NEW YORK — The New York Times and The Washington Post were awarded three Pulitzer Prizes apiece on Monday for work in 2023 that dealt with everything from the war in Gaza to gun violence, and The Associated Press won in the feature photography category for coverage of global migration...
Hamas Accepts Gaza Cease-Fire; Israel Launches Strikes in Rafah
JERUSALEM — After Hamas on Monday announced its acceptance of an Egyptian-Qatari cease-fire proposal, Israel said its leaders approved a military operation in the southern Gaza town of Rafah and began striking targets in the area. Still, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would send negotiators to continue talks on...
Tom Brady’s Netflix Roast Features Lots of Jabs and a Belichick-Kraft Reunion
INGLEWOOD — Three months before Tom Brady gets roasted by critics as Fox Sports' top NFL analyst, he took his share of barbs from comedians, former teammates, and his longtime coach Sunday night during a made-for-streaming comedy live event on Netflix. And it is safe to say after the one...
CA Limits How Police Respond to Protests. Why Were Bean Bag Shotguns Used at UCLA?
The pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA last week became the latest campus tinderbox to erupt. As the police response unfurled before our eyes, I watched, not as a layman, but from the perspective of someone who has worn the boots that stand between calm and chaos. I retired as a lieutenant...
Trump Surrogates Make a Dangerous Call for China Regime Change: Fareed Zakaria
These days, the world is on edge. Europe is grappling with its most significant land conflict since 1945, while the Middle East remains embroiled in turmoil. However, these tensions could pale in comparison if another front were to ignite — this time in Asia, involving the United States and China. Fortunately,...
Turbocharged Titans: How the Porsche 934 and 935 Dominated the Track for 50 Years
The Porsche 930 Turbo is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and it's time we pay tribute to this legendary machine's incredible racing pedigree. As an automotive historian and filmmaker, I recently sat down with CJ Wilson, the owner of Porsche Fresno, to dive deep into the 930 Turbo's unrivaled...
The Yearly Memorial March at the Former Death Camp at Auschwitz Overshadowed by the Israel-Hamas War
OSWIECIM, Poland — U.S. university presidents joined Holocaust survivors and thousands of Israelis on Monday for the March of the Living, a yearly memorial march at the site of Auschwitz that honors the 6 million Jews killed by Nazi Germany and celebrates the state of Israel. This year, the mood...
Hamas Accepts Cease-Fire After Israel Orders Rafah Evacuation
JERUSALEM — Hamas announced Monday it has accepted an Egyptian-Qatari proposal for a cease-fire to halt the seven-month-long war with Israel in Gaza, hours after Israel ordered about 100,000 Palestinians to begin evacuating from the southern city of Rafah, signaling that a long-promised ground invasion there could be imminent. There was...
Money Isn’t Enough to Smooth the Path for Republican Candidates Hoping to Retake the Senate
WASHINGTON — Frustrated by the seemingly endless cash flowing to Democrats, Republicans aiming to retake the Senate have rallied around candidates with plenty of their own money. The goal is to neutralize Democrats' roughly 2-to-1 financial advantage, among the few bright spots for a party defending twice as many Senate...
A Subset of Alzheimer’s May Be Caused by Two Copies of a Single Gene: New Research
WASHINGTON — For the first time, researchers have identified a genetic form of late-in-life Alzheimer’s disease — in people who inherit two copies of a worrisome gene. Scientists have long known a gene called APOE4 is one of many things that can increase people’s risk for Alzheimer's, including simply getting...