JERUSALEM - An Israeli delegation left for Qatar on Sunday for talks on a possible Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal, an Israeli official said, hours before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was due to head to Washington to meet U.S. President Donald Trump. Public pressure is mounting on Netanyahu to secure...
San Luis Obispo’s Madre Fire Grows to Nearly 80,000 Acres, 30% Contained
A wildfire burning along Highway 166 near New Cuyama has scorched 79,936 acres and prompted multiple evacuation orders and warnings across San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Kern counties, according to CalFire. The blaze, known as the Madre Fire, ignited Wednesday afternoon and remains only 30% contained as of Sunday...
Musk Announces Forming of ‘America Party’ in Further Break From Trump
WASHINGTON - The dispute between Republican President Donald Trump and his main campaign financier Elon Musk took another fractious turn on Saturday when the space and automotive billionaire announced the formation of a new political party, saying Trump's "big, beautiful" tax bill would bankrupt America. A day after asking his...
Death Toll From Texas Floods Reaches 59, Including 21 Children
HUNT, Texas -The death toll from catastrophic floods in Texas reached 59 on Sunday, including 21 children, law enforcement said, as the search for girls missing from a summer camp entered a third day. Larry Leitha, the Kerr County Sheriff in Texas Hill Country, the epicenter of the flooding, said...
California’s Politics Drifts Right While New York’s Leans Left
This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The Democratic Party’s eight months of internal debate, recriminations and soul searching that followed Donald Trump’s win and Kamala Harris’ loss in last year’s presidential duel got another jolt last month, when an otherwise obscure 33-year-old state legislator...
How Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Will Make China Great Again
Can you hear it — that loud roar coming from the East? It’s the sound of 1.4 billion Chinese laughing at us. The Chinese simply can’t believe their luck: that at the dawn of the electricity-guzzling era of artificial intelligence, the U.S. president and his party have decided to engage...
What’s Caitlin Clark Worth to the WNBA? A Lot More Than Her $78,066 Salary.
In 1997, economists from MIT and Cambridge wrote a paper on the economic value of NBA superstars, focusing on the Chicago Bulls’ Michael Jordan. At the time, he had won four NBA championships, briefly retired, then returned to the league. The window in which Jordan was away from the NBA...
Trump to Sign Tax-Cut and Spending Bill in July 4 Ceremony
President Donald Trump is scheduled to sign a massive package of tax and spending cuts into law at a ceremony at the White House on Friday, one day after the Republican-controlled House of Representatives narrowly approved the legislation. The bill, which will fund Trump's immigration crackdown, make his 2017 tax...
Madre Fire Spurs Evacuations Across 3 Counties, Grows to More Than 70,000 Acres
Update at 12:41 p.m. on July 4, 2025 The Madre Fire has grown to 70,801 acres, CalFire reported. Original Story A wildfire burning along Highway 166 near New Cuyama has scorched 52,592 acres as of Friday, making it the largest wildfire in California so far this year, according to the...
Clovis, Sanger, Madera, and Bass Lake Will Light the Sky With Fireworks Shows Tonight
GV Wire compiled a list of Fourth of July events in the greater Fresno area throughout the week. Many of them have already taken place. Here's a look at those coming up tonight through Sunday: Friday, July 4 A Tioga-Sequoia Beer Garden Block Party event will be held from 5...