Nearly 500 airport security officers have quit since the start of a partial government shutdown in February as long lines continued to snarl airport traffic around the country, the Homeland Security Department said Thursday. The dispute that has forced 50,000 Transportation Security Administration officers to work without pay since mid-February...
Fresno State Club Ice Hockey Fights for Growth, Hosts Final Game of Season Saturday
The Fresno State Ice Hockey Club will close out its season with a senior night matchup against the Fresno Pigeons Hockey Club on Saturday at Gateway Ice Center in Fresno. The game is scheduled for 4:15 p.m. and will also feature Greek Night, with campus organizations competing to bring out...
Fresno County Authorities Seeks Help Locating Relatives of Man Who Died
The Fresno County Sheriff-Coroner's Office is asking for the public’s help in locating relatives of a 48-year-old man who died in Fresno. Authorities said Van Ter Lee passed away near East Floradora and North Jackson avenues. He is believed to have previously lived in Minnesota, Florida, and Colorado. Lee is...
WTO Chief: World Order Has Irrevocably Changed
The head of the World Trade Organization said on Thursday the multilateral system has fundamentally changed and that countries must look to the future to consider how to reform the global trade system. "The world order and multilateral system we used to know has irrevocably changed. We will not get...
US Confirms Death of Iranian IRGC Naval Commander
The United States on Thursday confirmed the death of Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps - Navy commander Admiral Alireza Tangsiri from an Israeli airstrike, according to a post on X from U.S. Central Command. — (Reporting by Doina Ciacu; Writing by Daphne Psaledakis; Editing by Caitlin Webber)
US Military Kills 4 People in Boat Strike in Caribbean
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon said it blew up a boat in the Caribbean Sea on Wednesday, killing four people. The strike raised the death toll in the Trump administration’s campaign against people it accuses of smuggling drugs at sea to at least 163 people. The U.S. military’s Southern Command announced...
Trump Calls for Law Cracking Down on Crime and ‘Rogue Judges’
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump escalated his attacks on judges Wednesday, calling on Republican lawmakers to pass a crime bill that “cracks down on rogue judges.” Trump and top aides have been railing against judges who have ruled against him, including justices on the Supreme Court, but he had not...
US Proposal to End War Is ‘One-Sided’, Door to Diplomacy Still Open, Iranian Official Says
Iran’s initial response to the U.S. proposal to end the war, which was conveyed to Pakistan, was that it was "one-sided and unfair", a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Thursday, adding that a path forward might still be found if realism prevailed in Washington. The official said the proposal...
US House Panels to Consider Sweeping Aviation Safety Reforms
Two U.S. House committees on Thursday are set to consider sweeping aviation safety reform legislation to address 50 recommendations issued after a January 2025 collision between an American Airlines regional jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter that killed 67 people. The National Transportation Safety Board said in an analysis...
Fresno State AD Backs Walberg Despite Two Losing Seasons
Despite another losing season and general pessimism from fans, Fresno State athletics director Garrett Klassy gave a vote of confidence to men’s basketball coach Vance Walberg. "Vance Walberg is our basketball coach, and he will be for next year, absolutely," Klassy said, answering a question from GV Wire at a...