Job One at Valley Children's Healthcare is saving lives and keeping kids healthy. But a new independent report also illuminates the nonprofit hospital system's economic clout in the San Joaquin Valley. The report from the Bay Area Council Economic Institute analyzed Valley Children’s operations across 12 counties and revealed the...
Reflections: The Messy Contours of Peace-Building and Peace Makers in Current Violent Times
Over a decade ago, when I came to interview for a faculty position in Asian Religious Traditions at Fresno State, on my way to the library, I nearly ran into Gandhi's monument. I looked up, and I saw the large bust of Gandhi. I was intrigued, as I had just...
Passenger Trapped After Truck Crashes Into Power Pole in Tulare County
Emergency crews were working Wednesday morning to rescue a person trapped inside a truck after it crashed into a power pole in rural Tulare County. The crash happened on Avenue 320 between Road 92 and Road 80, according to the Tulare County Fire Department. Fire officials said the crash involved...
Iran to Approach Peace Talks With US With Caution, Iranian Ambassador to Un Says
Iran will approach peace talks with the U.S. with greater caution than in the past due to a deep lack of trust, and the war will affect the future legal regime of the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s ambassador to the U.N. in Geneva said on Wednesday. The United States and...
US Military Says It’s Ready to Resume Fighting if Diplomacy Fails
The top U.S. general said on Wednesday U.S. troops stood ready to resume fighting if Tehran failed to strike a negotiated settlement as the Trump administration sought to portray the war as a decisive victory against Iran. "We hope that Iran chooses a lasting peace," General Dan Caine, chairman of...
Israel Pounds Lebanon With Heaviest Airstrikes of the War as Hezbollah Pauses Attacks
Israel carried out its heaviest strikes on Lebanon since the conflict with Hezbollah broke out last month, even as the Iran-aligned group paused attacks on northern Israel and Israeli troops in Lebanon under a two-week U.S.-Iran ceasefire. Consecutive explosions shook Beirut, sending smoke billowing across the capital, as Israel's military...
Wall Street Jumps to Near One-Month Highs as US-Iran Ceasefire Improves Sentiment
Wall Street's main indexes climbed to near one-month highs on Wednesday after the U.S. and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire, sending crude prices lower on expectations that energy supplies through the Strait of Hormuz could resume. The announcement came hours before U.S. President Donald Trump's deadline for Iran to...
Airline and Travel Industries See No Immediate Relief From Iran Ceasefire
President Donald Trump's two-week ceasefire with Iran is unlikely to provide immediate relief to the global aviation industry as it reels from its worst crisis in years, executives said on Wednesday, even as airline shares rallied after the deal. Willie Walsh, director general of the International Air Transport Association (IATA),...
Lawmakers Greet Iran Ceasefire With Relief and More Questions
Members of Congress in both parties welcomed President Donald Trump’s announcement Tuesday night of ceasefire between the United States and Iran, but Democrats continued to raise grave questions about the path forward after weeks of war without congressional authorization. “I’m glad Trump backed off his threat to wipe out a...
‘Ketamine Queen’ to Be Sentenced in Death of ‘Friends’ Star Matthew Perry
A Los Angeles drug dealer known as the "Ketamine Queen" is scheduled to be sentenced on Wednesday for illegally supplying the dose of the prescription anesthetic that led to the drowning death of "Friends" actor Matthew Perry. Jasveen Sangha, 42, pleaded guilty in September to five felony counts related to...