Miami quarterback Cam Ward is still the favorite to be taken No. 1 overall when the Tennessee Titans kick off the NFL draft on Thursday night. After that, it's anyone's guess. Colorado's two-way star, Travis Hunter, and quarterback Shedeur Sanders, Penn State's Abdul Carter, Michigan's Mason Graham and LSU's Will Campbell are...
Flores Launches Go-Ahead Homer as Lee, Birdsong Help Lift Giants Over Brewers
SAN FRANCISCO — Wilmer Flores hit a tiebreaking solo homer in the sixth, Jung Hoo Lee added an RBI triple the next inning as fans chanted his name, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Milwaukee Brewers 5-2 on Monday night. Flores connected off Grant Anderson (1-1) with two outs....
Russia’s Putin Discusses US-Iran Nuclear Talks With Leader of Oman
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed Iran's nuclear programme on Tuesday with the visiting leader of Oman, Sultan Haitham bin Tariq al-Said, a Kremlin official was quoted as saying. Oman has been mediating between Iran and the United States as President Donald Trump seeks an agreement that would...
South Asian Women Lead Merced School Boards. How Did They Rise to the Top?
Two South Asian women now lead Merced County’s largest public school districts in making policy decisions and keeping schools accountable. Amalee Jayasinghe was re-elected to Merced Union High School District’s board of education last year for a second term, and Priya Lakireddy was elected to the Merced City School District’s board of education in...
Paul Atkins Sworn in as US SEC Chair
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Paul Atkins, who previously served as a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission member from 2002 to 2008 and was seen as a business-friendly lawyer, was sworn in on Monday as the SEC chairman, the regulator said in a statement. — (Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing...
UnitedHealth Spent $1.7 Million on Executive Security in 2024, Filing Shows
(Reuters) - UnitedHealth Group spent nearly $1.7 million on security for its top executives in 2024, the healthcare conglomerate disclosed on Monday, months after the fatal shooting of senior executive Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel in December. The company also paid $207,931 on behalf of certain family members of...
US Supreme Court Appears Likely to Uphold Obamacare’s Preventive Care Coverage Mandate
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court seemed likely to uphold a key preventive-care provision of the Affordable Care Act in a case heard Monday. Conservative justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett, along with the court's three liberals, appeared skeptical of arguments that Obamacare's process for deciding which services must be...
Woman in Fresno Mansion Fraud Case Sentenced to Prison for Tax Evasion
A former Fresno woman was sentenced Monday to two years in federal prison for tax evasion and obstructing an IRS audit, officials said. Pilar Rose, 51, was also ordered to forfeit more than $2.5 million in proceeds from the sale of her and her husband’s mansion on Van Ness Extension...
California Prisoner Indicted for Exploiting Child Victim While Incarcerated
A California inmate serving time for lewd acts against a child has been indicted on new federal charges alleging he continued to exploit the same victim while incarcerated, authorities said. Nathaniel Ray Diaz, 21, of Greenfield, was arraigned Monday after a federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment charging him...
Kennedy Plans to Phase Out 8 Commonly Used Food Dyes
In his first attempt to significantly change the nation’s food supply, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, will direct food manufacturers to phase out eight petroleum-based food dyes that are found in hundreds of thousands of grocery-store staples, the department said Monday. The plan, expected to be described in...