Ray Rice’s appeal of his indefinite suspension got a boost on Thursday as Baltimore Ravens general manager Ozzie Newsome testified that on June 16 he heard Rice tell NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell that Rice had struck his then-fiancée, Janay. Newsome’s
Gov. Jerry Brown, defiant in the wake of the massive GOP victory on Tuesday, insists that his pet project, the state’s $68-billion bullet train from Los Angeles to San Francisco, will not die, despite GOP opposition. Brown said of the
Oregonians for Immigration Reform, the group that spearheaded opposition to Measure 88, which attempted to put to popular vote the state’s law providing driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants, said his group was successful because people are “fed up” with the
Candidates in Richmond, California opposing the Chevron Corporatio won handily in Tuesday’s local elections, leaving a strong possibility that the city may push harder in its lawsuit against the oil company while reinvigorating the city’s attempt to seize underwater mortgages
A candidate who tried to remove his name from the ballot but couldn’t wound up winning a seat on the Yolo County Board of Education. Matt Taylor never spent a dime on his campaign after realizing that he would have
Now that Proposition 47 has passed, thousands of inmates will be released from prisons in the state. The most visible impact of the new law will be the effect on drug possession cases: California is first state to make drug
The Army is receiving criticism because the term “Negro” is still used in its regulations. Section 6-2 of the Army’s AR 600–20 regulations states that the word “Negro” is permitted for “a person having origins in any of the black racial groups
A German leftist newspaper has weighed in on Hillary Clinton’s chances in 2016 and found her wanting. The taz die tageszeitung (or “taz”) emblazoned the front page of Thursday’s edition with a picture of Clinton on the 2008 Obama Hope poster, with the
The NFL is not ready to let Adrian Peterson return to the Minnesota Vikings yet, even though Peterson reached a plea agreement to avoid standing trial for the alleged abuse of his four-year-old son. Fox Sports reports that Peterson, his
Alex Rodriguez, suspended for the 2014 season but back on the New York Yankees roster for 2015, admitted last January that he had used performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) between 2010 and 2012. Rodriguez had asserted in 2009 that he had
At a rally on Tuesday night, as Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson watched the negative early results come in for his “strong mayor” initiative, Measure L, he tried to comfort his supporters with an unusual message. Local NBC News affiliate KRCA
Incumbent state public schools superintendent Tom Torlakson defeated Marshall Tuck in Tuesday’s election, giving a significant win to teachers’ unions that were furious with the Vergara vs. California decision that struck down teachers’ tenure. With 99% of precincts counted, Torlakson
Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) decided to double down on his charges that the GOP is racist. On Wednesday afternoon, he was interviewed on CNN, and snapped this regarding Republicans: We all know who they are and where they’re from. So
Only hours after Barack Obama watched his party go down in flames Tuesday night, he turned to the constituency that most strongly supports him, meeting with black political leaders, including Al Sharpton. Sharpton is a frequent visitor to the White
A prime Alex Rodriguez may have loved the thunderous cheers of thousands of fans. But he preferred silence when it came to his cousin. A report charges that A-Rod paid Yuri Sucart nearly $1 million in hush money. Yuri Sucart,
A Gallup poll taken between July 1 and October 15 reveals that in Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, and North Carolina, where the Senate races are up for grabs, Barack Obama’s unpopularity may prove to be a decisive tipping point.
An inner split within the Democratic Party has gone public, as the race for the post of California state superintendent of public instruction is pitting labor groups, notably the nations’ teachers’ unions, against education-reform supporters. Tom Torlakson, the current superintendent,
A high school senior in Florida who offered a prayer after he scored the first touchdown of his career, drawing a 15-yard penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct, has been showered with praise from fans. Senior Sam Turner, from Fort Myers High
Last weekend, Fresno State officially began construction of a new monument dedicated to the Armenian Genocide. The monument, the first marking the Armenian genocide on any college campus, is expected to be completed by April 24, 2015, the 100th anniversary of
Democratic Rep. Ami Bera (CA-7) is ratcheting up his attacks on Republican challenger Doug Ose in a new ad, accusing Ose of being against women having access to birth control as well as opposing abortion rights. The text of the
Two clubs made new managerial hires public on Monday, and the men who were hired have resumes as different as can be imagined. Joe Maddon, the former manager of the Tampa Bay Rays, is the new manager of the Chicago
Carl DeMaio, the openly homosexual candidate running for the congressional seat in the 52nd Congressional District, has now been accused a second time of sexual harassment. Justin Harper, a former veteran of the Navy who worked for DeMaio’s campaign, said
In an incident mirroring a recent California case, a Marine in Maryland who served overseas and fought against Islamic extremists was barred from school premises when he protested his daughter learning about what he called “the benefits of Islam” at
Former Democratic state Sen. Roderick D. Wright, 62, who was convicted of perjury and voting fraud largely because he lied about living in the district he represented, was released from jail almost as soon as he started his 90-day sentence
Richard Branson, the billionaire founder of Virgin Galactic, said on Saturday that he is determined to find out what caused SpaceshipTwo, his prototype space tourism rocket, to crash on a test flight on Friday, the San Jose Mercury News reports. The
