LOS ANGELES — Michael Lorenzen pitched a season-high seven innings, rookie Wyatt Langford had two RBI singles, and the Texas Rangers defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-1 on Thursday night to win a series at Dodger Stadium for the first time since 1999. “Just a terrific job how they battled...
Tyson Foods Heir Suspended as CFO After Second Alcohol-Related Arrest
Tyson Foods suspended its chief financial officer – a great-grandson of the company’s founder – after his arrest Thursday on charges of driving while intoxicated. John R. Tyson, 34, was arrested early Thursday by University of Arkansas police in Fayetteville, Arkansas, according to police records. He was also charged with...
Ex-US Customs Officer Convicted of Letting Drug-Filled Cars Enter from Mexico
LOS ANGELES — A former U.S. Customs officer has been convicted of accepting bribes to let drug-filled vehicles into the United States from Mexico, giving traffickers a one-hour window to reach his lane at a San Diego border crossing and pocketing at least $13,000 per vehicle, officials said Thursday. Prosecutors...
Elon Musk Wins Back His $44.9 Billion Tesla Pay Package in Shareholder Vote
DETROIT — Tesla shareholders voted Thursday to restore CEO Elon Musk's record $44.9 billion pay package that was thrown out by a Delaware judge earlier this year. Vote totals weren't immediately announced at Tesla’s annual stockholders' meeting, but the company said they voted for Musk's compensation plan, which initially was...
Attraction Starring Disney’s First Black Princess Replaces Ride Based on Film Many Viewed as Racist
ORLANDO — A new attraction starring the first Black Disney princess is opening at the company’s U.S. theme park resorts, and some Disney followers see it as a fitting replacement to a former ride based on a movie that contained racist tropes. The new theme park attraction updates Tiana's storyline...
UCLA Names New Chancellor as Campus Is Still Reeling From Protests Over Israel-Hamas War
LOS ANGELES — The president of the University of Miami was chosen Wednesday to become the next chancellor of the University of California, Los Angeles, where the retiring incumbent leaves a campus roiled by protests over Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza. Dr. Julio Frenk, a Mexico City-born global public...
Trump Returns to Capitol Hill and Whips Up Republican Lawmakers, a First Meeting Since Jan. 6 Attack
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump made a triumphant return Thursday to Capitol Hill, whipping up House and Senate Republicans in his first meetings since the Jan.6, 2021 attacks, embraced by GOP lawmakers who find themselves newly energized by his bid to retake the White House. Despite the federal charges against Trump...
G7 Leaders Agree to Lend Ukraine Billions Backed by Russia’s Frozen Assets. Here’s How It Will Work
WASHINGTON — Leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy democracies have agreed to engineer a $50 billion loan to help Ukraine in its fight for survival. Interest earned on profits from Russia’s frozen central bank assets would be used as collateral. Details of the deal were being hashed out by...
Supreme Court, Siding With Starbucks, Makes It Harder for NLRB to Win Court Orders in Labor Disputes
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday made it harder for the federal government to win court orders when it suspects a company of interfering in unionization campaigns in a case that stemmed from a labor dispute with Starbucks. The justices tightened the standards for when a federal court should...
IndyCar Ditches NBC for Fox Sports, Which Now Has Daytona 500 & Indy 500
Fox Sports announced on Thursday that it has acquired the rights to broadcast IndyCar starting in 2025, a move that gives the network two of the biggest races in the world — the Indianapolis 500 and NASCAR's Daytona 500. Fox Sports already broadcasts the first half of the NASCAR schedule....