WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Wednesday announced criminal charges, the seizure of internet domains and sanctions related to Russian disinformation efforts to influence the U.S. presidential election. Attorney General Merrick Garland said the actions relate to Russia's use of state media to enlist unwitting American influencers to spread propaganda...
Shooting at Georgia High School Leaves Multiple Casualties, Officials Say
A shooting at a high school about 45 miles outside Atlanta on Wednesday morning has left multiple casualties, officials in Barrow County said, adding that a suspect was in custody. A representative for Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta said that it had received one gunshot wound victim from Apalachee High...
Fresno County Man Convicted in Rage-Filled, Brutal 2020 Murder
Antonio Mendoza Chavez, Jr., 36, was convicted Friday of first-degree murder in the 2020 shooting death of a Dinuba man, according to the Tulare District Attorney's Office. The case centers around a violent episode from August 2020. After a breakup, Chavez kicked his girlfriend out of his trailer, leaving her...
Anna Sorokin Joins ‘Dancing With the Stars’ as Deportation Fight Continues
LOS ANGELES — Anna Sorokin, the con artist who was convicted of swindling banks, hotels and friends in 2019 after falsely building a reputation as a wealthy German heiress named Anna Delvey, has found her newest venture: "Dancing With the Stars." Described as the "notorious ankle bracelet fashionista" in a...
Kelsey Mitchell Becomes Strong Complement to Caitlin Clark, and They Have the Fever in the Playoffs
INDIANAPOLIS - Kelsey Mitchell has become the perfect backcourt running mate with Caitlin Clark, and the two guards have led the Indiana Fever's resurgence since the Olympic break. Now they have Indiana in the playoffs. The team has won six of seven and is over .500 for the first time...
Israel-Hamas War Latest: UNICEF Says Polio Vaccination Campaign in Gaza Is Surpassing Its Target
JERUSALEM — The U.N. children's agency says a polio vaccination campaign in Gaza reached 189,000 children, surpassing its target and providing a "rare bright spot" in nearly 11 months of war. UNICEF said Wednesday that more than 500 teams deployed across central Gaza this week, administering the vaccine to children...
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Resigns Ahead of Expected Reshuffling of Government Leaders
KYIV, Ukraine — Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, one of Ukraine's most recognizable faces on the international stage, resigned Wednesday ahead of an expected reshuffling of government leaders. Russian strikes, meanwhile, killed seven people in a western city, a day after one of the deadliest missile attacks since the war began....
Phoenix Weathers 100 Days of 100-Plus Degree Temps as Heat Scorches Western US
PHOENIX — Cam Ferguson gets to his spot on the street adjacent to Chase Field — home of Major League Baseball's Arizona Diamondbacks — about four hours before first pitch to set up his usual display of cold water, sports drinks, peanuts and candy. By game time, it's about 103...
JD Vance’s Catholicism Helped Shape His Views. So Did This Little-Known Group of Catholic Thinkers
ERIE, Pa. – Ohio Sen. JD Vance's 2019 conversion to Catholicism provided a spiritual fulfillment he couldn't find in his Yale education or career success. It also amounted to a political conversion. Catholicism provided him a new way of looking at the addictions, family breakdowns and other social ills he...
Pursuit Ends with Clovis Police Finding Toddler and Gun in Car
Two suspects, Aliza Vega-Estrada, 24, and Matthew Schwarz, 25, both of Fresno, were arrested Tuesday morning following a shoplifting incident and a brief police pursuit in Clovis, the Clovis Police Department reported. Officers responded to a call at a retail shopping center near Clovis and Herndon avenues shortly before 10:30...