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...
Pentagon’s Hegseth OKs US Navy Next-Generation Fighter, Sources Say
WASHINGTON — After months of delay, the Pentagon will select as soon as this week the defense company to design and build the Navy's next stealth fighter, a U.S. official and two people familiar with the decision said, it will be a multibillion-dollar effort for a jet seen as central...
Merced Police Searching for at-Risk Missing Modesto Woman
Police are searching for a Modesto woman reported missing after she was last believed to have traveled to Merced by public transportation on Monday. According to the Merced Police Department, 32-year-old Sydni Sherrill’s family reported her missing on Monday and expressed concern for her well-being. Investigators believe Sherrill arrived in...
Bondi Says DOJ Ending ‘Weaponization of Justice’ as It Pursues Trump Critics
WASHINGTON — U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi told a Senate panel on Tuesday that the Justice Department was ending the "weaponization of justice" even as several political adversaries of President Donald Trump face federal investigations and prosecutions. Bondi, appearing before the Republican-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee, said the department under Trump...