LOS ANGELES — Second baseman Gavin Lux was traded from the Dodgers to the Cincinnati Reds on Monday, three days after Los Angeles agreed to a $12.5 million, three-year contract with South Korean fielder Hyeseong Kim. Los Angeles received minor league outfielder Mike Sirota, a grand-nephew of Hall of Fame...
San Francisco Bay Area Police Department Mired in Racist Text Scandal Agrees to Reforms
ANTIOCH — A San Francisco Bay Area police department under federal investigation for racist and sexist texts has agreed to hire a consultant to update its policies, procedures and training on various topics, the U.S. Department of Justice announced. According to the agreement made public Friday, the Antioch Police Department...
Jimmy Carter Will Be Honored in Washington, a City Where He Remained an Outsider
WASHINGTON — Nearly 44 years after Jimmy Carter left the nation's capital in humbling defeat, the 39th president returns to Washington for three days of state funeral rites starting on Tuesday. Carter’s remains, which have been lying in repose at the Carter Presidential Center since Saturday, will leave the Atlanta...
Chargers Plan to Sign Ezekiel Elliott to Practice Squad
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Chargers are planning to sign running back Ezekiel Elliott to their practice squad pending a physical, two people familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Monday night. The people spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the move had not...
Meta Replaces Fact-Checking With X-Style Community Notes
Facebook and Instagram owner Meta said Tuesday it's scrapping its third-party fact-checking program and replacing it with Community Notes written by users similar to the model used by Elon Musk's social media platform X. Starting in the U.S., Meta will end its fact-checking program with independent third parties. The company...
Even MAGA Needs Immigrants, It Seems
Opinion by Farah Stockman on January 4, 2025. It matters that U.S. sanction policies were overseen by a man who grew up watching his parents send money through Western Union to relatives in Nigeria. That man, the deputy U.S. Treasury secretary, Wally Adeyemo, was born in the Nigerian city of...
Fresno State Adds a Sackmaster and Safety from Transfer Portal
After a weekend of loading up at the running back position, the Fresno State football team added two players to the defense from the transfer portal on Monday: redshirt junior defensive end Finn Claypool (Drake) and redshirt freshman safety Ethan Tierney (Northern Illinois). Coach Matt Entz now has four transfers...
Fresno Police Report 2024 Violent Crime Drop, Homicides Fall to 30
Violent crime in Fresno declined in 2024, with significant decreases in shootings, homicides, and gunshot victims, the Fresno Police Department said Monday at a downtown news conference. Interim Police Chief Mindy Casto reported that homicides fell to 30 in 2024, down from 35 in 2023. This continues a downward trend...
Hurdles Remain as Israel and Hamas Once Again Inch Toward a Ceasefire Deal
JERUSALEM — Israel and Hamas once again appear to be inching toward a ceasefire that could wind down the 15-month war in Gaza and bring home dozens of Israelis held hostage there. Both Israel and Hamas are under pressure from outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump to...
First US Bird Flu Death Is Announced in Louisiana
NEW YORK — The first U.S. bird flu death has been reported — a person in Louisiana who had been hospitalized with severe respiratory symptoms. State health officials announced the death on Monday, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed it was the nation's first due to bird...