LeBron James is making it official: He's coming back for a record-tying 22nd season in the NBA, one where the league's all-time scoring leader could share the floor with his son Bronny as teammates with the Los Angeles Lakers. James has agreed to a two-year contract to remain with the...
Ex-Bitwise CEOs Agree to Plea Deals. When Are They Back in Court?
As speculated for months, the two former Bitwise Industries CEOs are taking plea deals and will appear in court July 17. Jake Soberal and Irma Olguin Jr. now face two counts each — wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Last November, the federal government charged them with one...
Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese Headline WNBA All-Star Team That Will Face US Olympic Squad
NEW YORK — Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese will team up on the WNBA All-Star team to play against the U.S. Olympic team led by A'ja Wilson and Breanna Stewart. The pair of remarkable rookies were selected Tuesday by a combination of votes from the media, players and fans as...
Shohei Ohtani Declines Participation in Home Run Derby
LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani won’t participate in the Home Run Derby on July 15 despite the Japanese superstar ranking second in the majors with 27 homers for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Ohtani has taken part in the Derby just once, exiting in the first round in 2021 at Coors...
Biden Told Ally That He Is Weighing Whether to Continue in the Race
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has told a key ally that he knows he may not be able to salvage his candidacy if he cannot convince the public in the coming days that he is up for the job after a disastrous debate performance last week. The president, who the...
Strike Kills Family as Israeli Evacuation Order Sparks Panicked Flight from Southern Gaza City
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — An Israeli airstrike killed a prominent Palestinian doctor and eight members of his extended family on Tuesday after they complied with military orders to evacuate their home and moved into an Israeli-designated safe zone. The Hamdan family — around a dozen people from three generations...
Israeli Strike Kills Another Senior Hezbollah Commander as Diplomats Scramble for Calm in Lebanon
BEIRUT — An Israeli strike in southern Lebanon on Wednesday killed a senior Hezbollah commander as tensions between the two sides continue to boil, a Hezbollah official told The Associated Press. The strike near the southern coastal city of Tyre took place as global diplomatic efforts have intensified in recent...
Northern California Wildfire Spreads, with More Hot Weather Expected. Thousands Evacuate
OROVILLE — Firefighters lined roads to keep flames from reaching homes as helicopters dropped water on a growing wildfire Wednesday in Northern California that has forced at least 13,000 people to evacuate, with another day of extreme heat expected. The Thompson fire broke out before noon Tuesday about 70 miles...
Hurricane Beryl Roars Toward Jamaica After Killing at Least 6 People in the Southeast Caribbean
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Hurricane Beryl was roaring toward Jamaica on Wednesday, with islanders scrambling to make preparations after the powerful Category 4 storm earlier killed at least six people and caused significant damage in the southeast Caribbean. In Kingston, people boarded up windows, fishermen pulled their boats out of the...
Democrats in Congress Are Torn Between Backing Biden for President and Sounding the Alarm
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden's disastrous debate performance has reverberated across the Democratic Party, forcing lawmakers to grapple with a crisis that could upend the presidential election and change the course of American history. The Democratic president has signaled he has no intention of dropping out of the race against...