Greg Gumbel, a longtime CBS sportscaster, has died from cancer, according to a statement from family released by CBS on Friday. He was 78. "He leaves behind a legacy of love, inspiration and dedication to over 50 extraordinary years in the sports broadcast industry; and his iconic voice will never...
Trump Asks Supreme Court To Delay TikTok Ban So He Can Weigh In After He Takes Office
President-elect Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Friday to pause the potential TikTok ban from going into effect until his administration can pursue a “political resolution” to the issue. The request came as TikTok and the Biden administration filed opposing briefs to the court, in which the company argued...
A’s President Dave Kaval Will Resign in the Coming Days
OAKLAND - Athletics president Dave Kaval will resign from the organization after being the public face of the organization's planned move from Oakland to Las Vegas. Kaval has been president of the A's for the past eight years and will step down from the role on Dec. 31 to pursue...
Injured Eagles QB Jalen Hurts Won’t Play Sunday vs. Cowboys
PHILADELPHIA — Jalen Hurts is still in the NFL's concussion protocol, forcing the Philadelphia Eagles to play against Dallas without their star quarterback. The Eagles will turn to backup Kenny Pickett on Sunday because Hurts is still dealing with the lingering effects of a concussion suffered against Washington. Hurts was...
County Residents Reject Joining the City. Will It Be the Same in Southeast Fresno?
In 2020, the city and county of Fresno had to take special measures to allow a Fresno attorney to build nearly 500 homes on his family's land in the southwest part of town. Part of that agreement required the city to not only annex the 89 acres owned by Eddie...
Struggling Kings Fire Coach Mike Brown, AP Source Says
SACRAMENTO - The Sacramento Kings have fired coach Mike Brown less than halfway through his third season with the team mired in a five-game losing streak, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Friday because the firing hadn't been announced...
US Homelessness up 18% as Affordable Housing Remains Out of Reach for Many People
The United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, a dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of affordable housing as well as devastating natural disasters and a surge of migrants in several parts of the country, federal officials said Friday. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban...
Warren Upton, the Oldest Living Survivor of the Attack on Pearl Harbor, Dies at 105
HONOLULU — Warren Upton, the oldest living survivor of the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the last remaining survivor of the USS Utah, has died. He was 105. Upton died Wednesday at a hospital in Los Gatos, California, after suffering a bout of pneumonia, said Kathleen Farley, the...
An Online Debate Over Foreign Workers in Tech Shows Tensions in Trump’s Political Coalition
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — An online spat between factions of Donald Trump's supporters over immigration and the tech industry has thrown internal divisions in his political movement into public display, previewing the fissures and contradictory views his coalition could bring to the White House. The rift laid bare the...
A 9th Telecoms Firm Has Been Hit by a Massive Chinese Espionage Campaign, the White House Says
WASHINGTON — A ninth U.S. telecoms firm has been confirmed to have been hacked as part of a sprawling Chinese espionage campaign that gave officials in Beijing access to private texts and phone conversations of an unknown number of Americans, a top White House official said Friday. Biden administration officials...