KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday that a vow by Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin not to attack energy infrastructure was "very much at odds with reality" following an overnight barrage of drone strikes across the country. Hours before Zelenskyy spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump, the Ukrainian...
Canada Bolsters Arctic Defenses as Trump Sets His Sights North
IQALUIT, Nunavut — Canada has made a 6 billion-Canadian-dollar ($4.2 billion) deal with Australia to develop a cutting-edge radar for the Arctic that can detect hypersonic missiles and other threats over the curvature of the Earth, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Tuesday. Carney also announced hundreds of millions of dollars...
A UN Worker Is Killed in a Strike in Gaza as Israel Warns of New Evacuation Orders
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — An international United Nations staffer was killed and five others were wounded in a strike Wednesday on a U.N. guesthouse in the Gaza Strip, as Israel pressed on with a new offensive in the territory that shattered a fragile ceasefire with Hamas. Israeli Defense Minister...
Vang Appears En Route to Outright Special Fresno Council Election Win
With fewer than 700 ballots left uncounted, it appears Sanger Unified Trustee Brandon Vang won the special election for the southeast Fresno City Council seat outright on Tuesday night. Results thus far show Vang with 50.5% of the vote for District 5. Vang garnered 1,859 votes, ahead of his closest...
Previously Classified Files Related to JFK Assassination Released
DALLAS — Previously classified documents related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy were released Tuesday following an order by President Donald Trump shortly after he took office. The documents were posted on the website of the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. The vast majority of the...
Hollywood Filmmaker Charged with Defrauding Netflix in $11M Scheme
NEW YORK — A Hollywood writer-director was arrested Tuesday on charges that he swindled $11 million from Netflix for a sci-fi show that never aired, instead steering the cash toward cryptocurrency investments and a series of lavish purchases that included a fleet of Rolls-Royces and a Ferrari. Carl Erik Rinsch...
Fresno EOC Board OKs Audit of Agency’s Troubled Finances
The Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission board voted Monday to hire a Minneapolis firm to do a forensic audit to determine how a multimillion-dollar operating deficit developed. The forensic audit will examine the spending in 2023 and 2024 of the transportation, food services, and administration programs because they had the biggest...
Two Men Found Guilty in Deadly San Antonio Immigrant Smuggling Case
SAN ANTONIO — Two smugglers charged after 53 immigrants died in the back of a sweltering tractor-trailer with no air conditioning were found guilty Tuesday after a two-week trial. The 2022 tragedy in San Antonio was the nation's deadliest smuggling attempt across the U.S.-Mexico border. Jurors in federal court in...
NASA Astronauts Return to Earth After 9 Months Stuck in Space
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Stuck in space no more, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth on Tuesday, hitching a different ride home to close out a saga that began with a bungled test flight more than nine months ago. Their SpaceX capsule parachuted into the Gulf...
Fresno Woman Killed in Hit-and-Run Crash Identified
The California Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal hit-and-run after a woman was found dead on an on-ramp to northbound Highway 99 on Saturday night. Authorities received a report around 7:50 p.m. of a person lying on the Golden State on-ramp, according to a statement from CHP. Emergency responders arrived...