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West Bank Town Becomes ‘Big Prison’ as Israel Fences It In

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Trump Says He’s Willing to Let Migrant Farm Laborers Stay in US

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US Electric Vehicle Tax Breaks Will Expire on Sept. 30

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Eyeing Arctic Dominance, Trump Bill Earmarks $8.6 Billion for US Coast Guard Icebreakers

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Trump’s Sweeping Tax-Cut and Spending Bill Wins Congressional Approval

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Americans Celebrate Their Independence With Record-Breaking Travel Numbers

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US Supreme Court to Decide Legality of Transgender School Sports Bans

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Nvidia Set to Become the World’s Most Valuable Company in History

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Poorest Americans Dealt Biggest Blow Under Senate Republican Tax Package

WASHINGTON — Millions of low-income Americans could experience staggering financial losses under the domestic policy package that Republican...

Poorest Americans Dealt Biggest Blow Under Senate Republican Tax Package

WASHINGTON — Millions of low-income Americans could experience staggering financial losses under the domestic policy package that Republican...

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Fresno EOC Eyes 4 Finalists in CEO Search

Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission board members are scheduled to conduct interviews with four chief executive officer finalists start...

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California Wealth and Poverty

California’s High Living Costs and Rampant Poverty Sharpen Its Economic Divide

This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Forty years ago, I wrote a series of 14 articles for ...

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Fresno EOC Spending Depleted $8 Million Reserve. Agency Needed $5 Million Loan to Survive

It took only five years for the Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission, one of the nation’s oldest anti-poverty organizations, to impoveri...

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Trump Cuts Could Leave 5,500 Fresno County Families Homeless

Saying President Donald Trump’s proposed cuts to housing programs could leave 5,500 Fresno County households homeless, Tyrone Roderick...

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$300 Billion in Republican SNAP Funding Cuts Alarm Fresno Leaders

Republican plans to cut $300 billion in food assistance are ringing alarm bells in Fresno. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program pro...

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California Released 15,000 Prisoners Early During COVID. New Data Reveals What Happened to Many of Them

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Nearly one-third of California prisoners released early du...

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Fresno homeless encampment sweep

Millions on the Street Virtually Overnight: How Trump’s Budget Proposal Could Affect CA

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. On Friday President Trump released a budget blueprint for ...

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East Orosi residents meet with officials about sewer problems

Work on East Orosi’s Decrepit Sewer System Can’t Start Soon Enough, Say Fed Up Residents

East Orosi residents were told that work on their failing sewer system could begin as early as next month. But it’s not soon enough. Lisa ...

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Magic Happens When Kids and Adults Learn to Swim. Tragedy Can Strike if They Don’t.

At a swim meet just outside St. Louis, heads turned when a team of young swimmers walked through the rec center with their parents in tow. ...

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Gary White, 42, a wanted fugitive, was arrested in Chowchilla after deputies found him hiding in an attic and he surrendered without incident on Thursday, July 3, 2025. (Madera County SO)
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Wanted Fugitive Found Hiding in Attic Arrested in Chowchilla

Containers on a cargo ship are pictured at an industrial port in Tokyo, Japan, July 2, 2025. (Reuters File)
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Trump Says Will Impose 25% Tariffs on Japan, South Korea

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., June 30, 2025. (Reuters/Brendan McDermid)
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Wall Street Knocked Lower by Tariff Jitters, Musk’s Political Plan Hurts Tesla

Protesters march near the campus of Columbia University in upper Manhattan to demand the release of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist and former Columbia student, on March 14, 2025. A federal judge in Boston on Monday, July 7, 2025, will hear opening statements in a trial expected to present the foremost challenge to the Trump administration’s aggressive posture toward foreign students who espoused pro-Palestinian views. (Dave Sanders/The New York Times)
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Trial Over Free Speech on Campus, and Trump’s Student Crackdown, Begins

Activists for Planned Parenthood demonstrate as the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments in South Carolina's bid to cut off public funding to Planned Parenthood, in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 2, 2025. (Reuters File)
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Planned Parenthood Sues Trump Administration Over Planned Defunding

The Madre Fire near New Cuyama has burned over 80,000 acres, prompted widespread evacuations, and left one firefighter injured as crews work to contain the blaze. (CalFire)
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San Luis Obispo’s Madre Fire Injures 1 Firefighter, Burns Over 80,000 Acres

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Two Border Patrol Officers Injured After Gunman Opens Fire in Texas

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Fresno Police Arrest 9 at Independence Day DUI Checkpoint

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