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‘Nuts!’ US Troops Thwarted Hitler’s Last Gamble 75 Years Ago

December 13, 2019

BASTOGNE, Belgium — Pvt. Arthur Jacobson was seeking cover in the snow behind a tank moving slowly through the wooded hills of Belgium's Ardennes, German bullets whizzing by. That was when he lost his best f...

Blue-Collar Character Actor Danny Aiello Has Died at Age 86

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December 13, 2019

NEW YORK — Danny Aiello, the blue-collar character actor whose long career playing tough guys included roles in “Fort Apache, the Bronx,” "Moonstruck" and “Once Upon a Time in America” and his Oscar-nominated p...

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Crash Shines Light on Immigrants in Christmas Tree Workforce

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December 13, 2019

GERVAIS, Ore. — It was nighttime when Pedro Lucas came home, clutching receipts showing he had paid a funeral home to have the bodies of three immigrant laborers returned to Guatemala from Oregon. “People do...

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Will California Require Zero Emission Truck Sales?

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December 12, 2019

SACRAMENTO — California could become the first state to require that a portion of new truck sales be electric or “zero emission” as it grapples with the nation's worst air. Home to the two larges...

Win for Boris Johnson’s Conservatives and Brexit, Poll Shows

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December 12, 2019

LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party is likely to win a solid majority of seats in Parliament, an exit poll suggested late Thursday — an decisive outcome to a Brexit-dominated election tha...

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Sold to China as a Bride, She Came Home on Brink of Death

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December 12, 2019

MAZAIKEWALE, Pakistan — Sold by her family as a bride to a Chinese man, Samiya David spent only two months in China. When she returned to Pakistan, the once robust woman was nearly unrecognizable: malnourished,...

Push to Accelerate Mustang Captures Draws Fire in Congress

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December 12, 2019

RENO, Nev. — Two House committee chairmen are trying to put the brakes on money for a new Trump administration proposal to accelerate the capture of 130,000 wild horses across the West over the next 10 years. ...

Armenians Cheer As U.S. Senate Approves Genocide Resolution

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December 12, 2019

WASHINGTON — On its fourth try, the Senate approved a resolution Thursday that recognizes the mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks a century ago as genocide. “I say to my friends and colleagues that g...

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California Commission Lists Yellow-Legged Frog as Endangered

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December 12, 2019

SACRAMENTO — There’s new hope for an endangered California frog that has vanished from half of its habitat. The state Fish and Game Commission on Wednesday approved protections for five of six populations of...

Baby Ejected From Car Window in Turlock Crash, Survives

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December 12, 2019

TURLOCK — A baby in a car seat that was ejected from a car in when it crashed last weekend survived with only minor injuries, police said. Six-week-old Ezra Benitez was in a sport utility vehicle that crashe...

Mormon Church Opposes Utah LGBTQ 'Conversion Therapy' Ban

Regulators to Set up 3-Digit Suicide Hotline Number Like 911

More Americans Are Dying at Home Rather Than in Hospitals

Amid Climate Change Concern, GM Rolls out Big New Chevy SUVs

Should Fresno Unified Use PLAs to Build Schools?

Farmworker Reform Bill Passes House. What’s Next?

Nunes’ Reliably Red District Remains So, But Is Slipping

The Kanye Effect? New Polls Show Black Support for Trump Surging

When Will Bulldogs Finally Prevail in 'Winning Time'?

Thousands of ‘Penis Fish’ Wash up on a Northern California Beach

Anyone Can Apply to Be Fresno State’s Head Coach. Yes, Even You.

MLB Removes Marijuana From Drugs of Abuse; Will Now Test for Opioids

Why the Fed Has No Choice but to Keep Cutting Interest Rates – if It Wants to Avoid a Financial Crisis

Walters: California’s Half-a-Loaf Syndrome

A Clinical Trial Saved My Life. So Why Aren’t More Cancer Patients Enrolling?

Californians Aren’t Getting the Mental Health Care They’re Legally Guaranteed. Why Not?

Political Activist Sarsour Will Speak at Local CAIR Banquet

Many Specialists Will Be on Hand at Free Health Clinic in Fresno

US Growth of Islam Creates Need for Religious Scholars

Islamic Center Dinner To Feature Texas TV Reporter Who Wears a Hijab

Kamala Harris Stuns Supporters by Exiting Presidential Race

Looking for Extra Cash? County Needs Election Workers.

Revenge of the Arambulas? Big Donation to Defeat Dyer.

Bloomberg at UN: US President Must End Fossil Fuel Subsidies

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‘Nuts!’ US Troops Thwarted Hitler’s Last Gamble 75 Years Ago

Blue-Collar Character Actor Danny Aiello Has Died at Age 86

Crash Shines Light on Immigrants in Christmas Tree Workforce

Will California Require Zero Emission Truck Sales?

Win for Boris Johnson’s Conservatives and Brexit, Poll Shows

Sold to China as a Bride, She Came Home on Brink of Death

Push to Accelerate Mustang Captures Draws Fire in Congress

Armenians Cheer As U.S. Senate Approves Genocide Resolution

California Commission Lists Yellow-Legged Frog as Endangered

Baby Ejected From Car Window in Turlock Crash, Survives

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