EU leaders heaved a sigh of relief over Donald Trump's U-turn on Greenland as they gathered for an emergency summit in Brussels, while saying that Europe's relationship with Washington, though still crucial, had taken a hit. The Thursday evening summit was convened before Trump stepped back on threats to impose...
ICE Has Detained Four Children From Minnesota School District, Officials Say
U.S. immigration authorities detained at least four children including a 5-year-old from a Minneapolis-area school district this month as part of President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, school district and city officials said on Thursday. The Republican administration has deployed about 3,000 officers around Minnesota's largest city, where residents have been...
Derek Carr Headlines Sterling Class of Fresno Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees
It's easy to see why the Fresno Athletic Hall of Fame is moving its annual enshrinement dinner to the downtown convention center. The latest inductees will surely draw a huge crowd. Four-time Pro Bowl quarterback Derek Carr headlines a 67th class of inductees that is packed with some of the...
Musk’s Chatbot Flooded X With Millions of Sexualized Images in Days, New Estimates Show
SAN FRANCISCO — Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, created and then publicly shared at least 1.8 million sexualized images of women, according to separate estimates of X data by The New York Times and the Center for Countering Digital Hate. Starting in late December, users on the social media...
Goldenvoice Launches Club Darc Electronic Music Series at San Francisco Waterfront
Goldenvoice, the organizers behind the Portola festival and the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, announced the launch of Club Darc, a seasonal electronic music club experience set to run in San Francisco from late February through mid-May. “We’re very excited to bring yet another new dance music experience to...
Could Adventist, Santé Reach a Deal Before Deadline? Hospital Is ‘Hopeful’
Following a GV Wire report, an Adventist Health executive says he is "hopeful" a deal will be reached with Santé Health System before a February deadline, meaning 2,600 people in Fresno and Kings counties will be able to keep their current providers. Both the hospital and the physician network recently...
After Trump’s Ultimatum, Greenland Talks Include Sovereign US Bases, No Drilling for Russia
BERLIN — Negotiations to resolve the future of Greenland have focused in recent days on proposals to increase NATO’s presence in the Arctic, give America a sovereign claim to pockets of Greenland’s territory and block potentially hostile adversaries from mining the island’s minerals. Those elements, described by eight senior Western...
Tulare County Reports 678 Proposition 36 Cases Filed in First Year
The Tulare County District Attorney’s Office has filed 678 cases eligible under Proposition 36 since the law took effect in December 2024, according to a first-year review released by the office. California voters in all 58 counties approved Proposition 36 in the November 2024 general election, expanding treatment and punishment...
Filipino Journalist Gets Prison in Case Seen as Attack on Free Press
MANILA, Philippines — A Philippine court on Thursday convicted a journalist on charges of financing terrorism and sentenced her to more than a decade in prison, in a ruling that rights and press groups said was a blatant attack on press freedom. The Regional Trial Court in Tacloban City gave...
Trump Touts ‘Total Access’ Greenland Deal as NATO Asks Allies to Step Up
President Donald Trump said on Thursday he had secured total and permanent U.S. access to Greenland in a deal with NATO, whose head said allies would have to step up their commitment to Arctic security to ward off threats from Russia and China. News of a framework deal came as...