NEW YORK — Major stock indexes edged lower on Monday, with the S&P 500 easing after recent record highs, and investors eyeing political upheaval in France, Japan and a U.S. government shutdown, while gold futures hit $4,000 an ounce for the first time. Gold's rally has been driven in part...
How Many Palestinians Has Israel’s Gaza Offensive Killed?
CAIRO/GENEVA — Palestinian health authorities say Israel's two-year-old ground and air campaign against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip has killed more than 67,000 people, with nearly a third of the dead under the age of 18. The war, triggered by the deadly October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel,...
Trump to Unveil Farmer Aid as China Shuns US Crops
WASHINGTON — Punishing Chinese tariffs that prompt painful retaliation. American farmers on the brink of bankruptcy. A multibillion-dollar bailout to keep farmers afloat. It is 2018 all over again as the Trump administration prepares to address the same policy crisis it faced seven years ago when President Donald Trump, who...
Fresno, Take a Bow. Our City Is Becoming More Prosperous for All
When Fresno DRIVE kicked off with a downtown community meeting in 2019, some people — including elected leaders — left wondering how this 10-year initiative to build the city's economy would be different from its failed predecessors. The five-year numbers are in and they show that Fresno DRIVE is, indeed,...
University of California Trio Win Nobel Prize for Revealing Quantum Physics in Action
STOCKHOLM — U.S.-based scientists John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for "experiments that revealed quantum physics in action", paving the way for the development of the next generation of digital technologies. "My feelings are that I'm completely stunned. Of course it had...
Johnson & Johnson Ordered to Pay $966 Million After Jury Finds Company Liable in Talc Cancer Case
A Los Angeles jury late on Monday ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $966 million to the family of a woman who died from mesothelioma, finding the company liable in the latest lawsuit alleging its baby powder products cause cancer. — (Reporting by Diana Novak Jones; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
Regulators Know PG&E, Edison Are Slow to Hook up Solar. Why Are There No Penalties?
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The state’s two largest utilities routinely drag their feet connecting solar panels to the electric grid, missing state-mandated deadlines as much as 73% of the time, according to a complaint filed to regulators by solar advocates. The complaint...
US Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Colorado Gay ‘Conversion Therapy’ Ban
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court began hearing arguments on Tuesday in a challenge on free speech grounds to a Colorado law banning psychotherapists from conducting "conversion therapy" that aims to change a minor's sexual orientation or gender identity. The dispute pits Colorado's authority to forbid a healthcare practice it...
Reactions to Two-Year Anniversary of Hamas Attack on Israel
Tuesday marked the two-year anniversary of Palestinian militant group Hamas' attack on Israel that triggered the ongoing Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip. Following are reactions from around the world: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres: "Two years ago today, Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups launched an abhorrent large-scale terror attack...
Trump’s Threat to Invoke Insurrection Act Escalates Showdown With Democratic Cities
Donald Trump's threat to invoke a federal anti-insurrection law to expand his deployment of military personnel to U.S. cities has intensified the legal battle between the president and Democratic-led cities, as hundreds of National Guard troops from Texas on Tuesday prepared to patrol the streets of Chicago. Trump told reporters on...