DENVER — Los Angeles Dodgers star Mookie Betts went on the injured list Monday for the first time this season with a broken left hand. The 31-year-old shortstop was hit by a 97.9 mph fastball from reliever Dan Altavilla in the seventh inning of Sunday’s 3-0 win over the Kansas City Royals....
Stock Market Today: Wall Street Rises to More Records as Big Tech Stocks Keep Climbing
NEW YORK — U.S. stocks rose to records Monday as gains for technology companies keep pushing the market higher. The S&P 500 climbed 0.8% to top its all-time high set on Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 188 points, or 0.5%, while the Nasdaq composite added 1% to its...
Nearly 73 Million People in the US Are Under Heat Alerts. Go Indoors and Hydrate
PHOENIX — Nearly 73 million people in the United States were under extreme heat alerts Monday as a heat wave moved eastward, and the mid-Atlantic and New England were likely to see highs in the 90s as the week progresses. Excessive humidity will make it feel even more oppressive. The...
The Washington Post Delves Into a Difficult Story: Itself
The backyard goodbye party for Sally Buzbee, the recently departed executive editor of The Washington Post, was beginning to break up Sunday evening when the newspaper published a critical investigation into her permanent successor. The headline: “Incoming Post editor tied to self-described ‘thief’ who claimed role in his reporting.” Investigation...
Judge Orders Railway to Pay Washington Tribe Nearly $400 Million for Trespassing with Oil Trains
SEATTLE — BNSF Railway must pay nearly $400 million to a Native American tribe in Washington state, a federal judge ordered Monday after finding that the company intentionally trespassed when it repeatedly ran 100-car trains carrying crude oil across the tribe's reservation. U.S. District Judge Robert Lasnik initially ruled last...
America Needs Big Wins. These Would Be Three.
Opinion by Bret Stephens on June 11, 2024. In 1977, Ronald Reagan shared his thoughts on the Cold War with his aide Richard Allen. “My idea of American policy toward the Soviet Union is simple, and some would say simplistic,” the future president said. “It is this: We win, and...
Biden Will Announce Deportation Protection and Work Permits for Spouses of US Citizens
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is planning to announce a sweeping new policy Tuesday that would lift the threat of deportation for tens of thousands of people married to U.S. citizens, an aggressive election-year action on immigration that had been sought by many Democrats. Biden will announce the new program...
Fresno State Is Recognized as a Military Friendly School
Fresno State received the Military Friendly School designation for the 2024-25 academic year. In May, the university received a silver rank in the category for large public institutions, meaning the university scored within the 28th to 40th percentile in comparison to other large public institutions. There are currently 775 veteran...
Trump Isn’t Choosing a Running Mate. He’s Casting a Co-Star.
Opinion by Ramin Setoodeh on June 17, 2024. The public jockeying by various candidates to become Donald Trump’s running mate has taken on the air of a circus. At the Manhattan criminal courthouse where he was being tried for falsifying business records (and was found guilty on all 34 counts),...
Madera Pharmacist Pleads Guilty in Long-Running Opiate Trafficking Scheme
Fresno residents Ifeanyi Vincent Ntukogu, 49, and Kelo White, 43, pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute and distributing oxycodone and hydrocodone, as announced by U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert on Monday. Ntukogu, a pharmacist, dispensed over 200,000 oxycodone and hydrocodone pills from December 2014 through November 2018. White and co-defendant...