Fresno area schools are working to eliminate phones in the classroom, hoping to improve student performance and social environment. “My office supports efforts that protect learning time and help students stay focused, connected, and engaged at school,” Fresno County Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Michele Cantwell-Copher said. “Research shows that constant...
Olympic Figure Skaters Are on Thin Ice Over Copyright Rules
MILAN — The Canadian ice dancing pair had the crowd going from the moment that the first bars of 1990s-themed pop music started blasting from the speakers. Getting spectators excited by the right song choice was a big part of their planning, said Zachary Lagha, who, with his partner, Marjorie...
US Existing Home Sales Drop to More Than Two-Year Low in January
U.S. existing home sales tumbled to the lowest level in more than two years in January as falling inventory raised house prices. Home sales dropped 8.4% last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 3.91 million units, the lowest level since December 2023, the National Association of Realtors said...
US Attorney Chosen to Replace Trump Pick Is Quickly Fired by White House
Federal judges in upstate New York appointed a new U.S. attorney on Wednesday only to see him abruptly fired by the White House, in the latest clash between the Trump administration and the judiciary. Donald T. Kinsella, 79, was appointed as U.S. attorney in the Northern District of New York...
Trump Agrees to End Deportation Surge in Minnesota, White House Border Czar Says
President Donald Trump's border czar Tom Homan said on Thursday that a significant drawdown of immigration enforcement agents in Minnesota was underway and that he had proposed and Trump had agreed that the surge there should end. Under Operation Metro Surge, Trump had deployed about 3,000 armed immigration agents by...
Bondi Faces Anger From Lawmakers Over Handling of Epstein Files
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Pam Bondi refused to apologize to survivors of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein who were seated in the House Judiciary Committee room Wednesday — and instead demanded that Democrats apologize to President Donald Trump. Bondi, imitating Trump’s tactic of going on the attack when facing tough...
Israel to Join Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’, Netanyahu Says
WASHINGTON, Feb 11 - Israel will join U.S. President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace" initiative, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday during his visit to Washington where he met Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. After meeting Rubio on Wednesday, Netanyahu posted on X that he "signed Israel's...
Trump Excludes Two Democrats from US Governors’ Meeting Invite
WASHINGTON, Feb 11 - President Donald Trump plans to host Republican and Democratic governors for a breakfast meeting next week, the National Governors Association chairman said on Wednesday, though Trump later insisted he was still excluding two Democratic governors. Republican Trump is inviting all the governors to the meeting, according...
Mental Health Advocate for California Tribes Dies in Murder-Suicide
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. A member of the Yurok tribe who advocated for better mental health treatment and suicide intervention in rural Northern California has died in an apparent murder-suicide. Celinda Gonzales was 59. In 2020, CalMatters wrote about her work in...
Instagram’s Top Exec Grilled over Safety Decisions at Trial
LOS ANGELES, Feb 11 - The top executive at Meta Platforms' Instagram defended the social media platform's choices around features that some company insiders called harmful to young users, at a trial on claims the app helped fuel a youth mental-health crisis. Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, is...