DEATH VALLEY — After causing deaths and shattering records in the West over the weekend, a long-running heat wave will again grip the U.S. on Monday, with hot temperatures also predicted for large parts of the East Coast and the South. The dangerous temperatures caused the death of a motorcyclist...
Dozens are Killed as Russia Bombards Ukraine. Among the Buildings Hit was a Kyiv Children’s Hospital
KYIV, Ukraine — A major Russian missile attack across Ukraine on Monday killed at least 31 people and injured 154, officials said, with one striking a large children's hospital in the capital of Kyiv, where emergency crews searched the rubble for victims. The daytime barrage targeted five Ukrainian cities with...
Texas Residents Told to Expect Power Outages, Flooding as Beryl Moves Closer to Landfall
MATAGORDA, Texas — Beryl began lashing coastal Texas with rain and intensifying winds Sunday as residents boarded up windows, left beach towns under evacuation orders and prepared for the powerful storm that has already cut a deadly path through parts of Mexico and the Caribbean. Beryl remained a tropical storm...
Yelich, Perkins Power Brewers to Victory Over Dodgers
LOS ANGELES — Christian Yelich and Blake Perkins both homered, had three hits and drove in three runs as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-2 Sunday to snap a seven-game losing streak at Dodger Stadium. Eric Haase had a two-run homer in the fifth inning for the...
Israeli Forces Push Deeper into Gaza City in Pursuit of Militants. Thousands Flee Again
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli forces advanced deeper into the Gaza Strip's largest city in pursuit of militants who had regrouped there, sending thousands of Palestinians fleeing on Monday from an area ravaged in the early weeks of the nine-month-long war. The incursion into Gaza City comes as Israel...
Biden Tells Hill Democrats He Won’t Step Aside Amid Party Drama and “It’s Time for It to End”
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden, in a letter to congressional Democrats, stood firm against calls for him to drop his candidacy and called for an end to the intraparty drama that has torn apart Democrats since his dismal public debate performance. Biden's Efforts to Unify the Party Biden's efforts to...
Russia Destroys Children’s Hospital in Deadly Barrage Across Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine — A Russian strike ripped into a crowded children’s hospital in the center of Kyiv, Ukraine, on Monday, part of a large-scale aerial bombardment that killed at least 20 people in cities across the country. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine said at least 40 long-range missiles had been...
Macron Rejects Prime Minister’s Resignation for Stability After Chaotic Election
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron refused the resignation of the country’s prime minister, asking him on Monday to remain temporarily as the head of the government after chaotic election results left the government in limbo. No Faction Close to Majority French voters split the legislature on the left, center...
European Leaders React to French Election with Relief and Concern
BERLIN — Leaders across Europe reacted with relief but also some concern to the result of the French legislative election, which leaves a key European Union country facing the prospect of a hung parliament and political paralysis. Relief and Concern From Election Relief, because the far-right National Rally didn't come...
Mindy Casto Now Heads Fresno PD. She Wants to Focus on ‘Wild Drivers,’ Lower Traffic Deaths
Update 10 a.m. on Feb. 13, 2025 Fresno Interim Police Chief Mindy Casto was appointed on Thursday morning as the new permanent leader of the city's police force. Casto's appointment was made by Fresno City Manager Georganne White and Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer. Casto succeeds Paco Balderrama, who resigned last...