When Fresno State’s Jake Haener was presented with the season's biggest challenge — taking down perennial conference power Boise State — coach Jeff Tedford knew his quarterback would be up to the task. Haener, who didn’t play against Boise State when the teams met earlier in the season due to...
Biden Tells Dems He Wants SC as 1st Primary Vote
President Joe Biden has declared that Democrats should give up “restrictive” caucuses and prioritize diversity at the start of their presidential primary calendar — dealing a major blow to Iowa's decades-long status as the state that leads off the process. In a letter Thursday to the rule-making arm of the...
Russia Rejects $60-a-Barrel Cap on Its Oil, Warns of Cutoffs
Russian authorities rejected a price cap on the country's oil set by Ukraine’s Western supporters and threatened Saturday to stop supplying the nations that endorsed it. Australia, Britain, Canada, Japan, the United States and the 27-nation European Union agreed Friday to cap what they would pay for Russian oil at $60-per-barrel. The limit is...
Iran Morality Police Status Unclear After ‘Closure’ Comment
An Iranian lawmaker said Sunday that Iran's government is “paying attention to the people’s real demands,” state media reported, a day after a top official suggested that the country’s morality police whose conduct helped trigger months of protests has been shut down. The role of the morality police, which enforces...
California Lawmakers to Meet, Eye Big Oil’s High Gas Prices
Furious about oil companies' supersized profits after a summer of record-high gas prices, California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday will formally start his campaign to punish big producers by asking the Legislature to fine them and give the money back to drivers. State lawmakers will briefly return to the state Capitol on...
Ukraine Says It Shot Down Over 60 Russian Missiles from Latest Barrage
Ukraine’s air force said Monday it shot down more than 60 of about 70 missiles that Russia fired on in its latest barrage against Ukraine. It was the latest onslaught as part of Moscow's new, stepped-up campaign that has largely targeted Ukrainian infrastructure and disrupted supplies of power, water and...
Influential Iraqi Cleric Launches Anti-LGBTQ Campaign
An influential Iraqi cleric who announced his withdrawal from politics four months ago has broken a period of relative silence to launch an anti-LGBTQ campaign. Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr posted a statement on Twitter Wednesday calling for “believing men and women (to) unite all over the world to combat (the LGBTQ community).”...
California Cities to Get Little Water From State as Drought Persists
California water agencies that serve 27 million people will get just 5% of what they requested from the state to start 2023, water officials announced Thursday. The news of limited water comes as California concludes its driest three-year stretch on record and as water managers brace for a fourth year with below-average...
Arizona County Certifies Election After Judge’s Order
A rural Arizona county certified its midterm election results on Thursday, following the orders of a judge who ruled that Republican supervisors broke the law when they refused to sign off on the vote count by this week's deadline. Two Republicans on Cochise County's three-member board of supervisors balked for weeks about...
Pentagon Debuts Its New Stealth Bomber, the B-21 Raider
America’s newest nuclear stealth bomber is making its public debut after years of secret development and as part of the Pentagon’s answer to rising concerns over a future conflict with China. The B-21 Raider is the first new American bomber aircraft in more than 30 years. Almost every aspect of the program is...