DENVER — Shohei Ohtani had three hits, James Paxton pitched seven smooth innings, and the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Colorado Rockies 9-5 on Monday night in the opener of a four-game series between the top and bottom teams in the NL West. Miguel Rojas and Jason Heyward also had...
Estrada’s 3-Run Homer in Ninth Lifts Giants to Win Over Cubs
CHICAGO — Thairo Estrada hit a three-run homer in the ninth inning to lift the San Francisco Giants to a 7-6 victory over the Cubs on a steamy Monday night. Heliot Ramos and Patrick Bailey also homered for the Giants, who won their second straight after erasing a 6-3 deficit...
Joe Biden’s Best Chance to Shake up the Race
To rewatch the two debates of the presidential campaign in 2020—an undertaking no kind person would recommend—is to encounter, amid the insults, two rather poignant moments. In each debate Donald Trump, then president, predicted that vaccines against covid-19 would be available by the end of 2020. Each time, moderators confronted...
How Crypto Money Is Poised to Influence the Election
Ryan Selkis, a cryptocurrency executive, was eating dinner at Mar-a-Lago last month when he got an unexpected invitation: Former President Donald Trump wanted him to come to the stage and say a few words. Crypto Data Firm Execs Attend Trump Events Selkis, who runs the crypto data firm Messari, was...
Biden’s Stimulus Juiced the Economy, but Its Political Effects Are Muddled
WASHINGTON — The $1.9 trillion economic stimulus package that President Joe Biden signed shortly after taking office has become both an anchor and a buoy for his reelection campaign. The Biden Created American Rescue Plan The American Rescue Plan, which the Biden administration created and Democrats passed in March 2021,...
Did You Buy a Disneyland ‘Dream Key’? Disney May Owe You Money.
People who paid nearly $1,400 for an annual pass to Disneyland will begin receiving checks in the mail this month from a $9.5 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit that accused Disney of misleading customers into believing that the program carried “no blockout dates.” More than 100,000 people who bought...
Carnage and Contradiction: Examining a Deadly Strike in Rafah
Fear plagued Saleh Mohammed al-Hila, 37, on that Sunday. “I was lying on the ground of the tent and told my son, ‘May God save us from this night,’” he recalled. Hamas and Israel Attack Each Other Hamas had launched rockets at central Israel hours earlier. Israel’s military said the...
Major Mexican Cartel Drug Ring Busted by Valley Agents
Phillip A. Talbert, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California, announced the dismantling of a major drug trafficking organization operating between Mexico and California on Monday, June 17, in Fresno. The organization was responsible for distributing large amounts of methamphetamine, fentanyl, cocaine, and heroin, Talbert said. Over the...
Feds Bust Mexican Cartel That Smuggled Drugs to Valley in Veggie Boxes, Gas Tanks
Veggie boxes. Motorcycle seats. Gas tanks. These are some of the methods a cartel used to smuggle drugs across the Mexican border and into the Central Valley. The local U.S. Attorney's Office announced that agents busted a drug ring, seizing 12,900 pounds of methamphetamine, 50 pounds of fentanyl mixture, 39...
One of Fresno’s Premiere Art Spaces Closing. Owners, Manager Look for Solutions
What was once of Fresno's premier homes for all things art is being emptied as artists clear out their spaces from the Chris Sorensen Studio. Property owners posted a three-day notice to pay or quit at the downtown Fresno art studio that hosted the first Art Hop. And while a...