TAMPA, Fla. Tony Clark announced his resignation as executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association on Tuesday, according to people familiar with the matter who spoke to The Associated Press. The decision, first reported by ESPN, follows a federal investigation in Brooklyn into OneTeam Partners, a licensing company...
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Les Wexner, 88, founder of L Brands, will be deposed this week about his long relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and recent Justice Department document releases. House Oversight subpoenaed Wexner, who says he will cooperate. Reports show he gave nearly $750,000 to at least 39 political campaigns or...
U.S. Several publicly traded companies released quarterly earnings on Tuesday, reporting mixed results across sectors. Daily Journal reported a fiscal first-quarter loss of $8 million, or $5.79 per share, on $19.5 million revenue. Leidos reported fourth-quarter net income of $327 million, $2.53 per share ($2.76 adjusted), and provided full-year guidance...
United States reports multiple state tax policy actions this week. Lawmakers in Washington advanced a millionaires income tax, while West Virginia introduced a bill to eliminate personal income tax and raise sales tax to eight percent. Missouri proposed a long-term investment fund to replace taxes. Georgia and South Carolina debated...
PORTLAND, Ore. Portland General Electric Co. reported Tuesday a fourth-quarter profit of $41 million, or $0.36 per share, and adjusted earnings of $0.47 per share on $889 million in revenue. For the year the utility posted $306 million in profit and $3.58 billion in revenue. Management guided fiscal‑year 2026 earnings...
Chicago — The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a civil rights leader and founder of Rainbow/PUSH, died Tuesday at age 84, his family said. Jackson rose to prominence alongside Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1960s, ran for Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988, and advocated for voting rights, economic...
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Monday urged Casey Wasserman to resign as chairman of LA28 after U.S. Justice Department files published late last month revealed flirtatious emails between Wasserman and Ghislaine Maxwell from the early 2000s. The LA28 executive committee reviewed the disclosures and on Feb. 11 supported Wasserman,...
Washington, President Donald Trump will chair the inaugural Board of Peace meeting Thursday, where member states pledged more than $5 billion and committed thousands of personnel to Gaza reconstruction and an international stabilization force. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and administration officials said over 20 countries would attend and...
Savannah, Ga. A Savannah special education teacher, Linda Davis, died Monday after a vehicle driven by Oscar Vasquez Lopez collided with her car while he fled federal immigration officers, authorities said. ICE officers had attempted to initiate a traffic stop enforcing a 2024 deportation order; Lopez initially pulled over, then...
Beech Grove, Indiana, police responded Monday evening to a reported domestic disturbance on Diplomat Court where two officers were shot while approaching an apartment doorway. Both officers were transported to Eskenazi Hospital; Officer Brian Elliott, 33, died from his injuries and a second officer remained hospitalized in stable condition. Authorities...
