THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof announced his resignation on Tuesday, most likely ushering in a snap election, hours after anti-Muslim politician Geert Wilders quit the right-wing coalition for failing to back tougher migration policies. Ministers from Wilders' PVV party will leave the cabinet, while the others...
Gaza Ministry Says Israel Kills More Than 30 Aid Seekers, Israel Denies
CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) - More than 30 Palestinians were killed and nearly 170 injured on Sunday in south Gaza near a food distribution site, the health ministry said, as witnesses reported Israeli soldiers fired on people trying to collect aid and Israel denied it. The U.S.-based Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said food was handed out without incident on Sunday at the distribution point in Rafah and there were...
Nonprofit Ship Sets Sail for Gaza After Drone Attack Setback
CATANIA (Reuters) - International nonprofit organization Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) said one of its vessels left the Italian port of Catania on Sunday, heading for Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid, after a previous attempt failed due to a drone attack on a separate ship in the Mediterranean. Greta Thunberg, Liam...
Wall Street Opens Mixed as Investors Await Trade Negotiations
(Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes opened mixed on Tuesday as investors awaited possible negotiations between the United States and its trading partners for more clarity on the tariff war that has roiled financial markets for months. The Dow Jones Industrial Average opened flat at 42,304.5. The S&P 500 rose...
Harvey Weinstein’s Sexual Assault Trial to Conclude With Closing Arguments
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Harvey Weinstein's rape and sexual assault trial is set to wrap up with closing arguments to the jury by prosecutors and defense lawyers on Tuesday in Manhattan, a year after a state appeals court overturned the former movie mogul's 2020 conviction. Weinstein, 73, is accused of raping...
Israel Blocks Ramallah Meeting With Arab Ministers, Israeli Official Says
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel will not allow a planned meeting in the Palestinian administrative capital of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, to go ahead, an Israeli official said on Saturday, after Arab ministers planning to attend were stopped from coming. The move, days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing...
‘King of the Hill’ Voice Actor Jonathan Joss Fatally Shot Outside His Texas Home
HOUSTON — Jonathan Joss, a voice actor best known for his work on the animated television series “King of the Hill,” was fatally shot near his Texas home, authorities said Monday. Police were dispatched to a home in south San Antonio about 7 p.m. Sunday on a shooting in progress...
Fresno County Crews Battle Active Wildfire in Yokuts Valley, Evacuation Warning Issued
Update on June 2 at 5:12 p.m. Fresno County crews are still responding to a wildfire burning on Crane Lane in Squaw Valley, north of Highway 180 and Elwood Road. Deputies are going door to door issuing evacuation warnings to some residents in Zone K73 North, according to the county's...
Not Quite ‘Hunger Games,’ but Fresno Budget Hearings Start
City Councilmember Miguel Arias jokingly referred to Fresno's annual budget hearings as the "Hunger Games" on Monday. Fortunately, there was no Cornucopia bloodbath. The opening presentation on the budget overview was relatively mundane — numbers on top of numbers presented by Edward Chinevere, budget department assistant director. Chinevere, making his...
Clovis CPA Sentenced to Prison for $800K Bank Fraud Scheme
A former Clovis man was sentenced to one year in prison for stealing more than $800,000 from a bank through a payroll fraud scheme, federal prosecutors announced Monday. Kenneth Gould, 69, was sentenced after pleading guilty to initiating fraudulent electronic payments from a client’s account to his own payroll services...