A suspected DUI driver crashed into a parked California Highway Patrol motorcycle and tow truck along Highway 99 near North Avenue, missing a CHP officer and several bystanders, authorities said. The crash happened while the officer was off the motorcycle investigating an earlier collision, the California Highway Patrol said Saturday....
Russia Downs 120 Ukrainian Drones Overnight, Defense Ministry Says
MOSCOW -Russia's anti-aircraft systems downed 120 Ukrainian drones overnight, mostly in regions bordering Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday, reporting no damage. More than three years into the war, Ukraine has increasingly been using drones to attack targets deep inside Russia. The Defense Ministry said the drones that...
Israel Sends Delegation to Qatar for Gaza Talks Ahead of Netanyahu Trip to US
JERUSALEM - An Israeli delegation left for Qatar on Sunday for talks on a possible Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal, an Israeli official said, hours before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was due to head to Washington to meet U.S. President Donald Trump. Public pressure is mounting on Netanyahu to secure...
San Luis Obispo’s Madre Fire Grows to Nearly 80,000 Acres, 30% Contained
A wildfire burning along Highway 166 near New Cuyama has scorched 79,936 acres and prompted multiple evacuation orders and warnings across San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Kern counties, according to CalFire. The blaze, known as the Madre Fire, ignited Wednesday afternoon and remains only 30% contained as of Sunday...
Musk Announces Forming of ‘America Party’ in Further Break From Trump
WASHINGTON - The dispute between Republican President Donald Trump and his main campaign financier Elon Musk took another fractious turn on Saturday when the space and automotive billionaire announced the formation of a new political party, saying Trump's "big, beautiful" tax bill would bankrupt America. A day after asking his...
Death Toll From Texas Floods Reaches 59, Including 21 Children
HUNT, Texas -The death toll from catastrophic floods in Texas reached 59 on Sunday, including 21 children, law enforcement said, as the search for girls missing from a summer camp entered a third day. Larry Leitha, the Kerr County Sheriff in Texas Hill Country, the epicenter of the flooding, said...
California’s Politics Drifts Right While New York’s Leans Left
This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The Democratic Party’s eight months of internal debate, recriminations and soul searching that followed Donald Trump’s win and Kamala Harris’ loss in last year’s presidential duel got another jolt last month, when an otherwise obscure 33-year-old state legislator...
How Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Will Make China Great Again
Can you hear it — that loud roar coming from the East? It’s the sound of 1.4 billion Chinese laughing at us. The Chinese simply can’t believe their luck: that at the dawn of the electricity-guzzling era of artificial intelligence, the U.S. president and his party have decided to engage...
What’s Caitlin Clark Worth to the WNBA? A Lot More Than Her $78,066 Salary.
In 1997, economists from MIT and Cambridge wrote a paper on the economic value of NBA superstars, focusing on the Chicago Bulls’ Michael Jordan. At the time, he had won four NBA championships, briefly retired, then returned to the league. The window in which Jordan was away from the NBA...
Trump to Sign Tax-Cut and Spending Bill in July 4 Ceremony
President Donald Trump is scheduled to sign a massive package of tax and spending cuts into law at a ceremony at the White House on Friday, one day after the Republican-controlled House of Representatives narrowly approved the legislation. The bill, which will fund Trump's immigration crackdown, make his 2017 tax...