The better part of a Russian army battalion—50 or so vehicles and up to a thousand troops—in recent days tried to cross a pontoon bridge spanning the Siverskyi Donets River, running west to east between the separatist provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine. Ukraine’s 17th Tank Brigade...
Fresno City College Names Dean’s Medallion of Excellence Recipients
Fresno City College News Fresno City College has announced the recipients of the Dean’s Medallion of Excellence Award winners for 2022, who are scheduled to receive their medallions at 6 p.m. Thursday in the Old Administration Building east courtyard. The Dean’s Medallion of Excellence Award is presented to an...
Fresno State’s Mai Der Vang Honored as Finalist for Pulitzer Prize in Poetry
Fresno State News Author and Fresno State professor Mai Der Vang was honored Monday as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, for her groundbreaking book of documentary poetry, “Yellow Rain.” The book integrates archival research and declassified government documents to examine the biological warfare that threads through...
Zakaria: The Abortion Battle May Be the Precursor to Even Larger Struggles
As the prospect of Roe v. Wade being overturned looms large and the United States braces for another round of culture wars, Fareed Zakaria has been puzzling about why clashes over values seem to be more intense in this country than elsewhere, and why the competing camps seem more divided than...
Elon Musk Threatened by Head of Russia’s Space Agency Over Ukraine Aid
Elon Musk has been threatened by the head of Russia's space agency over his attempts to provide Ukraine with internet service. Musk has been using his Starlink system - a constellation of more than 2,000 satellites in low Earth orbit - to beam internet connections to dishes around the world....
California’s Demography Is at Odds With the Old California Dream
Wallace Stegner, a novelist, once called California “America…only more so." To judge by population estimates released on May 2nd, the state is still America, but slightly less so. The population fell to 39.2m in the year to January 2022, 400,000 lower than in 2020. The biggest contribution to the...
Did George Clooney Boycott Israel?
Actor and director George Clooney said he turned down $35 million to promote one country's commercial airline because "although it's an ally, is questionable at times", he told the Guardian news outlet in an interview. Clooney said, "... if it takes a minute's sleep away from me, it's not...
Bono Performs Surprise Concert in Kyiv Bomb Shelter: ‘You Are Fighting for All of Us’
U2 singer Bono performed Sunday at a Kyiv underground subway station being used as a bomb shelter in a show of support for Ukrainians enduring the Russian invasion. Accompanied by guitarist the Edge, Bono sang the Ben E. King song “Stand by Me” at the Khreschatyk station. Another musician...
In Historically Overvalued Housing Market, These Cities Could See Home Prices Drop 10%
The ongoing housing boom—which has seen home prices climb 34% over the past two years—could soon wind down. At least that's according to Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics. At this point, Zandi doesn't foresee a national home price correction. However, he does believe some of the nation's most overpriced housing markets...
Dog Found Tied to Hydrant With Bag of ‘Favorite Things’ Is Now ‘Doing Great’
Things are looking up for a sweet dog in Wisconsin who was recently found tied to a fire hydrant in a Green Bay neighborhood alongside a backpack full of dog supplies and a pleading note from her previous owner. “The note indicated that her name was ‘Baby Girl’ and...