Authorities have identified Mary Marshall, 63, of Menifee, Calif., a retired U.S. Marine Corps member, as the woman who drowned in the Kings River on Saturday. The Fresno County Sheriff's Office noted that this was the fourth river drowning in the county this year. Marshall and her German Shepherd were...
Favorable Views of Kamala Harris Have Risen This Summer Heading Into the DNC, AP-NORC Poll Shows
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris is entering the Democratic National Convention with increased excitement from Democrats and a steady rise in her favorability ratings among Americans as a whole. About half of U.S. adults — 48% — have a very or somewhat favorable view of Harris, according to a...
Supreme Court Blocks Transgender Student Protections in Half the US
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday kept on hold in roughly half the country new regulations about sex discrimination in education, rejecting a Biden administration request. The court voted 5-4, with conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch joining the three liberal justices in dissent. At issue were protections for pregnant students and...
Blinken Warns Now May Be the Last Chance to Get a Cease-Fire in the Israel-Hamas War
TEL AVIV, Israel — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that the time is now to conclude a Gaza cease-fire agreement that would return hostages held by Hamas and bring relief to Palestinian suffering after more than 10 months of devastating fighting in Gaza. Blinken's Ninth Urgent Mission...
Phil Donahue, Whose Pioneering Daytime Talk Show Launched an Indelible Television Genre, Has Died
Phil Donahue, whose pioneering daytime talk show launched an indelible television genre that brought success to Oprah Winfrey, Montel Williams, Ellen DeGeneres and many others, has died. He was 88. Donahue Dies Sunday After a Long Illness NBC's “Today” show, citing family members, said Donahue died Sunday after a long...
Democrats Open Convention, Energized by Harris but Facing Lingering Questions
CHICAGO — A refreshed Democratic Party reintroduces itself to a divided nation this week, having been transformed by the money, momentum, relief and even joy that followed Vice President Kamala Harris ' rise to the top of its ticket. The whiplash of the last month culminates in a convention that begins...
Trump Is No Longer Even Pretending to Champion the Working Class
Opinion by Michelle Goldberg on August 16, 2024. The most consequential moment from Donald Trump’s glitchy interview with Elon Musk on Monday came during a discussion of government cost-cutting. “Well, you, you’re the greatest cutter,” Trump told Musk, before launching, apropos of nothing, into a reverie about how Musk dominates...
California Creates Nearly One in Five New US Jobs
California added 21,100 jobs in July, accounting for nearly 20% of the nation's new positions, according to Gov. Gavin Newsom's office. This marks the 51st consecutive month of job growth in the state. California also recorded a historic high in fast food employment, surpassing 750,000 jobs for the first time....
Get Your Business Up and Running with Fresno Pacific’s LaunchPad Program
A program by Fresno Pacific University’s Center for Community Transformation helps people from all walks of life make their ideas soar by helping them create operating businesses. Small Business LaunchPad provides the tools to turn an idea into a new business or improve an existing business. This seven-week class provides...
Inside Conservative Activist Leonard Leo’s Long Campaign to Gut Planned Parenthood
A federal lawsuit in Texas against Planned Parenthood has a web of ties to conservative activist Leonard Leo, whose decades-long effort to steer the U.S. court system to the right overturned Roe v. Wade, yielding the biggest rollback of reproductive health access in half a century. Brought by an anonymous...