Vince Vaughn buys majority stake in pro pickleball team: Go Scorpions
LOS ANGELES — Actor Vince Vaughn has purchased a majority ownership stake in the National Pickleball League's Coachella Valley Scorpions, one of 12 teams in the 2-year-old professional league.
Co-owner Kim Jagd, who is ...Read more
2 women in custody battle shot dead near Gracie Mansion in apparent murder-suicide
NEW YORK — A 65-year-old retired probation officer from Chicago fatally shot her grandson’s mother on an Upper East Side street Friday just yards from Gracie Mansion, then turned the gun on herself, NYPD detectives ...Read more
Nebraska teen accused of causing train derailment for YouTube video
A Nebraska teenager has been accused of forcing a train to derail so he could record the incident and share it on YouTube, according to court records.
The 17-year-old, who was not named, was charged with two felony counts...Read more
Federal judge orders Maryland man and his companies to pay $26 million for defrauding Medicare during pandemic
A federal judge ordered an Annapolis man and his medical lab companies to pay $26.3 million for billing Medicare for unnecessary respiratory tests during the coronavirus pandemic.
Prosecutors wrote in a complaint last ...Read more
Biden administration commits $240 million for hatchery fish amid decline of Pacific NW's wild salmon
SEATTLE — As wild salmon runs decline, the Biden administration this week committed $240 million for tribal nations to update hatcheries that have become critical to raising Pacific salmon and steelhead and meeting ...Read more
Federal judges approve new state Senate map after court-ordered redraw
DETROIT — A federal judicial panel on Friday signed off on a redrawn state Senate political map that was reworked after judges ruled in December that six Detroit-area districts were unconstitutional because they were ...Read more
Some escaped California's Park fire, but lost nearly everything. 'Worst night of my life'
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Northern California resident Nallely Orozco harbors a deep love of raising and breeding reptiles. As she opened Killer Clutches, she funneled her passion into a full-time career.
The family-owned ...Read more
House Speaker Johnson, Rep. Issa tour US-Mexico border in San Diego
SAN DIEGO — With immigration policies at the forefront of the presidential election season, Speaker of the House Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana joined fellow Republican Rep. Darrell Issa of California on a tour of the U....Read more
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Trump-Biden debate launched 30 days of dizzying, rapid-fire events that changed history
DALLAS — There they stood. Two men perched at podiums in an audience-free television studio looking to win the first of two ...Read more
No signs of foul play in death of Petty Levels, a Philadelphia influencer, Tampa police say
PHILADELPHIA — Mia Armaj Bennett, a social media influencer and musician from Philadelphia who rose to prominence with short videos of her freestyling, died in Florida last week, according to state officials and family. ...Read more
Father of California teen who was missing for a week is arrested
LOS ANGELES — The father of a Monterey Park teenager who disappeared for a week before being found safe outside a Glendale TV station on Tuesday was arrested Friday on suspicion of child abduction and other allegations, ...Read more
Trump greets Netanyahu warmly on day after Harris pressed him for war's end
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu got a warm greeting Friday from Donald Trump at the start of their meeting in Florida, less than a day after the Israeli leader received a not-so-veiled rebuke from presidential candidate ...Read more
Sparse crowd, some demonstrators greet Netanyahu on his visit with Trump at Mar-a-Lago
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Sparse groups of supporters sporting campaign colors and bearing an occasional Israel flag lined Southern Boulevard along the route to Mar-a-Lago Friday morning ahead of a highly anticipated ...Read more
California's largest wildfire doubles in size and destroys scores of buildings
The Park fire in Butte County — the largest blaze in California this year — exploded to more than 164,000 acres by Friday morning, with its rapid spread destroying scores of buildings and forcing more evacuations.
The...Read more
Lorraine Ali: Kamala Harris has a campaign soundtrack: Beyoncé's 'Freedom'
Vice President Kamala Harris’ bid for the presidency has a soundtrack: Beyoncé’s “Freedom.”
The leading Democratic presidential candidate took the stage in her first visit to her Wilmington, Delaware, campaign ...Read more
'Deadpool & Wolverine' gives an R-rated boost to Marvel's flagging fortunes
LOS ANGELES — For years, the seemingly unstoppable Marvel Studios built a reputation for family-friendly, PG-13 superhero fare.
But recently, the Walt Disney Co.-owned unit has stumbled. The hit machine isn't cranking ...Read more
Why Stellantis CEO says US market needs fixing after dismal first-half performance
Last year, Stellantis NV notched record-high profit and revenue results, but this year, not so much.
On Thursday, the maker of Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram, as well as other brands sold around the world, said its net ...Read more
CrowdStrike's cyber blunder could be warning of worse to come
Our laptops, desktops and phones, our businesses, data, emails, our access to internet information and services — really, anything digital that traverses cyberspace and passes through a computer server — are all ...Read more
Delta spent years building a premium reputation. Then it had a meltdown
As businesses around the world rushed to restart their operations after a global technology outage before dawn on July 19, aviation experts were shocked to see one carrier struggling more than any other: Atlanta-based ...Read more
Judge clears Amazon in high-profile warehouse safety probe by WA regulators
Amazon did not endanger warehouse workers at three Washington facilities, a state judge who oversaw a months-long trial on claims brought by safety regulators ruled this week.
Judge Stephen Pfeifer, of the state Board of ...Read more
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