There's a lot of excitement and buzz around the WNBA as its set to tip off its 29th season Friday night thanks in large part to last season's rookie class led by Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese. The league may have its most anticipated year ahead with the two second...
Israeli Strikes Kill at Least 93 People in Gaza as Trump Wraps up His Middle East Visit
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — At least 93 people were killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza on Friday as U.S. President Donald Trump wrapped up his regional trip. Strikes overnight hit across Gaza, including the outskirts of Deir al-Balah and the city of Khan Younis. Gaza's health ministry said hundreds...
Meet The Hoo Lee Gans! Giants Fans Help Korean Star Jung Hoo Lee Feel At Home With Fan Group
SAN FRANCISCO — Jung Hoo Lee has sparked something special with San Francisco Giants fans — we're talking hair-on-fire levels of excitement. A group of them are going above and beyond to make the Korean center fielder feel welcome in the Bay Area. Meet the Hoo Lee Gans. Lee has...
European Leaders Agree With Trump That Russia’s Position on Ceasefire Talks Is Unacceptable
TIRANA, Albania — European leaders have agreed with U.S. President Donald Trump that Russia’s position in ceasefire talks with Ukraine is unacceptable and they intend to coordinate a response, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Friday. Starmer spoke from Albania’s capital, Tirana, where leaders of dozens of European countries...
The Man Who Stabbed Author Salman Rushdie on Stage Has Been Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison
MAYVILLE, N.Y. — The man convicted of stabbing Salman Rushdie on a New York lecture stage in 2022, leaving the prizewinning author blind in one eye, was sentenced Friday to serve 25 years in prison. A jury found Hadi Matar, 27, guilty of attempted murder and assault in February. Rushdie...
Ohtani’s Big Night: Two Homers, Six RBIs Lead Dodgers Past Athletics
LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani homered twice and drove in six runs on his bobblehead night, and the Los Angeles Dodgers routed the Athletics 19-2 on Thursday night to remain unbeaten in their last six series. After losing the opener 11-1, the Dodgers outscored the Athletics 28-5 over the final...
California Assembly Advances Bill to Toughen Penalties for Soliciting Sex From Older Teens
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Assembly on Thursday approved harsher penalties for soliciting sex from 16- and 17-year-olds, with an exception for cases where there is an age difference of three years or less between both parties. It's an updated version of legislation that recently threw Democrats into political turmoil,...
California Man Wrestles Gun From Officer and Is Shot After Entering Police Car
A video released by a Southern California police department showed a man wrestling a gun away from an officer and getting into her police car before another officer shot and killed him. An officer said “he has my gun. He has my gun. Please don’t shoot me. Please don’t shoot...
Criminal Investigation Opened in Rape and Sexual Assault Allegations Against Smokey Robinson
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said Thursday that it has opened a criminal investigation into rape and sexual assault allegations against Motown music luminary Smokey Robinson. The department said in a statement that its Special Victims Bureau is “actively investigating criminal allegations” against Robinson. Last week,...
Trump Tells Republicans to Unite Behind Sweeping Tax Bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump urged Republican lawmakers to unite behind his sweeping tax bill on Friday, as party hardliners calling for deeper spending cuts threatened to block the bill from clearing an important procedural hurdle. "Republicans MUST UNITE behind" the legislation, Trump said on social media as he...