MEXICO CITY — Mexico's president said Thursday she will ask President-elect Donald Trump to deport non-Mexican migrants directly to their home countries, rather than dumping them at the Mexican border. President Claudia Sheinbaum said she hopes to reach an agreement with Trump so that "they send people who come from...
GivingTuesday Estimates $3.6B Was Donated This Year, an Increase From 2023
NEW YORK — U.S. donors gave $3.6 billion on Tuesday, an increase from the past two years, according to estimates from the nonprofit GivingTuesday. The Tuesday after Thanksgiving, now known as GivingTuesday, has become a major day for nonprofits to fundraise and otherwise engage their supporters each year, since the...
Earthquake Strikes off California; Tsunami Warning Issued
Update on Dec. 5, 2024 at 12:05 p.m. The US National Weather Service in Eureka said on social media, "The National Tsunami Warning Center has indicated that NO TSUNAMI has been generated by this earthquake. Repeat: NO TSUNAMI is expected. This will be the final notification from NWS Eureka for...
ICE Looks for a New Detention Center in California. State Probably Can’t Stop It.
Federal immigration authorities are looking for a potential new detention center in Northern California, an effort that alarms advocates and some Democratic state lawmakers as President-elect Donald Trump gears up to unleash his mass deportation plan. In August, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issued a request for information to...
Trump Has ‘Lost Faith’ in NRA, Says Gun Group Official
President-elect Donald Trump has “lost faith” in the National Rifle Association, according to a top official at the gun organization, who argued in a recent letter to fellow board members that the NRA needed to regroup so that it could help protect the Republican Party’s new edge in Congress in...
Digging Resumes in the Search for a Woman in a Pennsylvania Sinkhole
Digging crews resumed work early Thursday in the effort to locate a woman who authorities fear died after falling into a sinkhole above an abandoned Pennsylvania coal mine. Fewer than a dozen searchers, including state police and excavator operators, have returned to the spot where 64-year-old Elizabeth Pollard is thought...
Jeff Bezos Says He Is ‘Optimistic’ About a New Trump Term and Can Help With Cutting Regulations
NEW YORK — Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said Wednesday he is "optimistic" about President-elect Donald Trump's second term and expressed some excitement about potential regulatory cutbacks in the coming years. "I'm actually very optimistic this time around," Bezos said on stage during a wide-ranging interview at The New York Times'...
Syrian Insurgents Capture Central City of Hama in Severe Setback to the Syrian President
BEIRUT — Syrian insurgents swept into the central city of Hama on Thursday and government forces withdrew, dealing another major blow to Syrian President Bashar Assad days after insurgents captured much of Aleppo, the country's largest city. The stunning weeklong offensive appeared likely to continue, with insurgents setting their sights...
No. 24 Aztecs Show Bulldogs How It’s Done in MW Opener
Missed shots, errant passes, and defensive shortcomings doomed the Fresno State men's basketball team as it fell to 24th-ranked San Diego State 84-62 in the Mountain West opener at the Save Mart Center on Wednesday night. It was the third straight loss for the Bulldogs, who are 3-5 this season....
Unlikely Battleground California Crucially Influences US House’s Political Balance — Again
LOS ANGELES — Democrats and Republicans agreed on at least one thing before November's election: California would play a central role in determining control of the U.S. House. Indeed it did. Democrat Adam Gray's come-from-behind victory over Republican Rep. John Duarte in a Central Valley farm-belt district Tuesday — the...