The Tulare County Sheriff's Office is investigating a double shooting that occurred Thursday afternoon in Goshen. Deputies were called near Wellman Avenue and Wolf Street just before 1 p.m. and found one man with a gunshot wound, according to the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office. A second shooting victim was also...
US Appeals Court Reinstates Trump Tariffs, Sowing Market Confusion
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court reinstated President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs on Thursday, leaving Wall Street with no clear direction a day after most of the tariffs were blocked by a trade court, a move that had given markets a brief boost. Chaotic U.S. trade policy has sent...
A Program Paying CA Jurors $100 a Day Would End Due to Newsom’s Budget Cuts
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. In his attempts to solve a multibillion-dollar state deficit, Gov. Gavin Newsom's new budget plan would terminate a legislative experiment that increased pay for juries in an effort to make them more fairly represent the communities they serve....
Some Glaciers Will Vanish No Matter What, Study Finds
There's news about glaciers, and it's grim. Regardless of climate mitigation strategies, the world's glaciers are on track to shrink significantly over hundreds of years, according to a new study published Thursday. They're locked in to losing ice. Even if global temperatures stayed where they are today for the next...
Dealmaker or Duped? Trump’s Embrace of Putin Shows Few Results
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has described President Vladimir Putin as "savvy" and "genius" for invading Ukraine, while bragging about his "very, very good relationship" with the autocratic Russian leader. Trump has helped the Kremlin recast Ukraine as the villain rather than the victim in the war, and has publicly...
Fresno Will Build New Firehouse, Replacing ‘Temporary’ Station After 50 Years
Fresno's "temporary" Fire Station 12 at Marks and Acacia avenues will be replaced by a state-of-the-art facility at 3315 W. Ashlan Ave., city officials said Wednesday at a groundbreaking. Firefighters have worked out of the so-called temporary quarters since 1977 as tight budgets and other City Hall priorities blocked the...
Canada Wants to Kill 400 Ostriches. RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz Want to Save Them.
TORONTO — What do U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., celebrity physician Mehmet Oz and some Canadian animal lovers have in common? They all want to save a flock of 400 ostriches on a British Columbia farm. But there's a catch. The birds were in contact with a deadly...
White House Acknowledges Problems in RFK Jr.’s MAHA Report
WASHINGTON — The White House will fix errors in a much-anticipated federal government report spearheaded by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., which decried America's food supply, pesticides and prescription drugs. Kennedy's wide-ranging “Make America Healthy Again” report, released last week, cited hundreds of studies, but...
UN May Cut Staff by 20%, Internal Memo Says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United Nations Secretariat is preparing to cut its $3.7 billion budget by 20% and slash about 6,900 jobs, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters. The directive, which asks staff to detail cuts by June 13, comes amid a financial crisis triggered in part by...
‘I’m Really Scared’: Elderly and Disabled Californians Could Lose Medi-Cal Over $2,000 Limit
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Cynde Soto, a quadriplegic who requires around-the-clock care, has been on Medi-Cal for most of her life. Recently, she came into a modest inheritance, about $8,000, that has helped cover her daily expenses. But it also means that...