SAN FRANCISCO — The Israeli cybersecurity firm NSO Group was ordered on Tuesday to pay $167 million in damages to Meta, capping a six-year legal battle after NSO hacked 1,400 WhatsApp accounts belonging to journalists, human-rights activists and government officials. In December, Judge Phyllis Hamilton of the U.S. District Court...
Trump Plans to Announce That the US Will Call the Persian Gulf the Arabian Gulf, Officials Say
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump plans to announce while on his trip to Saudi Arabia next week that the United States will now refer to the Persian Gulf as the Arabian Gulf or the Gulf of Arabia, according to two U.S. officials. Arab nations have pushed for a change to...
Israeli Strikes on School Housing Displaced and Market Kill 38 in Gaza, Medics Say
CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) -Israeli airstrikes on a school housing conflict-displaced families and close to a crowded market and restaurant in Gaza City killed at least 38 people on Wednesday, local health authorities said. Medics said two strikes targeted the Karama School in Tuffah, a suburb of Gaza City, killing 15. Later...
Cardinals Enter Sistine Chapel for Secret Conclave to Elect New Pope
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Catholic cardinals who will choose the next pope filed into the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, before locking themselves away from the world to elect the man they hope can unite a diverse but divided global Church. In a ritual dating back to medieval times, 133 cardinal electors...
Greece, Egypt Agree to Boost Ties, Back Gaza Reconstruction Plan
ATHENS -Greece and Egypt signed a "strategic partnership" deal on Wednesday as they seek to step up political coordination to help safeguard stability in the Eastern Mediterranean amid the ongoing war in Gaza. "Our bilateral cooperation is based on political, economic, and cultural ties, which are deeply rooted in history...
Clovis Unified Opposes Dyer’s Desire for a Small Start on SE Fresno Expansion
Some Fresno councilmembers are calling the city's Southeast Development Area plan the biggest decision any of them will make. The plan would redesignate 9,000 acres of land — 6,000 of which is active farmland — into a veritable small city of residential, commercial, and industrial land at the crossroads of...
Costa, Valadao Push to Improve Rural Mail Service
Even though they face long odds, local Congressmembers Jim Costa and David Valadao are putting a bipartisan shoulder behind improving mail service in rural communities. Costa, D-Fresno, and Valadao, R-Kings County, are pushing a bill, H.R. 3098-FAIR Fleets Act, that would modernize U.S. Postal Service vehicle fleets. The goal is...
Fresno DUI Pursuit Ends in 30-to-Life Sentence for Career Criminal
A Fresno man was sentenced Tuesday to 30 years to life in state prison for a deadly 2020 DUI pursuit that killed another driver, the Fresno County District Attorney's Office said in a statement. Roger Lynn Harris, 38, received five years plus 30 years to life after pleading guilty last...
Caitlin Clark’s Return to Iowa for Preseason Game Draws Average ESPN Viewership of 1.3 Million
BRISTOL, Conn. — Caitlin Clark's return to Iowa's Carver-Hawkeye Arena for the WNBA preseason game between the Indiana Fever and Brazilian national team averaged 1.3 million viewers on ESPN, the network announced Tuesday. The average viewership for Sunday's game was 13% higher than ESPN's 2024 regular-season average for the WNBA....
Did Fresno Unified Trustees Hand More Power to Superintendent?
Fresno Unified trustees have voted to change the board's role, a move that the Fresno Teachers Association says gives more power to new Superintendent Misty Her. However, trustees who supported the change say it was made to made to improve student learning — a position echoed by district spokesperson Nikki...