LAS VEGAS — Davante Adams’ third-grade yearbook photo was taken in a Charles Woodson jersey, while the caption that accompanied it expressed his wish to be an NFL or NBA star. Growing up in East Palo Alto, he emulated former Raider greats Jerry Rice and Randy Moss and wore...
Madeleine Albright, 1st Female US Secretary of State, Dies at 84
WASHINGTON — Madeleine Albright, the first female U.S. secretary of state, has died of cancer, her family said Wednesday. She was 84. President Bill Clinton chose Albright as America’s top diplomat in 1996, and she served in that capacity for the last four years of the Clinton administration. She...
Powell: Digital Currencies Will Require New Regulations
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said new forms of digital money such as cryptocurrencies and stablecoins present risks to the U.S. financial system and will require new rules to protect consumers. Powell, speaking Wednesday on a panel organized by the Bank for International Settlements, a global organization of central...
Thieves Flee With up to $5M in Jewels in Beverly Hills Smash-and-Grab
BEVERLY HILLS — Robbers smashed the front window of a Beverly Hills jewelry store in broad daylight and fled with millions of dollars worth of merchandise. Passersby recorded video of Tuesday’s assault on the store, the latest in a long string of brazen smash-and-grab thefts and robberies of people wearing expensive...
Judge Confirmed as 1st Latina on California Supreme Court
A San Diego appeals court judge who is the daughter of Mexican immigrants was confirmed Tuesday as the first Latina to serve on the California Supreme Court. Justice Patricia Guerrero was approved by a 3-0 vote of the Commission on Judicial Appointments to fill the vacancy left by Associate...
Moderna Says Its Low-Dose COVID Shots Work for Kids Under 6
Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine works in babies, toddlers and preschoolers, the company announced Wednesday -- and if regulators agree it could mean a chance to finally start vaccinating the littlest kids by summer. Moderna said in the coming weeks it would ask regulators in the U.S. and Europe to authorize...
Tax Return Shows Gov. Newsom and Wife Earned $1.5 Million in 2020
Gov. Gavin Newsom and his wife earned nearly $1.5 million in 2020 and paid about $480,000 in taxes, down from $1.7 million in income the couple reported in 2019 in his first year as governor, records released Tuesday showed. The couple’s joint federal tax return showed they paid a...
Live Updates: Putin Wants ‘Unfriendly Countries’ to Pay for Natural Gas With Rubles
MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin announced Wednesday that Russia will demand that “unfriendly'' countries pay for Russian natural gas exports only in rubles from now on. Putin told a meeting with government officials that “a number of Western countries made illegitimate decisions on the so-called freezing of the Russian...
A Month in, Ukraine Fights on and Makes Moscow Pay the Price
KYIV, Ukraine — With its government still standing and its outnumbered troops battling Russian forces to bloody stalemates on multiple fronts, Ukraine is scarred, wounded, and mourning its dead but far from beaten after one month of war. When Russia unleashed its invasion on Feb. 24 in Europe’s biggest offensive...
US Says Myanmar Repression of Muslim Rohingya Is Genocide
Violent repression of the largely Muslim Rohingya population in Myanmar amounts to genocide, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday, a declaration intended to both generate international pressure and lay the groundwork for potential legal action. Authorities made the determination based on confirmed accounts of mass atrocities on civilians...