President Donald Trump’s plan to impose tariffs on goods from Mexico, Canada and China is partly aimed at combating the illicit flow of fentanyl into the U.S., where the opioid is blamed for some 70,000 overdose deaths annually. Mexico agreed Monday to send 10,000 troops to the U.S.-Mexico border as part of a deal with Trump to pause the tariffs for a month — and hold off levying its own. Neither Canada nor China has signaled major changes to tackle the flow of fentanyl into the U.S., and each has said it would retaliate for any U.S. tariffs. What role…
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While no specific reason was given, three employees told ABC News they believe the common thread among them is attendance at a voluntary diversity training.
While no specific reason was given, three employees told ABC News they believe the common thread among them is attendance at a voluntary diversity training.
Deerfield-based Baxter International announced Monday that its CEO and board chair José Almeida is retiring, effective immediately – an announcement that came just days after the company sold its kidney care business for $3.7 billion. Baxter did not say in a news release why Almeida is retiring now, effective immediately, but Almeida said in the release, “With the key elements of our broad strategic transformation complete, this is the right time for a new CEO to lead the company into its next chapter.” Almeida had served as CEO of the company, which makes hospital products, since 2016. He will work…
A flood watch for the region will go into place at 4 p.m. Monday. More light rain is expected to fall periodically through the Bay Area on Monday, continuing a pattern that began Friday and ended a nearly month-long stretch without the wet stuff. The latest question is when will the region be without it again? Related Articles Weather | Sierra Nevada snowpack declines after very dry January — but promising storms are arriving to replenish it Weather | Live map: Where it’s raining in the Bay Area Weather | Flood watch issued for Bay Area as first storm in a…
Tesla’s registrations declined despite the company adding a fifth model — the polarizing Cybertruck — to its lineup last year. A Tesla Model 3 at the company’s store in Colma, California, on Jan. 2. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg) By Kara Carlson | Bloomberg Tesla Inc. registered fewer cars in California in all four quarters of 2024, as sales of its second-most important model plunged 36% for the year. The electric-vehicle maker’s sales in by far the biggest EV market in the US fell almost 8% in the fourth quarter and 12% for the year, according to data sourced by the California…
Police cited one person for negligently firing an airsoft gun, authorities said. SUNNYVALE — A high school was placed on lockdown Monday morning out of caution while police responded to a report of potential gunfire nearby, according to an alert from the Sunnyvale Police Department. Related Articles Crime and Public Safety | Man arrested after 5-hour standoff with Campbell police Crime and Public Safety | Man shot dead in East Oakland on Sunday morning Crime and Public Safety | Bay Area woman’s death, family efforts lead to new law on suicide investigations Crime and Public Safety | Theft of 3…
Make your choice for the top performance among boys high school athletes from Jan. 27 to Feb. 1 Editor’s note: We prohibit the use of bots and any other artificial methods of voting. Suspicious activity could lead to the disqualification of candidates and a permanent suspension of the Athlete of the Week poll. No voting by email: Votes by email and after 5 p.m. Wednesday are not counted. Welcome to the Bay Area News Group (Mercury News & East Bay Times) boys Athlete of the Week poll. For the entire academic year, we will provide a list of candidates who…
Authorities deployed emergency rescue crews to Greece’s volcanic island of Santorini on Monday as hundreds of people scrambled to leave after a spike in seismic activity raised concerns about a potentially powerful earthquake. Schools on four islands were also to shutter through Friday. Precautions were also ordered on several nearby Aegean Sea islands — all popular summer vacation destinations — after more than 200 undersea earthquakes were recorded in the area over the past three days. “We have a very intense geological phenomenon to handle,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said from Brussels, where he was attending a European meeting. “I…
New York Attorney General Letitia James on Monday told hospitals that they would be violating state law if they stop offering gender-affirming care for people under age 19 in response to an executive order from President Donald Trump aimed at curtailing federal funding for such treatments. In a letter, James, a Democrat, told health care facilities that refusing to provide the treatments would violate New York’s anti-discrimination laws. “Regardless of the availability of federal funding, we write to further remind you of your obligations to comply with New York State laws,” her letter reads. Trump, a Republican, last week signed…
