WASHINGTON -The U.S. Supreme Court threw out on Monday judicial decisions that favored transgender people in cases from North Carolina, West Virginia, Idaho and Oklahoma, including in legal challenges to state health insurance programs that deny coverage for patients seeking gender-affirming medical treatment. Acting in appeals by officials in North...
Trump Administration Sues Los Angeles Over Immigration Enforcement
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's administration sued Los Angeles on Monday over policies limiting city cooperation with federal immigration authorities, continuing a confrontation over the Republican's deportation efforts in a largely Democratic city. The lawsuit, filed by the U.S. Justice Department, alleges that policies barring city resources from aiding in...
Catholic Bishops Try to Rally Opposition to Trump’s Immigration Agenda
As the Trump administration escalates its aggressive deportation campaign, Roman Catholic bishops across the United States are raising objections to the treatment of migrants and challenging the president’s policy. For years many bishops focused their most vocal political engagement on ending abortion, rarely putting as much capital behind any other...
US Revokes Visas for Bob Vylan After Music Duo’s Glastonbury Chants
WASHINGTON - The United States has revoked visas for members of Britain's Bob Vylan punk-rap duo after they led chants during their set at the Glastonbury music festival in England over the weekend that the State Department and the BBC, who broadcast the event, said were antisemitic. "The @StateDept has revoked the US...
Israel Acknowledges Palestinian Civilians Harmed at Gaza Aid Sites, Says ‘Lessons Learned’
The Israeli military acknowledged on Monday that Palestinian civilians were harmed at aid distribution centers in the Gaza Strip, saying that new instructions had been issued to Israeli forces following "lessons learned". Since Israel lifted an 11-week aid blockade on Gaza on May 19, allowing limited U.N. deliveries to resume,...
Suspect Identified in Ambush Shooting That Killed 2 Idaho Firefighters
Two firefighters were killed and a third was injured when they were ambushed while responding to a wildfire in the Idaho panhandle Sunday afternoon, authorities said. The incident rattled the city of Coeur d’Alene and the outdoors communities around Canfield Mountain in northwest Idaho, where police said a wildfire was...
Immigration Raids Leave Crops Unharvested, California Farms at Risk
OXNARD, California - Lisa Tate is a sixth-generation farmer in Ventura County, California, an area that produces billions of dollars worth of fruit and vegetables each year, much of it hand-picked by immigrants in the U.S. illegally. Tate knows the farms around her well. And she says she can see...
Valley Crime Stoppers’ Most Wanted Person of the Day: Anthony Michael Caldwell
June 30, 2025 Most Wanted Person of the Day Suspect Name: Anthony Michael Caldwell Suspects Date of Birth: February 1, 1990 Physical Description: White Male, 5’ 7, 180 lbs., Brown Hair, Brown Eyes. Charges: Assault Warrant Number: F25902860 Synopsis of the Case: Anthony Michael Caldwell is wanted on a felony warrant...
Shaver Lake and Reedley 4th of July Shows Are Wednesday. Who Else Is Celebrating?
Independence Day is right around the corner and people are ready to celebrate! GV Wire compiled a list of Fourth of July events happening in the greater Fresno area throughout the week. Wednesday, July 2 Shaver Lake is hosting its 25th annual free fireworks show from 8 p.m. to 10...
Elon Musk Says Senate Bill Would Destroy Jobs and Harm US
Billionaire Elon Musk on Saturday criticized the latest version of President Donald Trump's tax and spending bill released by the U.S. Senate, calling it "utterly insane and destructive," weeks after the world's richest person and its most powerful ended a feud sparked by Musk's opposition to the bill. "The latest Senate draft bill will...