Port Arthur, Texas: A large explosion and subsequent fire tore through a unit at Valero’s Port Arthur refinery on Monday, March 24, prompting city officials to issue shelter-in-place alerts for nearby neighborhoods as emergency crews responded to visible flames and smoke. Authorities and Valero said all personnel were accounted for this...
Portland and other U.S. cities. Local television stations reported this week that DISH Network removed their channels nearly two weeks ago, ending carriage of local affiliates and network programming. Broadcasters said DISH declined to reach a retransmission agreement, prompting stations to notify viewers and provide alternative streaming and provider options. Portland...
CINCINNATI — Jerrod Calhoun was introduced as Cincinnati's men's basketball coach Wednesday after leaving Utah State, where he spent two seasons and led the Aggies to consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances and conference titles. The Bearcats agreed in writing to a six-year contract reportedly starting at $3.7 million in year one; Cincinnati...
Tempe, Ariz. — Randy Bennett, the long-time Saint Mary’s head coach, is set to become Arizona State’s next men's basketball coach, multiple outlets reported Monday; the move follows the University’s decision not to retain Bobby Hurley and was confirmed by sources who spoke on condition of anonymity. The hire ends Bennett’s...
United States: The Department of the Interior and TotalEnergies signed settlement agreements in Houston on March 23 to relinquish two 2022 offshore wind leases and reimburse roughly US$928 million, formalizing the company’s exit from planned projects off North Carolina and New York. The settlement requires TotalEnergies to redirect the reimbursed funds...
Washington — President Trump on Monday urged Republican senators to tie passage of the SAVE America Act to Department of Homeland Security funding, complicating Senate efforts to end a roughly 38-day partial DHS shutdown and reopening talks that had aimed to fund most DHS agencies. Senators met with the president Monday...
Washington — Senior U.S. military officials this week said they are weighing deployment of a combat brigade from the 82nd Airborne Division and elements of its headquarters to the Middle East, with reports citing between about 1,000 and 3,000 troops and Marine units already en route. The potential moves aim to...
Los Angeles — A civil jury in California on Monday found Bill Cosby liable for drugging and sexually assaulting Donna Motsinger in 1972 and awarded her $19.25 million in compensatory damages after a nearly two-week trial in Santa Monica; jurors considered further punitive damages in a second phase. Jurors later addressed...
Fresno County leaders voted Monday to rename Cesar Chavez Day as Fresno County Farmworkers and Agriculture Appreciation Day after a New York Times report accused Chavez of sexual abuse; the county amended its Salary Resolution to change the holiday observed by county workers each March 31. This week multiple California institutions...
Chicago — On March 19, Sheridan Gorman, an 18-year-old Loyola University freshman, was fatally shot near Tobey Prinz Beach Park at about 1:30 a.m.; authorities allege 25-year-old Jose Medina, a Venezuelan national in the U.S. without authorization, approached Gorman and friends and opened fire before fleeing. Following the shooting, Chicago police...
