LOS ANGELES — Mookie Betts hit his major league-leading fifth home run, Freddie Freeman had three hits and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 5-4 on Tuesday night for their third straight victory. Betts lifted a hanging changeup from Giants starter Logan Webb into the left-center field...
Online Viewing of Monday’s Total Solar Eclipse: How to Watch from Anywhere
If you're nowhere near the path of totality or if clouds spoil your view, you can still catch the total solar eclipse online. Weather permitting, tens of millions who live along a narrow stretch from Mexico's Pacific coast to eastern Canada can just look skyward Monday to glimpse day turn...
Record-Breaking Viewership for Women’s College Basketball
Caitlin Clark can claim another record — the most-watched women's college basketball game in history. Iowa's 94-87 victory over LSU in the Elite Eight of the women's NCAA Tournament on Monday night averaged 12.3 million viewers on ESPN, according to Nielsen. That makes it one of the most-viewed games in...
Muslim Leaders Reject Invitation to Break Bread With Biden, Stage Gaza Protest
WASHINGTON — Last year, President Joe Biden hadn’t even spoken a word at the White House celebration of Ramadan before someone shouted out “we love you." Hundreds of Muslims were there to mark the end of the holy month that requires fasting from sunrise to sunset. There are no such...
Video Shows California Deputies Fatally Shooting Abducted Teen as She Runs to Them
LOS ANGELES — A teenage girl who had been kidnapped by her father was following a sheriff's deputy's instructions and appeared to be surrendering when other deputies fatally shot her during a gun battle on a Southern California highway, according to recently released video and audio. The Incident Savannah Graziano,...
California Enters Spring With Vital Snowpack Above Average for a Second Year
LOS ANGELES — California has entered spring with an above-average mountain snowpack and major reservoirs in good shape for a second consecutive year, staving off immediate water supply concerns but not allaying drought worries in a warming world. The California Department of Water Resources measured the water content of the...
US Job Openings Rise Modestly to 8.8 Million in February in Strong Labor Market
WASHINGTON — U.S. job openings barely changed in February, staying at historically high levels in a sign that the American job market remains strong. The Labor Department reported Tuesday that employers posted 8.76 million job vacancies in February, up modestly from 8.75 million in January and about what economists had...
Americans Star on an Iraqi Basketball Team. Its Owners Include Forces That Attacked US Troops
BAGHDAD — A pro basketball team in Iraq is owned by a paramilitary group, and some of its forces recently attacked U.S. troops. But this hostility toward Uncle Sam has its limits: The team is banking on a high-scoring American to help lead them to a championship. Like many former...
Lou Conter, Last Survivor of USS Arizona from Pearl Harbor Attack, Dies at 102
HONOLULU — Lou Conter, the last living survivor of the USS Arizona battleship that exploded and sank during the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, has died. He was 102. Conter passed away on Monday at his home in Grass Valley, California, following congestive heart failure, his daughter, Louann Daley said,...
Israeli Strike in Gaza Kills 7 Delivering Food, a New Blow to Humanitarian Efforts
An Israeli airstrike on aid workers delivering food in Gaza has killed at least seven people — including citizens of Australia, Poland, the United Kingdom and a U.S.-Canada dual citizen — in the latest Israeli military action to hit humanitarian efforts in the besieged Palestinian territory. World Central Kitchen, the...