A U.S. House committee on Wednesday asked the CEOs of Discord, Steam, Amazon-owned Twitch, and Reddit to testify at an Oct. 8 hearing on the radicalization of some online forum users. Representative James Comer, chair of the U.S. House of Representatives Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said he was calling the...
Rams DC Chris Shula Reportedly ‘a Prime Candidate’ for Head-Coaching Job in 2026
No one coordinator has had a better start to the 2025 season than Chris Shula. The Los Angeles Rams' defensive coordinator has put together a unit that's allowed just one touchdown in two weeks and the fewest points in the league over that span. The secondary is elite, too, and...
Jim Harbaugh and Chargers Establish Superiority Over Pete Carroll and Raiders in AFC West
The rivalry between Pete Carroll and Jim Harbaugh goes back nearly two decades. During the late 2000s, Harbaugh’s Stanford teams twice came into the Coliseum and knocked off Carroll’s USC Trojans, including the infamous “What’s your deal?” game in 2009. After several more intense matchups during the early 2010s when...
Pope Decries ‘Unacceptable’ Plight of Palestinians in Gaza, Urges Truce
Pope Leo on Wednesday denounced the "unacceptable" conditions faced by Palestinians in Gaza, voicing solidarity with civilians and renewing his appeal for a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas. "I express my deep closeness to the Palestinian people in Gaza, who continue to live in fear and survive...
Israel Opens New Route out of Gaza City, Death Toll Passes 65,000
CAIRO/JERUSALEM — The Israeli military said it was opening an additional route for 48 hours that Palestinians could use to leave Gaza City as it stepped up efforts on Wednesday to empty the city of civilians and confront thousands of Hamas combatants. Hundreds of thousands of people are sheltering in...
Kern County Man Arrested After Gunfire Report Leads to Firearms Seizure
A 58-year-old man was arrested after deputies responding to reports of gunfire in Taft seized 13 firearms from his home, authorities said. Kern County sheriff’s deputies were dispatched Sept. 7 to the 28000 block of Chaparral Avenue for a shots-fired call, the sheriff’s office said Tuesday. Witnesses identified James Dye...
Wall Street Mixed Ahead of Fed’s Rate Decision, Nvidia Slips
Wall Street's main indexes were mixed in choppy trading on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 muted ahead of a widely expected interest-rate cut from the U.S. Federal Reserve later in the day. The central bank is expected to reduce borrowing costs by at least 25 basis points at 2 p.m....
Jerry of Ben & Jerry’s Resigns, Saying Company Has Been ‘Silenced’
One of Ben & Jerry’s founders, Jerry Greenfield, has resigned from the ice cream company, saying that its independence had been lost and its social activism “silenced” under the control of its parent company, Unilever. Greenfield’s business partner, Ben Cohen, announced the move on social media early Wednesday. The decision...
Fed Expected to Cut Rates, Update Views of Trump Economic Plan With New Projections
WASHINGTON — The most politically charged U.S. Federal Reserve meeting in years wraps up on Wednesday with broad expectations for a quarter-percentage-point interest rate cut that may spark dissents from some policymakers who feel it is too small and too late and others who feel it is not warranted at...
San Francisco Politician Recalled Over the Great Highway’s Closure
Many residents of the west side of San Francisco clearly still long for their Great Highway. They miss driving the 2 miles alongside the coast like they did for decades, taking in the view of the sun setting over the Pacific and surfers riding its waves, until the road closed...