Dealt as the Iconic Mirage Closes Its Doors on the Las Vegas Strip
LAS VEGAS — A final blast from The Mirage's signature volcano marked the passage Wednesday of an aging Las Vegas resort that wowed crowds when it opened in 1989 and went on to revolutionize the casino resort industry and reshape Las Vegas as a tourist destination. Mirage Employees and Onlookers...
Visalia Man Faces Third Strike for Serial Burglary
Donald Franklin, 37, of Visalia, has been arraigned on new criminal charges following allegations of residential burglary. Franklin is accused of burglarizing a Visalia home on two separate occasions, on July 6 and July 8. He faces two felony counts of residential burglary, along with numerous special allegations related to...
American Who Made Social Media Threats Against Taylor Swift Detained Ahead of German Concert
BERLIN — An American man who made threats against Taylor Swift on social media was detained ahead of her first concert in the German city of Gelsenkirchen and will be kept in custody until her shows there are over, police said Thursday. The suspected stalker, a 34-year-old whose name wasn't...
Netanyahu Makes Surprise Visit to Troops in Gaza Days Before Speech to US Congress
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a surprise visit to troops in southern Gaza on Thursday, days before his speech to the U.S. Congress. Netanyahu’s visit to Rafah was announced just hours after Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, visited Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site. Ben-Gvir's move...
The Grateful Dead and Francis Ford Coppola Are Among the Newest Kennedy Center Honors Recipients
WASHINGTON — An iconoclastic filmmaking legend and one of the world's most enduring musical acts headline this year's crop of Kennedy Center Honors recipients. Director Francis Ford Coppola and the Grateful Dead will be honored for lifetime achievement in the arts, along with jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval, blues legend Bonnie...
Magic Co-Founder Pat Williams, Who Helped Bring Team to Orlando, Dies at 84
ORLANDO — Pat Williams, a co-founder of the Orlando Magic and someone who spent more than a half-century working within the NBA, died Wednesday from complications related to viral pneumonia, the team announced. Williams was 84. He started his NBA career as business manager of the Philadelphia 76ers in 1968,...
US Army Honors Nisei Combat Unit That Helped Liberate Tuscany From Nazi-Fascist Forces in WWII
ROME — The U.S. military is celebrating a little-known part of World War II history, honoring the Japanese-American U.S. Army unit that was key to liberating parts of Italy and France even while the troops' relatives were interned at home as enemies of the state following Japan's attack on Pearl...
Greenhouses Are Becoming More Popular, but There’s Little Research on How to Protect Workers
From opposite ends of the world, the uncomfortable conditions Shamim Ahamed and Purvi Tiwari experienced doing separate Ph.D. research inside greenhouses inspired them to study the heat in the indoor structures. Tiwari, a researcher at Indira Gandhi Agricultural University in India, realized the heat-amplifying effect of greenhouses is a big...