WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is scheduled to meet Wednesday with several Democratic governors in a closed-door meeting at the White House, part of a push to reassure the president’s supporters that he can still win the election in November despite his debate debacle last week. White House Has Not...
More Than 1,000 Personnel Now Fighting the Fresno County Basin Fire, Containment Improves
As of Wednesday morning, 1,118 personnel, supported by 22 crews, 65 engines, and nine helicopters, are battling the Basin Fire, which has grown to 13,926 acres, according to forest service officials. Containment of the fire has improved to 26%, up from 17% reported on Tuesday. Fire growth has slowed due...
Kelsey Plum Scores 34 as Aces Defeat Fever Before Record Crowd
LAS VEGAS — Kelsey Plum scored 34 points and the Las Vegas Aces beat the Indiana Fever 88-69 on Tuesday night in front of the fifth-largest crowd in WNBA history. Playing in front of 20,366 fans in the largest regular-season crowd at a WNBA game since 1999, the two-time defending...
Soler, Wade and Ramos Homer as the Giants Beat the Braves
ATLANTA — Jorge Soler and LaMonte Wade Jr. hit back-to-back homers to help the San Francisco Giants beat the Atlanta Braves 5-3 on Tuesday night. Heliot Ramos also went deep as San Francisco won for the sixth time in eight games. Mike Yastrzemski went 2 for 2 in his return...
Teoscar Hernández Singles in Go-Ahead Run in 9th, Lifting Dodgers Over D-backs
LOS ANGELES — Teoscar Hernández singled in the go-ahead run in the ninth inning for his third RBI of the game, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-5 on Tuesday night. The Dodgers scored two runs with two outs to salvage a game in which they owned...
Supreme Court’s Broad Immunity Ruling May Empower Trump’s Comeback
WASHINGTON — In her dissent from a Supreme Court opinion that afforded former President Donald Trump broad immunity, Justice Sonia Sotomayor pondered the potential doomsday consequences: A president could pocket a bribe for a pardon, stage a military coup to retain power, order the killing of a rival by the Navy SEAL...
Steve McQueen, a 1912 Indian, and Dan and Kathy Rouit’s Clovis Flat Track Motorcycle Museum
I recently had the privilege of spending an afternoon at the Dan and Kathy Rouit Clovis Flat Track Motorcycle Museum in Clovis, California. My guide for this journey through motorcycle racing history was Kenny Thiebaud, a longtime friend of the museum's namesake and a wealth of knowledge about the sport....
US Job Openings Rise to 8.1 Million Despite Higher Interest Rates
WASHINGTON — U.S. job openings rose slightly to 8.1 million in May despite the impact of higher interest rates intended to cool the labor market. Vacancies rose from a revised 7.9 million in April, the first reading below 8 million since February 2021, the Labor Department reported Tuesday. April openings...
Supreme Court Sidesteps Several New Gun Cases, Including Challenge to State Assault Weapons Ban
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court sidestepped a new set of Second Amendment fights Tuesday, declining to hear a challenge to an assault weapons ban in Illinois and sending other gun cases back to lower courts, including a challenge to the law used to convict Hunter Biden. The moves came after...
Trump Says He Can End the Russia-Ukraine War in One Day. Russia’s UN Ambassador Says He Can’t
UNITED NATIONS — Donald Trump has repeatedly said he could settle the war between Russia and Ukraine in one day if he's elected president again. Russia's United Nations ambassador says he can't. When asked to respond to the claim from the presumptive Republican nominee, Vassily Nebenzia told reporters Monday that...