(JERUSALEM/CAIRO) (Reuters) - Sixteen Palestinians were killed by the Israeli military in Gaza on Friday, according to local health authorities, as a U.S.- and Israeli-backed group said it had handed out aid in the enclave after earlier saying that its distribution sites were closed. The military had no immediate comment...
Three Killed, 49 Wounded in Intense Russian Air Attacks on Ukraine
(Reuters) - Russia launched an intense missile and drone barrage at the Ukrainian capital Kyiv in the early hours of Friday and three people were killed, Ukrainian officials said, as powerful explosions reverberated across the country. The attacks followed a warning from Russian President Vladimir Putin, conveyed via U.S. President...
Trump Is Not Interested in Talking to Musk as They Feud Over Tax-Cut Bill
(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump is not interested in talking with his former ally Elon Musk, amid a bitter feud over the president's sweeping tax-cut bill, a White House official said on Friday, adding that no phone call between the two men is planned for the day. A separate White...
California’s Deficit Dilemma: Cut Spending, Borrow Money or Raise Taxes?
This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The California Legislature has just a few days to pass a 2025-26 state budget to meet the state constitution's June 15 deadline. The deadline will be met, if for no other reason than legislators would, at least theoretically,...
Fresno State’s Ag College Is Growing. A New Corporate Sponsor Will Help Them
The nonprofit supporting Fresno State's ag specialty college unveiled its first corporate sponsor Thursday supporting students and teachers of the renowned program. The commitment from Fresno Equipment Company comes as the Jordan College of Agricultural Sciences expands its farm operations and the majors offered there — including its award-winning winemaking...
Trump Compares Russia and Ukraine to Children Fighting
As Germany's chancellor, Friedrich Merz, sat beside him watching in silence, President Donald Trump compared Russia and Ukraine to two fighting children who needed to work out their differences for a while before anyone could intervene. "Sometimes you see two young children fighting like crazy," Trump said Thursday in an...
Trump Administration Imposes Sanctions on Four ICC Judges in Unprecedented Move
WASHINGTON/THE HAGUE (Reuters) -President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday imposed sanctions on four judges at the International Criminal Court, an unprecedented retaliation over the war tribunal's issuance of an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a past decision to open a case into alleged war crimes by...
SpaceX Will Decommission Dragon Spacecraft, Musk Says as Feud With Trump Escalates
(Reuters) -Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately, the billionaire said on Thursday in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's statement that the government should cancel Musk's federal contracts. NASA relies on SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft to ferry astronauts to and from the International Space Station...
Erika Sandoval Gets Life Sentence in Notorious Tulare County Murder
The jealousy that consumed Erika Sandoval and fueled the murder of her former husband resulted in a 50-years-to-life prison sentence for the Visalia woman. Sandoval, 38, received the sentence Thursday in Tulare County Superior Court. A jury found her guilty of first-degree murder for the 2015 shooting death of Daniel...
Israeli Military Strikes Beirut’s Southern Suburbs
(CAIRO) (Reuters) -The Israeli military said on Thursday that it was attacking Hezbollah targets in Beirut's southern suburbs, and the Lebanese state news agency reported three strikes. Reuters video showed smoke billowing from the area after the first strikes on the Hezbollah stronghold in over a month. Evacuation Orders Precede...