Iran could agree to dilute its most highly enriched uranium in exchange for all financial sanctions being lifted, its atomic chief said on Monday, one of the most direct indications so far of its position at talks with Washington. U.S. and Iranian diplomats held talks through Omani mediators in Oman...
Trump Blasts Olympic Skier Over Comments About Representing US
President Donald Trump criticized American Olympic skier Hunter Hess on Sunday, days after the athlete expressed mixed feelings about representing the U.S. at the Winter Olympics in northern Italy. "If that's the case, he shouldn't have tried out for the Team, and it's too bad he's on it," Trump wrote...
Bad Bunny’s All-American, All-Spanish, All-Eyes-on-Him Super Bowl
The Super Bowl has never had a halftime performer — or a controversy — quite like Bad Bunny. The Latin superstar, who conquered global streaming with reggaeton earworms seasoned with nostalgic sounds from his native Puerto Rico, is set to make history Sunday, giving the first all-Spanish performance in the...
Trump’s Message to America: Common Ground Is for Suckers
Donald Trump is president of a United States but it is too much to say that he is president of the United States. A hallmark of the president’s language since he stepped onto the national political stage is that some Americans are just a little more American than others, and that this is a...
Peace Fresno Continues Weekly River Park Protests With Anti-ICE Focus
Dozens of protesters lined the sidewalks near River Park Saturday afternoon as part of Peace Fresno’s weekly demonstration, calling for an end to Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in the Central Valley and urging local officials to refuse cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. The protest is part of a recurring...
Caltrans to Close Lane on Highway 99 in Fresno for Maintenance
The California Department of Transportation announced scheduled maintenance along Highway 99 in Fresno next week that will close lanes and ramps for several hours. On Monday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., the #3 lane along southbound Highway 99 from Fresno Street to Cesar Chavez Boulevard will be closed for...
Mussel Mania: Valley Water Agencies Gear Up to Fight Invasive Mollusk
Water agencies of all sizes are crafting plans and forming task forces across local, state and federal entities to protect infrastructure from the spread of golden mussels, a tiny, invasive species that has already spread the length of the state’s network of waterways. In the San Joaquin Valley, Friant Water...
As a Super Bowl Host, Santa Clara Is Feeling Pushed to the Sidelines
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The hanging lanterns of a historic Chinatown. The Golden Gate Bridge. Victorian homes famous for their sherbet hues. The fan entrance to Levi’s Stadium, which will host the Super Bowl on Sunday, has for days been plastered with these iconic images. Of a city 45 miles...
US Pushes Russia and Ukraine to End War by Summer, Zelenskiy Says
KYIV, Feb 7 (Reuters) - The United States wants Moscow and Kyiv to find a solution on how to end the war in Ukraine before summer, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. In remarks to reporters released by his office on Saturday after Ukraine and Russia held two days of U.S.-brokered talks...
Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.
MINNEAPOLIS — Hours after an immigration agent fatally shot Renee Good inside her SUV on a Minneapolis street last month, a senior federal prosecutor in Minnesota sought a warrant to search the vehicle for evidence in what he expected would be a standard civil rights investigation into the agent’s use...