NEW YORK — Columbia University canceled its large university-wide commencement ceremony Monday following weeks of pro-Palestinian protests that have roiled its campus and others across the U.S., but said students will still be able to celebrate at a series of smaller, school-based ceremonies this week and next. Universities Grapple with...
Slumping Giants Fall Again to Red-Hot Phillies. Rookie Gets Start for SF Today.
PHILADELPHIA — Bryce Harper launched a three-run homer, Alec Bohm extended his hitting streak to 18 games and the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the San Francisco Giants 5-4 on Sunday night for their fifth straight victory. J.T. Realmuto added three hits for the surging Phillies, who have won nine of 10...
Trump Fined $1,000 for Gag Order Violation in Hush Money Case as Judge Warns of Possible Jail Time
NEW YORK — The judge presiding over Donald Trump's hush money trial fined him $1,000 on Monday for violating his gag order once again and sternly warned the former president that additional violations could result in jail time. The fine marks the second time since the trial began last month...
Merced County Deputy Ranks So Depleted That Sheriff Warnke Goes on Calls
Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke is sounding the alarm over a public safety crisis due to a severe shortage of deputies. The staffing crisis has reached a point where Warnke has had to respond to emergency calls. For example, the sheriff's office recently received a call from a woman regarding...
Russia Warns Britain and Plans Nuclear Drills Over the West’s Possible Deepening Role in Ukraine
Russia on Monday threatened to strike British military facilities and said it would hold drills simulating the use of battlefield nuclear weapons amid sharply rising tensions over comments by senior Western officials about possibly deeper involvement in the war in Ukraine. After summoning the British ambassador to the Foreign Ministry,...
Ohtani Blasts Two More HRs as Dodgers Sweep Braves
LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani went 4 for 4 with two home runs, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves, 5-1, on Sunday afternoon to sweep the three-game series. Ohtani launched a hanging curveball from Braves started Max Fried 412 feet over the center field fence for a...
Israel Orders Al Jazeera to Close Its Local Operation, Seizes Some Equipment
TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel ordered the local offices of Qatar's Al Jazeera satellite news network to close Sunday, escalating a long-running feud between the broadcaster and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hard-line government as Doha-mediated cease-fire negotiations with Hamas hang in the balance. The extraordinary order, which includes confiscating broadcast...
Pro-Palestinian Protesters at USC Comply With Order to Leave
Students protesting the ongoing war in Gaza left a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of Southern California early Sunday after they were surrounded by police and told they could face arrest if they didn’t go. The move, days before commencement was set to begin, came after the university said campus safety officers,...
Israel Vows Military Operation ‘in the Very Near Future’ After Latest Hamas Attack
JERUSALEM — Israel closed its main crossing point for delivering badly needed humanitarian aid for Gaza on Sunday after Hamas militants attacked it, while the defense minister claimed Hamas wasn't serious about a cease-fire deal and warned of “a powerful operation in the very near future in Rafah and other places...
After Losing Population in Recent Years, California Grows Again. Is That a Good Thing?
After Jerry Brown became governor of California for the first time nearly a half-century ago, he declared that the state had entered “an era of limits.” Citing “sluggish economic growth, increasing social instability, widespread unemployment and unprecedented environmental challenges,” Brown told state legislators in his 1976 state of the state...