NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump on Monday moved to halt this week’s sentencing in his hush money case while he appeals a judge’s decision that upheld the historic verdict and put him on course to be the first president to take office convicted of felony crimes. Trump’s lawyers said...
Major US Winter Blast Shuts Down Schools and Government Offices in Several States
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A major winter blast of snow, ice, wind and plunging temperatures in the U.S. stirred dangerous travel conditions from central and southern states all the way to the East Coast early Monday, prompting schools and government offices in several states to close. Snow and ice blanketed major roads...
Five Things to Watch as CA Legislature Returns to Capitol
With the election and the holidays behind them, the California Legislature returns to Sacramento today to kick off a new session in earnest. It will be several more months before the political wrangling over the state budget and thousands of proposed bills truly ramps up. Still, priorities are emerging as...
Harris Will Oversee Certification of Her Defeat to Trump Four Years After He Sparked Capitol Attack
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday is set to preside over the certification of her defeat to Donald Trump four years after he tried to stop the very process that will now return him to the White House. In a video message, Harris described her role as a...
Austrian Far Right Gets Mandate To Try To Lead a Government for the First Time Since World War II
VIENNA — The leader of Austria's Freedom Party received a mandate Monday to try to form a new government, which would be the first headed by the far right since World War II if he succeeds. The anti-immigration and euroskeptic Freedom Party, which opposes sanctions against Russia and is led...
Stock Market Today: Nvidia and Other Tech Stocks Drive Wall Street Higher
NEW YORK — U.S. stock indexes are rising Monday to recover more of the holiday-season slide that bridged the new year. The S&P 500 was 1.2% higher in morning trading and on track for a second straight gain following five straight losses, its longest losing streak since April. The Dow...
Biden Issues Ban on Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling in Most Federal Waters. Trump Vows To Undo It
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is moving to ban new offshore oil and gas drilling in most U.S. coastal waters, a last-minute effort to block possible action by the incoming Trump administration to expand offshore drilling. Biden, whose term expires in two weeks, said he is using authority under the...
Canada’s Trudeau Is Set To Resign as Liberal Party Leader, Spelling End to Time in Power
TORONTO — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau plans to announce his resignation Monday, an official said, in the face of rising discontent over his leadership, and after the abrupt departure of his finance minister signaled growing turmoil within his government. The official said that Trudeau will stay on as prime...
Bulldogs Bolster Backfield with a Recruit, Transfer and Gilliam’s Return in One Weekend
In one weekend, the Fresno State football team retrieves senior running back Elijah Gilliam from the transfer portal and sign a high school recruit and transfer all at the RB position. Gilliam withdrew from the portal on Sunday after declaring to leave the program last Sunday for his last year...
Amazon Will Stream Melania Trump Documentary by Director Bruce Ratner
LOS ANGELES — Incoming first lady Melania Trump will be the subject of a new documentary directed by Brett Ratner and distributed by Amazon Prime Video. The streaming arm of the tech giant got exclusive licensing rights for a streaming and theatrical release later this year, the company said Sunday. Filming...