LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Rams had to completely reconfigure their offensive line because of injuries during a 26-20 overtime loss at the Detroit Lions. With a few days to process the situation and bring in reinforcements, the Rams (0-1) expect to be in better shape when they visit...
Driver Charged in Fatal Crash that Killed NHL Star Johnny Gaudreau and His Brother Had BAC of .087
PHILADELPHIA — The driver charged with killing NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew as they bicycled on a rural road had a blood-alcohol level of .087, above the .08 legal limit in New Jersey, a prosecutor said Friday. Gaudreau, 31, and brother Matthew, 29, were killed near...
343 Burpees: Fresno Firefighters, Students, and Athletes Honor 9/11 Heroes
What's a burpee? Glad you asked. The Merriam-Webster dictionary describes a burpee "as a conditioning exercise in which a person squats, places the palms of the hands on the floor in front of the feet, jumps back into a push-up position, in some cases completes one push-up, returns to the...
Trump Campaigns in Western States as Harris Focuses on Critical Pennsylvania
RANCHO PALOS VERDES — Former President Donald Trump will campaign Friday in Western states as his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris keeps her focus on one of the biggest battleground prizes in the East, Pennsylvania. Trump is scheduled to hold what's being billed as a news conference at his Los...
Newly Freed From Federal Restrictions, Wells Fargo Agrees to Shore up Crime Risk Detection
NEW YORK - Wells Fargo has agreed to work with U.S. bank regulators to shore up its financial crimes risk management, including internal controls related to suspicious activity and money laundering. Wells Fargo shares rose 2.4% Friday. The agreement comes just seven months after the Biden Administration lifted a consent...
Why Join the PAC-12? What Schools Could Be Targeted Next? What’s Next for Mountain West?
SEATTLE - Can't say the PAC-12 is making a comeback because it never really went away. The Conference of Champions was certainly in critical condition, but Oregon State and Washington State stood fast after the league collapsed in 2023 and vowed to keep it alive if a power conference invite...
Aaron Judge’s Homerless Streak Stretches to a Career-High 16 Games
NEW YORK — Aaron Judge's power outage set a personal record. Judge's homerless streak stretched to a career-high 16 games as the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 2-1 in 10 innings on Thursday night. Judge, who leads the major leagues with 51 homers and 126 RBIs, went...
Mexican Cartel Leader ‘El Mayo’ Zambada Pleads Not Guilty to US Charges
NEW YORK — Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, a powerful longtime leader of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel, pleaded not guilty Friday to U.S. narcotics trafficking and murder charges. Participating in a court hearing through a Spanish-language interpreter, Zambada didn't speak, except to give yes-or-no answers to a judge's standard questions about...
When Political Memes Take on a Lie of Their Own
By the time the Arizona Republican Party’s digital billboards urging Phoenix residents to “EAT LESS KITTENS” and “Vote Republican!” went up on Tuesday, the story they referred to had already been widely debunked. The previous week, claims that Haitian immigrants were stealing and eating pet cats in Springfield, Ohio, had...
Make Politics Normal Again: If They Won’t, We Can
One's a felon, one's a cop, and I am just a guy trying to figure out his own life. Millennials remember when the late Sen. John McCain took the mic from an older woman to shut down her hateful remarks about then-Sen. Barack Obama. That kind of leadership stuck with...