A 3-year-old girl is in critical condition after an accidental shooting at a Hanford home, police said. Officers responded around 6:08 a.m. Saturday to reports of a child shot near Emma Lee Lane and Mulberry Drive, the Hanford Police Department said. When they arrived, they found the girl with a...
Drone Strikes Pound Port Sudan, Putting Aid Deliveries at Risk
(Reuters) - Explosions and fires rocked Sudan's wartime capital Port Sudan on Tuesday, a witness said, part of a days-long drone assault that has torched the country's biggest fuel depots and damaged its primary gateway for humanitarian aid in a major escalation. The strikes included an unmanned aerial vehicle attack...
Europe Launches $566M Program to Lure US Researchers Amid Trump Cuts
Europe is making a bold play to attract American academic researchers as President Donald Trump slashes funding to top U.S. universities and cracks down on international scholars, The Hill reported. French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Monday announced that Sorbonne University will invest...
This Is the Moment of Moral Reckoning in Gaza
Opinion by Sean Carroll on May 6, 2025. OUR CLINICS HAVE FOUND CLEAR EVIDENCE OF STARVATION IN ONE-THIRD OF THE POPULATION. AND NOW ISRAEL WANTS TO TAKE OVER AID. Amman, Jordan A full-blown humanitarian emergency in Gaza is no longer looming. It is here, and it is catastrophic. It’s been...
Buy American? No Thanks, Europe Says, as Tariff Backlash Grows.
PARIS — For motorcycle lovers in Sweden, Harley-Davidson is the hottest brand on the road. Jack Daniel’s whiskey beckons from the bar at British pubs. In France, Levi’s jeans are all about chic. But in the tumult of President Donald Trump’s trade war with Europe, many European consumers are starting...
The Valley is Driving California’s Economic Growth
California is now the fourth-largest economy in the world. It hasn’t been easy to achieve that milestone. But we’ve done it by seizing new opportunities, investing in our workforce and building an environment that attracts investment in both rural and urban areas of the Golden State. Agriculture is a major...
Trump Administration Freezes Future Grants to Harvard
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Education informed Harvard University on Monday that it was freezing billions of dollars in future research grants and other aid until the nation's oldest and wealthiest college concedes to a number of demands from the Trump administration, a senior department official said. The...
Trump Denies Posting Image of Himself as Pope, Laughs Off Critics
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Monday that he “had nothing to do with” a depiction of himself as the pope that was shared on his and White House social media accounts over the weekend, distancing himself from the apparently artificial intelligence-generated image that has agitated Catholics. “I had nothing...
Old Merced Sun-Star Newspaper Building Reduced to Rubble
Once a hub of activity and business, the building at 3033 N. G Street is now just a memory. Crews late last week began the process of tearing down the old Merced Sun-Star building, signaling the final chapter of a 54-year-old structure that at one time housed hundreds of employees....
US Seeks to Weaken Global Development Finance Efforts, UN Document Shows
BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) - The United States is seeking to weaken a global deal aimed at helping developing countries struggling with the impacts of climate change and other issues, an internal United Nations document seen by Reuters showed. The Trump administration opposes draft reforms of the world's financial system intended to...