WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced new automobile emissions standards Wednesday that officials called the most ambitious plan ever to cut planet-warming emissions from passenger vehicles. The new rules relax initial tailpipe limits proposed last year but eventually get close to the same strict standards set out by the Environmental...
Ohtani and Dodgers Rally to Beat Padres 5-2 in Season Opener, First MLB Game in South Korea
SEOUL, South Korea — The Los Angeles Dodgers started their Shohei Ohtani era with a memorable win on a night of firsts. Ohtani's RBI single capped a four-run eighth-inning rally in his Dodgers debut, and Los Angeles beat the San Diego Padres 5-2 in Wednesday night’s opener, Major League Baseball's...
Fong, Boudreaux Headed for May 21 Congressional ‘Pre-Match’
Before Vince Fong and Mike Boudreaux meet in an election showdown Nov. 5, they appear to be headed for a "pre-match" on May 21. In a special election to fill the vacant Congressional District 20 seat Tuesday, Fong — the Republican Assemblymember from Bakersfield — and Boudreaux — the Republican...
News Minute: Fresno Unified Superintendent Search, the late Toby Keith’s Big Honor, IndyCar at Palm Springs
Here’s a one-minute video look at three trending stories on GV Wire for Tuesday, March 19, in Fresno education, country music, and sports: Fresno Councilmembers Urge FUSD Board to Widen Superintendent Search Country Star Toby Keith Died Before Being Told He Was Elected to Hall of Fame Unique IndyCar All-Star...
Supreme Court Allows Texas to Begin Enforcing Law That Lets Police Arrest Migrants at Border
A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Texas to begin enforcing a law that gives police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of crossing the border illegally while a legal battle over the measure plays out. The conservative majority's order rejects an emergency application from the Biden administration, which says...
Top Former US Generals Say Failures of Biden Administration in Planning Drove Chaotic Fall of Kabul
WASHINGTON — The top two U.S. generals who oversaw the evacuation of Afghanistan as it fell to the Taliban in August 2021 blamed the Biden administration for the chaotic departure, telling lawmakers Tuesday that it inadequately planned for the evacuation and did not order it in time. Generals' Testimony Exposes...
Heavy Fighting Rages Around Gaza’s Biggest Hospital as Israel Raids It for a Second Day
RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Explosions and shootings shook the Gaza Strip’s biggest hospital and surrounding neighborhoods as Israeli forces stormed through the facility for a second day Tuesday. The military said it had killed 50 Hamas militants in the hospital, but it could not be independently confirmed that the dead...
Peter Navarro is 1st Trump White House Official to Serve Prison Time Related to Jan. 6 Attack
MIAMI — Former White House adviser Peter Navarro reported to prison Tuesday for a contempt of Congress conviction, becoming the first senior Trump administration official to be locked up for a crime related to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. Navarro was sentenced to four months in prison for defying...
A New Banksy Mural Sprouts Beside a Cropped Tree in London. Many See an Environmental Message
LONDON — A new Banksy mural drew crowds to a London street on Monday, even before the elusive graffiti artist confirmed that the work was his. The artwork in the Finsbury Park neighborhood covers the wall of a four-story residential building and shows a small figure holding a pressure hose...
Boomtown Clovis: 600 Homes Win Partial Approval, More Land Annexed
Clovis is a step closer growing to the north. The city council Monday night gave partial approval to a new home development that will eventually add more than 600 moderate-to-above-moderate rate homes — some in a gated community — developed by Wilson Homes. The project was first proposed in 2016....