Hours from the California coast, surfers are hoping one of the next spots where they can catch a wave is in the desert. At least four large surf lagoons are proposed for the region around Palm Springs, which is more commonly known for art festivals, mountain hikes and golf,...
Russia Suspending Gas Supplies to Poland, Bulgaria
Officials in Poland and Bulgaria said Tuesday that Russia is suspending their countries' natural gas deliveries after they refused to pay for their supplies in Russian rubles. The governments of the two European Union and NATO members said Russian energy giant Gazprom informed them it was halting the gas supplies...
Biden Pardons Former Secret Service Agent and 2 Others
President Joe Biden has granted the first three pardons of his term, providing clemency to a Kennedy-era Secret Service agent convicted of federal bribery charges that he tried to sell a copy of an agency file and to two people who were convicted on drug-related charges but went on to...
Russia’s Military Weakened by War, Says US Defense Secretary
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says the war in Ukraine has already weakened Russia’s military capability. Austin said after meeting allies and partners at the United States’ Ramstein Air Base in Germany on Tuesday that, since Russia began the invasion, its land forces have...
As Draft Nears, Will Deebo Samuel Force His Way Out of SF?
SANTA CLARA — San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch says he “can't ever imagine” trading All-Pro receiver Deebo Samuel and remains confident the two sides can still work out a long-term contract. Lynch spoke Monday at his mandatory pre-draft news conference where the bulk of the questions he...
Dyer Among Mayors Seeking $3 Billion to Combat Homelessness
SACRAMENTO — The mayors of California’s 11 largest cities asked Gov. Gavin Newsom and the state Legislature on Monday to approve $3 billion over three years in the state budget for flexible homeless funding to go directly to cities. The mayors said flexible homeless funding is approved annually and...
Biden Finally Names a Ukrainian Ambassador. It’s Bridget Brink.
WASHINGTON — Bridget Brink, a veteran foreign service officer who has spent most of her career in the shadow of the former Soviet Union, has been nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine as the country fends off a Russian invasion that's entered its...
Reports Say Sweden, Finland Are Applying for NATO Membership
STOCKHOLM — Two newspapers — one Swedish, the other one Finnish — report that the governments of Sweden and Finland have agreed to submit NATO applications at the same time and that it will happen in the middle of next month. The Finnish newspaper Iltalehti said that the Swedish...
RIP, Orrin Hatch, 88: Longest Serving Republican in US Senate History
SALT LAKE CITY — Orrin G. Hatch, the longest-serving Republican senator in history who was a fixture in Utah politics for more than four decades, died Saturday at age 88. His death was announced in a statement from his foundation, which did not specify a cause. A staunch conservative...
Musk Reaches $44 Billion Deal to Buy Twitter
Billionaire Elon Musk has reached an agreement to acquire Twitter for approximately $44 billion, the company said Monday afternoon. The outspoken Tesla CEO, the world’s wealthiest person, has said he wants to buy Twitter because he thinks it’s not living up to its potential as a platform for “free...