Story Updated on August, 27, 2024 on 9:20 AM. Early Tuesday morning, Nevaeh Solomon, 18, surrendered to Fresno Police Department homicide detectives. She has been booked into the Fresno County Jail. Original Story Aaliyah Bonman, 19, was fatally shot early Saturday morning in the parking lot of a Rite-Aid on...
Schools Are Competing With Cellphones. Here’s How They Think They Could Win
BOSTON — Isabella Pires first noticed what she calls the "gradual apathy pandemic" in eighth grade. Only a handful of classmates registered for service projects she helped organize at her Massachusetts school. Even fewer actually showed up. When she got to high school last fall, Isabella found the problem was...
How Women of Color With Christian and Progressive Values Are Keeping the Faith — Outside Churches
PHOENIX — Brandi Brown has yet to find a Black church near her Southern California home that feels right for her. So when she wants to talk about God, she relies on someone over a thousand miles (1,600 kilometers) away. Like her, Ellen Lo Hoffman, who lives just outside Seattle...
Retired Bee Editor George Gruner, Who Went to Jail for Refusing to Reveal a Source, Dies at 99
George F. Gruner, who led The Fresno Bee newsroom at a time when the newspaper dominated the Valley's media, died Sunday at the age of 99, family members said. He capped a 44-year career in journalism with 33 years at The Bee, retiring in 1988. Mr. Gruner, a Battle of...
Disabled Troops Used to Have to Leave the Military. Now Some Compete for Gold.
ORLANDO, Fla. — Master Sgt. Ivan Morera isn’t used to being in last place. He’s a Green Beret. A relentless competitor. But at the 2024 Warrior Games, with his prosthetic hand hooked into a rowing machine, he was trailing the pack. So, he focused on increasing the rhythm of each...
France’s Macron Says Arrest of the Head of the Telegram Messaging App Wasn’t Political
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that the arrest in France of the CEO of the popular messaging app Telegram, Pavel Durov, wasn't a political move but part of an independent investigation. Durov was detained Saturday at Le Bourget airport in a judicial inquiry opened last month involving...
Vance Defends Tariffs, Claims Trump Would Veto a National Abortion Ban
Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, former President Donald Trump’s running mate, denied in an interview with NBC News on Sunday that tariffs had caused higher costs for Americans, as economists have documented, and said he believed Trump would veto a federal abortion ban, trying to blunt two potent lines of...
Member of British Journalist Team Killed in Russian Missile Strike on Hotel
KYIV, Ukraine — A British safety adviser working with a team of Reuters journalists was killed when a Russian missile struck a hotel in the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, the news agency confirmed. Ryan Evans, 38, was staying at the Hotel Sapphire with colleagues in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region when...
More Than 1,000 Personnel Now Battling Tulare County’s Coffee Pot Fire
The Coffee Pot Fire in Tulare County has expanded to 3,434 acres and remains at 0% containment, according to Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks officials Monday morning. The fire threatens 19 structures and has injured two firefighters. The response includes six engines, nine water tenders, nine helicopters, 20 bulldozers,...
Danny Jansen Set to Make History as First Player to Appear for Both Teams in Same Game
BOSTON — Boston Red Sox catcher Danny Jansen is enjoying his odd slice of baseball history as he prepares to become the first major league player to appear in the same game for both teams. Jansen was in the lineup for the Toronto Blue Jays when they faced Boston on...