After falling to the Jacksonville Jaguars in on Sunday, the San Francisco 49ers have quickly turned around for an NFC West showdown at SoFi Stadium on Thursday night that will give the winning team a leg up in the battle for the division. San Francisco has started 3-1, but the...
Trump Eyes Shutdown to Make Deep Cuts to ‘Democratic Agencies’
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he would meet with his budget chief to determine which “Democrat agencies” he could try to cut, relishing the government shutdown as an “unprecedented opportunity” to achieve his agenda. Trump did not specify in a post on social media whether he sought...
Trump Will Determine How Long to Give Hamas to Accept Gaza Plan, White House Says
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will draw a red line on how long to give Hamas to accept an Israel-backed proposal to halt fighting in Gaza, the White House said on Thursday, without explicitly saying whether he would enforce a previously set deadline. Trump on Tuesday said he would give...
Google Says Hackers Are Sending Extortion Emails to Executives
WASHINGTON — Alphabet's Google said hackers are sending extortion emails to an unspecified number of executives, claiming to have stolen sensitive data from their Oracle business applications. In a statement, Google said a group claiming affiliation with the ransomware gang cl0p was sending emails to "executives at numerous organizations claiming to...
Gaza Aid Flotilla With Greta Thunberg Intercepted by Israeli Navy
Israel faced international condemnation and protests on Thursday after its forces intercepted around 40 boats carrying aid and more than 400 foreign activists, including Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg, to Gaza. Cameras broadcasting live feeds from the boats, verified by Reuters, showed armed Israeli soldiers sporting helmets and night vision goggles boarding the...
California Leaders Stack the Deck and Promote Inequality in Tribal Gaming
This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. A stacked deck doesn’t just tilt the odds, it erases fairness. When the powerful and wealthy dictate the terms, smaller voices are silenced and opportunity is denied. Recently my tribe, the Kletsel Dehe Wintun Nation, received a devastating...
Fantasy Football Start/Sit Recommendations for the Rams in Week 5 vs. 49ers
The Los Angeles Rams are coming off of a 27-21 over the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday, and now they'll take on the San Francisco 49ers for a Thursday night NFC West battle at SoFi Stadium. Los Angeles played arguably their best game of the season against the Colts, as their...
It’s No Cold War – It’s a ‘Fiery’ Conflict Now With the West, Russia Says
MOSCOW — Russia on Thursday said that there was no Cold War with the West because it was now a "fiery" conflict, and that the European Union and the NATO military alliance were lying about alleged Moscow's sabotage operations to justify vast military spending. The war in Ukraine, Europe's deadliest...
Two Dead in UK Synagogue Attack on Yom Kippur, Police Kill Suspect ‘With Bomb’
MANCHESTER, England — At least two people were killed when an assailant drove a car into pedestrians and stabbed a security guard near a synagogue in England where worshippers were marking Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, British police said. Greater Manchester Police said the suspect, who...
US Government Layoffs Could Be in the Thousands, White House Says
U.S. government layoffs could be in the thousands, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said on Thursday as the federal government began the second day of a shutdown. — (Reporting by Doina Chiacu; Editing by Caitlin Webber)