LONDON — A woman who claimed mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor "brutally raped and battered" her in a Dublin hotel penthouse was awarded nearly 250,000 Euros ($257,000) on Friday by a civil court jury in Ireland. The woman said the Dec. 9, 2018, assault after a night of partying...
Judge Delays Trump Hush Money Sentencing in Order to Decide Where Case Should Go Now
NEW YORK — A judge confirmed Friday that President-elect Donald Trump won't be sentenced this month in his hush money case, instead setting a schedule for prosecutors and his lawyers to expand on their ideas about what to do next. Amid a flurry of filings in the case since Trump's...
Trump Gave Interior Nominee One Directive for a Half-Billion Acres of US Land: ‘Drill’
BISMARCK, N.D. — Donald Trump assigned Doug Burgum a singular mission in nominating the governor of oil-rich North Dakota to lead an agency that oversees a half-billion acres of federal land and vast areas offshore: "Drill baby drill." That dictate from the president-elect's announcement of Burgum for Secretary of Interior...
Fresno State Gets $500K Grant for Students Facing Homelessness
Fresno State’s Center for Essential Needs received a $500,000 Rapid Rehousing and Housing Security Program grant from the CSU Chancellor’s Office to develop and enhance programming for students facing homelessness and housing insecurity. Funds will be disbursed to the center from the Chancellor’s Office through June 2028. Diana Karageozian, lead...
NATO and Ukraine to Hold Emergency Talks After Russia’s Attack With New Hypersonic Missile
KYIV, Ukraine — NATO and Ukraine will hold emergency talks Tuesday after Russia attacked a central city with an experimental, hypersonic ballistic missile that escalated the nearly 33-month-old war. The conflict is "entering a decisive phase," Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Friday, and "taking on very dramatic dimensions." Ukraine's...
Many in Gaza Are Eating Just Once a Day, as Hunger Spreads Amid Aid Issues
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Yasmin Eid coughs and covers her face, cooking a small pot of lentils over a fire fed with twigs and scrap paper in the tent she shares with her husband and four young daughters in the Gaza Strip. It was their only meal Wednesday —...
Norwegian Student Arrested on Charges of Spying on US for Russia
OSLO, Norway — A Norwegian student in his 20s was arrested on suspicion of spying for Russia and Iran while working as a guard at the U.S. Embassy in Oslo, authorities in Norway have said. The man, who has not been identified, was ordered to be held in custody for...
Eagles Seek to Extend Win Streak in Prime-Time Clash With Resurgent Rams
INGLEWOOD — For the second straight season, the Philadelphia Eagles are headed to SoFi Stadium with a lengthy winning streak and a team that looks like one of the best in the NFC. The Los Angeles Rams (5-5) couldn't do much to slow them down last season, but they'll try...
Nick Chubb Plows Through Heavy Snow as Browns Beat Steelers
CLEVELAND — With snow falling, Nick Chubb plowed forward. On a play that looked eerily similar to the one in Pittsburgh last year that threatened to end his career, Chubb kept his legs moving and pushed his way into the end zone for a touchdown he and his teammates won't...
German Auto Supplier Bosch to Cut 5,500 Jobs in Further Sign of Carmakers’ Woes
FRANKFURT, Germany — Germany's technology and services company Bosch said Friday it planned to reduce its automotive division workforce by as many as 5,500 jobs in the next several years in another sign of the headwinds hitting the German and global auto industries. The company cited stagnating global auto sales,...