PORT-AU-PRINCE/KINGSTON/HAVANA — Hurricane Melissa smashed through the northern Caribbean and was seen picking up speed as it churned across open ocean towards Bermuda on Thursday, leaving a trail of high winds and destruction from Jamaica to Cuba and Haiti in its wake. People across the Bahamas and nearby Turks and...
Trump Links Student Loan Forgiveness to Immigration Agenda in New Rule
Student loan borrowers who work at nonprofits that don’t cooperate with President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda won’t be eligible for forgiveness under a rule the Education Department announced on Thursday. The Trump administration is changing the criteria for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, a student debt cancellation program for...
Elon Musk Challenges Wikipedia With His Own AI Encyclopedia
SAN FRANCISCO — Elon Musk on Monday unveiled his own version of Wikipedia, the crowdsourced online encyclopedia, with entries edited by xAI, his artificial intelligence company. The new project, Grokipedia, would “purge out the propaganda” flooding Wikipedia, Musk claimed in a post on his social media site, X. Grokipedia, which...
Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Set for ‘March of the Million’ Against Military Draft
JERUSALEM — Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Israelis were expected to gather in Jerusalem on Thursday for a mass demonstration against efforts to enlist some of them in the military, a protest that is likely to deepen divisions in a country reeling from two years of war. The show of...
Trump Tells Pentagon to Immediately Resume Testing US Nuclear Weapons
BUSAN, South Korea — President Donald Trump ordered the U.S. military on Thursday to immediately resume testing nuclear weapons after a gap of 33 years, minutes before beginning a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Trump made the surprise announcement on Truth Social while he was aboard his Marine One...
Wired Wednesday: Parents, Employees Air Concerns Over Golden Charter Academy
GV Wire education reporter Anya Ellis talks with KMPH Fox 26 “Great Day” anchor Liz Gonzalez about parent and employee complaints at Golden Charter Academy. The charter school, which serves a predominantly Black and Brown student body, promises restorative practices, but parents compare it to juvenile hall. Fresno Unified is...
Democrat Running for Congress, 5 Others Indicted Over Chicago Immigration Protest
CHICAGO — Six people, including a Democratic congressional candidate, were indicted Wednesday on charges of impeding a federal officer in connection with a September protest at an immigration detention facility in Broadview, Illinois. The suburban Chicago facility has been a flashpoint since U.S. President Donald Trump launched a stepped-up immigration...
Fresno County Authorities Identify Man in Caruthers Suspicious Death
A man who died last week in Caruthers has been identified as 37-year-old Daniel Leon, authorities said. Deputies responded around 7 a.m. Oct. 23 to the area of Oak and Tahoe avenues after a caller reported finding an injured man on the ground, the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office said. Emergency...
US Prosecutors Suspended After Calling Jan. 6 Defendants ‘Mob of Rioters,’ Sources Say
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Justice Department placed two prosecutors on leave on Wednesday, hours after they referred to Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021, as "a mob of rioters" in a sentencing memo, said four people familiar with the matter. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Samuel White and...
Looking for a Fright? Check out These Halloween Events Around Fresno
Looking for something to do for Halloween around Fresno? Whether you’re after jump scares, family fun, or something in between, here’s a short list of spooky — and not-so-spooky — events happening in the area this week. Here is a list of things to do: Haunted Attractions Fresno Fright NightsWhere:...