Clayton Kershaw won’t pitch for the Dodgers in playoffs after big toe injury fails to heal

Clayton Kershaw won’t pitch for the Dodgers in playoffs after big toe injury fails to heal

LOS ANGELES – Clayton Kershaw, sidelined since late August with a toe injury, won’t pitch again this season for the Los Angeles Dodgers. “This is it for Clayton for 2024,” manager Dave Roberts said Saturday before Game 1 of the National League Division Series between the Dodgers and San Diego Padres. A 36-year-old left-hander, Kershaw … Read more

House GOP chairman demands FEMA accountability for Hurricane Helene

House GOP chairman demands FEMA accountability for Hurricane Helene

The chairman of a House Homeland Security subcommittee is asking the Federal Emergency Management Agency to detail what it did to prepare for Hurricane Helene after it became clear there would be catastrophic flooding. Helene made landfall in Big Bend, Florida, on Sept. 26, causing flooding that devastated North Carolina, Tennessee and other Southern states and claimed more than 200 lives. In … Read more

In Nevada, Harris and Trump battle for economic hearts

In Nevada, Harris and Trump battle for economic hearts

LAS VEGAS —  Vice President Kamala Harris has never met Maria Rodriguez. She probably never will. But the Democratic presidential nominee should be worried about Rodriguez, and voters like her. The single mother of three from Henderson, Nev., is a onetime Democratic voter who frets about the economy (meaning: the price of just about everything) and … Read more