With spring officially here, the San Joaquin River Conservancy will cut the ribbon Saturday on its newest day park in Madera County. The 22-acre Wildwood Native Park has been open since January, but the organization will now make it official with conservancy board members and Assemblymember Joaquin Arambula (D-Fresno). Easy...
Fewer Than 1% of March Madness Brackets Remain Perfect After First Day of Games
Fewer than 1% of NCAA Tournament brackets were still perfect after Thursday's 16-game slate, according to several services where fans attempt the all-but impossible task of predicting every March Madness game correctly — or, barring that, win their office pools. ESPN's tracker listed 25,802 perfect brackets remaining out of more...
Butler Scores 18, but Curry Injured in Warriors Win Over Raptors
SAN FRANCISCO — Jimmy Butler had 18 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists for his second triple-double with Golden State, and the Warriors held on to beat the Toronto Raptors 117-114 on Thursday night after Stephen Curry left the game with an injury. Curry, who was held out of Tuesday's...
Israel Returns to War in Gaza With Wider Aims and Almost No Constraints
Israel's renewed military offensive in the Gaza Strip threatens to be even deadlier and more destructive than the last, as it pursues wider aims with far fewer constraints. Israel resumed the war with a surprise bombardment early Tuesday that killed hundreds of Palestinians, ending the ceasefire and vowing even more...
Western Officials Say Russia Is Behind a Campaign of Sabotage Across Europe
Western officials have accused Russia and its proxies of staging dozens of attacks and other incidents across Europe since the invasion of Ukraine three years ago, according to data collected by The Associated Press. They allege the disruption campaign is an extension of Russian President Vladimir Putin's war, intended to...
Facing Anti-DEI Investigations, Colleges Cut Ties With Nonprofit Targeted by Conservatives
Until recently, it was a little-known program to help Black and Latino students pursue business degrees. But in January, conservative strategist Christopher Rufo flagged the program known as The PhD Project in social media posts that caught the attention of Republican politicians. The program is now at the center of...
Schools in Delano Win Acclaim for Their Pandemic Comeback. How They Did It
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Some of California's most acclaimed schools right now aren't in elite suburbs or wealthy urban enclaves. They're in a small city in the San Joaquin Valley, an outpost on Highway 99 surrounded by almond trees and orange groves....
Weekslong Lockups of European Tourists at US Borders Spark Fears of Traveling to America
SAN DIEGO — Lennon Tyler and her German fiancé often took road trips to Mexico when he vacationed in the United States since it was only a day's drive from her home in Las Vegas, one of the perks of their long-distance relationship. But things went terribly wrong when they...
Fire Shuts Down London’s Heathrow Airport, Disrupting Travel for Hundreds of Thousands
LONDON — A large fire near London's Heathrow Airport knocked out power Friday to Europe's busiest flight hub, forcing it to shut and disrupting global travel for hundreds of thousands of passengers. Heathrow said it didn't know when power would be returned, but energy distributor National Grid said in the...
The Latest: Trump Orders Meet Growing Protests and Court Challenges
President Donald Trump's executive order to facilitate the closure of the U.S. Education Department is met with protests and court challenges. Elon Musk focuses his attention on the Pentagon, where Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on social media that the billionaire cost-cutter will discuss "innovation, efficiencies & smarter production." Leaders...