The Super Bowl isn’t just a game on Sunday. It’ll involve a nearly week-long spectacle taking over New Orleans with non-stop entertainment leading up to the big showdown between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles. While the Chiefs and Eagles gear up for their championship rematch, the Big Easy will be the epicenter for star-studded concerts, exclusive parties, a comedy show and guest lists filled with A-listers. From Post Malone, Cardi B to Shaquille O’Neal, the city will be buzzing long before Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs attempt a monumental three-peat. “It’s going to be fun. It’s going to…
Authorities arrested a senior exactly one month after a deadly New Year’s Eve crash at her Hialeah Gardens condominium complex. Investigators said she was drunk behind the wheel when she drove into a lake, killing her passenger. Julia Vega, 72, was taken into custody on a DUI manslaughter charge at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on Friday. According to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, whose detectives investigated the case, the crash happened in a lake behind the Vista Del Lago Condominium at 9915 W. Okeechobee Road. An MDSO arrest report states that Vega drove into the complex at around 11…
House conservatives are cheering the apparent scale-down of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), led by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk. “USAID is a corrupt governmental organization run by unelected bureaucrats created to shovel taxpayer dollars to Democrats’ pet projects overseas,” Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., told Fox News Digital. “At nearly $37 trillion in national debt – and a $1.8 trillion annual deficit – we can’t afford to continue giving money to countries that hate America and everything we stand for,” he said. Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., told Fox News Digital that shutting down USAID “will help…
Democratic lawmakers are claiming that President Donald Trump’s impending tax on international goods will raise costs, despite spending years deflecting blame for high prices from the Biden administration. Trump signed an executive order Saturday night to impose a 25% tariff on imports from Mexico and Canada and a 10% tax on all imports from China, fulfilling a promise he made during his 2024 presidential campaign as a way to circumvent drug trafficking into the U.S. The tariffs on Canada and China are set to go into effect at midnight, but Trump announced on Monday that he would pause the tariff…
FIRST ON FOX: Republican attorneys general from 18 states are pushing back against lawsuits filed by Democrat AGs and legal groups nationwide challenging the Trump administration’s executive order on birthright citizenship through an amicus brief filing set to be filed Monday, Fox News Digital has learned. “If someone comes on a tourist visa to have an anchor baby, they are not under that original meaning of the United States Constitution,” Iowa AG Brenna Bird told Fox News Digital in an interview Monday. Bird is the lead AG leading an amicus brief filing in support of the executive order on Monday.…
Excluding Ukraine from U.S.-led talks involving the withdrawal of Russian troops from Kyiv’s eastern front would set a “dangerous” precedent to dictators across the globe, warned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. “If there will be direct talks between America and Russia without Ukraine, it is very dangerous, I think,” Zelenskyy said in a Saturday interview with the Associated Press. “They may have their own relations, but talking about Ukraine without us – it is dangerous for everyone.” Zelenskyy argued that doing so would validate Russian President Vladimir Putin’s brutal invasion and “show that he was right” because he received “impunity” and “compromise.” “This…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is traveling to the United States’ southern border with Mexico on Monday, his first trip in the role since his confirmation on Jan. 24. While there, Hegseth will visit Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, where active-duty U.S. troops have been stationed to help control immigration. Later, he will meet with troops fortifying barriers along the border itself. Hegseth will also likely announce a further 400 to 500 troops heading to the area. Members of the 10th Mountain Division, stationed at Fort Drum in New York, will travel to Texas this week to set up a…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is traveling to the United States’ southern border with Mexico on Monday, his first trip in the role since his confirmation on Jan. 24. While there, Hegseth will visit Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, where active-duty U.S. troops have been stationed to help control immigration. Later, he will meet with troops fortifying barriers along the border itself. Hegseth will also likely announce a further 400 to 500 troops heading to the area. Members of the 10th Mountain Division, stationed at Fort Drum in New York, will travel to Texas this week to set up a…
President Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship will face its next legal hurdle this week when three separate judges hold hearings on the issue.
President Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship will face its next legal hurdle this week when three separate judges hold hearings on the issue.