Pitcher Jack Flaherty is returning to the Detroit Tigers, agreeing Sunday to a $35 million, two-year contract, a person familiar with the agreement told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the agreement was subject to a successful physical. Flaherty can opt out after the 2025...
Valley Crime Stoppers’ Most Wanted Person of the Day: Classic Jones
Update on Feb. 6, 2025 The Fresno County Sheriff's Office reported that Classic Jones was arrested on Wednesday by the Fresno Police Department. Original Story Feb 3, 2025 Most Wanted Person of the Day Suspect Name: Classic Jones Suspects Date of Birth: June 20, 2005 Physical Description: Black Male, 5’...
Crews Lift First Wreckage From D.C. Plane Crash Out of Potomac
Salvage crews began lifting the wreckage of American Airlines Flight 5342 from the Potomac River in Washington on Monday morning, the start of an operation that was expected to take three days. Just after 10 a.m. Eastern, the first piece of wreckage appeared. A crane perched on a barge in...
Who Gets More Disaster Aid? Experts Explain More About FEMA
WASHINGTON — Federal disaster aid is nearly everywhere. About 94% of Americans live in a county that has gotten Federal Emergency Management Agency help for disasters since 2011. But disaster aid — for decades a mostly bipartisan issue — is suddenly a political hot button after Hurricane Helene last year...
Wall Street Falls Following Trump’s Tariffs but Pares Its Losses After Mexico Announces a Delay
NEW YORK — Worries about President Donald Trump’s tariffs are sending U.S. stocks through sharp swings on Monday as financial markets worldwide drop on concerns about a potential trade war. The S&P 500 was down 0.7% in midday trading following worse losses for stock markets across Asia and Europe. The...
At Least 19 Killed Mostly Women in a Car Bomb Explosion in Northern Syria
DAMASCUS, Syria — A car bomb exploded on the outskirts of a northern Syrian city on Monday, killing at least 19 people, all but one of them women, and leaving more than a dozen wounded, hospital workers said. The car detonated next to a vehicle carrying mostly female agricultural workers...
Beyoncé Wins Album of the Year at the 2025 Grammys for ‘Cowboy Carter’
LOS ANGELES — Beyoncé won album of the year for “Cowboy Carter” at Sunday's Grammys, delivering her — at last — the show’s elusive top award. The superstar, who is both the most awarded and nominated artist in Grammys history, has been up for the category four times before and many feel she...
Marchers Protesting Planned Deportations Block Major Freeway in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES — Thousands of people protesting mass deportations planned by President Donald Trump marched in Southern California on Sunday, including in downtown Los Angeles where demonstrators blocked a major freeway for several hours. 2.2.2025 Los Angeles, California just before the 67th Grammy Awards are happing at the Crypto Arena...
Fans at Raptors Game Continue Trend of Booing US National Anthem
TORONTO — Fans at a Toronto Raptors game continued an emerging trend Sunday of booing the American national anthem at pro sporting events in Canada. Fans of the NBA's lone Canadian franchise booed the anthem after similar reactions broke out Saturday night at NHL games in Ottawa, Ontario, and Calgary,...
Trump Agrees to Pause Tariffs on Mexico, but Import Taxes Still in Place for Canada and China
WASHINGTON — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday that after a conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump that the planned tariffs are on hold for a month, a statement confirmed by the White House. “Mexico will reinforce the northern border with 10,000 members of the National Guard immediately, to stop...