WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Trump administration plans to terminate the federal government's remaining contracts with Harvard University, according to a letter scheduled to be sent to federal agencies on Tuesday. The letter, from the U.S. General Services Administration, directs all federal agencies to review and potentially terminate or reallocate...
Ecstasy and Bribery Accusations in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Trial Bolster Racketeering Charge
(Reuters) - Two weeks into the sex trafficking trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs, witnesses have accused the hip-hop mogul of everything from breaking into a rival's home to taking ecstasy and attempting to intimidate or pay off witnesses in the case. Combs is not charged with any of these alleged...
Germany Threatens Steps Against Israel as Tone Shifts Over Gaza
TURKU, Finland/BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's foreign minister threatened unspecified measures against Israel on Tuesday and said Berlin would not export weapons used to break humanitarian law, as he and Chancellor Friedrich Merz delivered their most severe rebuke yet over Gaza. Germany, along with the United States, had long remained in...
US Supreme Court Rejects Case About Student’s ‘There Are Only Two Genders’ T-Shirt
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to hear a student's challenge on free speech grounds to a Massachusetts public school's decision to bar him from wearing a T-shirt reading "There are only two genders" due to concern about the message's effect on transgender and other pupils. The...
US Consumer Confidence Improves in May, Tariffs Anxiety Lingers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer confidence improved in May after deteriorating for five straight months amid a truce in the trade war between Washington and China, though households continued to worry about tariffs raising prices and hurting the economy. The Conference Board said on Tuesday its consumer confidence index increased...
Fresno’s Crime Beat Didn’t Prepare Me for What I Saw on a Ride Along
For almost two years, I’ve written on the crime beat in Fresno — missing persons, homicides, arsons, DUIs. The stories that trend. The headlines that flash across Facebook timelines and rattle people just enough to comment, but not enough to change. But a recent ride-along with Fresno PD’s Southeast District...
NPR Sues Trump Administration Over Executive Order to Cut Funding
WASHINGTON — National Public Radio and three local stations filed a lawsuit Tuesday against President Donald Trump, arguing that an executive order aimed at cutting federal funding for the organization is illegal. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington by NPR, Colorado Public Radio, Aspen Public Radio and KUTE,...
Disney’s ‘Lilo & Stitch’ Leads Record Box Office Over US Memorial Day Weekend
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Walt Disney's live-action remake of the animated classic "Lilo & Stitch" topped box office charts in the United States and Canada with $183 million in ticket sales over the Memorial Day weekend, according to estimates released on Monday. "Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning," starring Tom Cruise,...
Tulare County Authorities Search for Man Missing in Tule River
Authorities searched for a man who went missing in the Tule River near Upper Coffee Camp on Sunday evening. The Tulare County Sheriff’s Office was notified just before 6:30 p.m. on Sunday that a man had entered the water and had not resurfaced. Deputies and the TCSO Swift Water Team...
Far-Right Israelis Confront Palestinians, Other Israelis in Chaotic Jerusalem March
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A large rally in Jerusalem marking Israel's capture of the city's east in a 1967 war descended into chaos on Monday as far-right Israeli Jews confronted and assaulted Palestinians, fellow Israelis and journalists, witnesses said. The annual "Flag March" drew thousands chanting, dancing and waving Israeli flags...