An Israeli drone strike killed a 13-year-old boy in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday, health officials said, as residents reported a renewed pattern of Israeli warnings urging people to flee ahead of attacks — a practice that had largely subsided after an October ceasefire. Medics said the boy was...
National Democrats Said They’d Stay Out of This California Race. Then They Picked Jasmeet Bains
National Democrats have zeroed in on the 22nd Congressional District, a swing seat in the Central Valley, as a key part of their strategy to win back control of Congress. Two Democrats are vying for the chance to challenge incumbent Republican Rep. David Valadao, whose defeat is even more crucial...
Trump Vows US Will Retrieve Uranium From Iran
President Donald Trump vowed on Thursday that the United States will eventually recover Iran's stockpile of highly enriched uranium despite comments from Iran that it will not hand over the material. "We will get it. We don't need it, we don't want it. We'll probably destroy it after we get...
US Weekly Jobless Claims Fall, Single-Family Housing Starts Tumble in April
The number of Americans filing claims for unemployment benefits fell last week, pointing to labor market resilience and giving the Federal Reserve room to focus on surging inflation from the war with Iran. There are no signs yet that employers are responding to rising costs by reducing headcount. The nearly...
Oil Prices Gain 3% After Reuters Report Signals Complication to US-Iran Peace Talks
Oil prices were up 3% on Thursday after Reuters reported that Iran's Supreme Leader has issued a directive that the country's near-weapons-grade uranium should not be sent abroad, denting hopes for a swift resolution to the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. The report, citing two senior Iranian sources, signaled that Tehran...
US Energy Storage Additions Hit a First-Quarter Record, Report Shows
U.S. energy storage developers installed 9.7 gigawatt-hours of new capacity in the first quarter of 2026, marking a record high for the quarter, an industry report showed on Thursday. Energy storage capacity grew 32% in the quarter from a year ago despite federal actions the industry says are slowing clean...
Fresno Police Arrest Man Accused of Choking Girlfriend, Attacking Officers
A Fresno man was arrested Wednesday after police said he assaulted his girlfriend during a domestic disturbance and later resisted officers attempting to take him into custody. Officers with the Fresno Police Department’s Central Police District were dispatched at about 5:17 p.m. to a reported domestic disturbance, according to police....
Colorado Governor Censured for Commuting Sentence of Election Denier
DENVER — Gov. Jared Polis of Colorado, a Democrat, was censured by his own party on Wednesday night over his decision to free Tina Peters, a high-profile election denier and supporter of President Donald Trump who had been serving a nine-year prison sentence for tampering with voting machines. The censure...
Democrats’ Draft Autopsy Report on 2024 Loss Puts Blame on Biden and Beyond
The Democratic National Committee on Thursday released a nearly 200-page draft of an internal autopsy of what went wrong in the 2024 campaign, ending months of speculation that had emerged as an embarrassing public spectacle for the party as it seeks to regain control of Congress. The report places blame...
Outrage Grows After Israeli Minister Mocks Gaza Flotilla Activists
Western governments voiced outrage on Thursday after Israel’s far-right security minister posted a video of himself taunting Gaza-bound flotilla activists being pinned to the ground, with two later alleging they were physically assaulted in detention. The activists' treatment by police officers under the direction of National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir...