PALM BEACH, Fla. — Banning the “tush push” is gaining momentum. Still, it'll take 24 of 32 votes to eliminate a play that’s become a short-yardage staple for the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles. NFL team owners, coaches and general managers are considering several potential rule changes at this week's...
U.S. Bank Executive Terry Dolan Dies in Plane Crash Near Minneapolis
U.S. Bank CEO Andy Cecere confirmed Monday that Terry Dolan, the lender’s chief administration officer, died Saturday when a plane he was flying crashed in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Park. "Our loss is profound. Terry was an outstanding businessman, but more importantly, he was a wonderful person," Cecere wrote...
Trump Administration Will Review Billions in Funding for Harvard
The Trump administration said Monday that it was reviewing roughly $9 billion in federal grants and contracts awarded to Harvard University, accusing the school of allowing antisemitism to run unchecked on its campus. In a statement Monday, the administration said it was examining about $256 million in contracts, as well...
Former MLB Pitcher CJ Wilson of Fresno on New Torpedo Bats: ‘Still Room for Innovation’
The New York Yankees' newest weapon in the Major League Baseball arms race drew hotly divided takes from the baseball community. Over the weekend, the team blew past Milwaukee, hitting nine home runs against the Brewers on Saturday — three of them back-to-back — followed by another stunning 12-3 win...
Man Arrested After Shooting at Fresno’s Switch Nightclub
A 26-year-old man, Ian McDonough, was arrested early Sunday after a shooting outside Switch Nightclub in Fresno sent the victim to the hospital, authorities said. Officers conducting a traffic stop near the nightclub shortly after midnight heard gunfire coming from the parking lot, the Fresno Police Department said in a...
Who Is Fresno’s ‘Fake’ ICE Agent? He Speaks Up
Abad Sandoval Gonzalez said he did nothing wrong when he donned a vest that police later said was meant to look like law enforcement and entered businesses at the River Park shopping center in February. "I was falsely arrested by Fresno Police, northeast policing division, because they said that I...
French Far-Right Leader Marine Le Pen Barred From Seeking Office for 5 Years
PARIS — A French court on Monday convicted Marine Le Pen of embezzlement and barred her from seeking public office for five years — a hammer blow to the far-right leader’s presidential hopes and an earthquake for French politics. Speaking to French TV channel TF1 in her first reaction to the verdict, Le...
I Will Force Votes on Blocking Arms Sales to Israel: Sen. Bernie Sanders
This week, I will force U.S. Senate votes on two Joint Resolutions of Disapproval I have introduced to block certain offensive arms sales to Israel. These sales, proposed by the Trump Administration, would provide $8.8 billion in bombs and other munitions to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s extremist government to continue...
Man Faces Life in Prison After Conviction for 2019 Visalia Murder
A Tulare County jury on Friday convicted a 25-year-old man of second-degree murder for the fatal stabbing of another man during a fight at a 2019 party, the Tulare County District Attorney's Office announced. Isaiah Elias Garcia was found guilty in Tulare County Superior Court of killing the victim and...
What Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ Tariffs Could Mean for Americans: Fareed Zakaria
Michael Froman, president of the Council on Foreign Relations and former U.S. trade representative, spoke with Fareed Zakaria ahead of what former President Donald Trump calls "Liberation Day," when he is expected to announce widespread tariffs. In the interview, Froman and Zakaria discuss the potential impact of sweeping tariffs if...