Investigation Focuses on WhatsApp Messages JERUSALEM — Israel's attorney general has ordered police to open an investigation into Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife on suspicion of harassing political opponents and a witness in the Israeli leader's corruption trial. The Israeli Justice Ministry made the announcement in a terse message late...
What Is Known About a Plane Crash in Kazakhstan as Experts Suspect Russian Air Defense Fire
How Did the Plane Crash? Azerbaijan Airlines' Embraer 190 was en route from Azerbaijani capital of Baku to the Russian city of Grozny in the North Caucasus on Wednesday when it was diverted for reasons that aren't fully clear yet. It crashed while making an attempt to land in Aktau,...
New York to Charge Fossil Fuel Companies for Damage From Climate Change
ALBANY, N.Y. — Large fossil fuel companies would have to pay fees to help New York fight the effects of climate change under a bill signed Thursday by Gov. Kathy Hochul. New Law Creates Climate Change Fund The new law requires companies responsible for substantial greenhouse gas emissions to pay...
Israel Strikes Houthis in Yemen’s Capital. The WHO Chief Was Just a Few Feet Away.
JERUSALEM — A new round of Israeli airstrikes in Yemen on Thursday targeted the Houthi rebel-held capital and multiple ports, while the World Health Organization's director-general said the bombardment occurred nearby as he prepared to board a flight in Sanaa, with a crew member injured. "The air traffic control tower,...
Holiday Shoppers Increased Spending by 3.8% Despite Higher Prices
Sales rose this year during the holiday shopping season even as Americans wrestled with elevated prices for many groceries and other necessities, according to new data. Holiday sales from the beginning of November through Christmas Eve climbed 3.8%, outpacing the 3.1% increase from a year earlier, according to Mastercard SpendingPulse,...
Fresno Public Hanukkah Lighting Will Move Indoors Sunday
The Fresno Jewish community will publicly light the Hanukkah menorah Sunday afternoon at the Woodward Park library (944 E. Perrin Ave., Fresno). All are invited. Chabad Fresno hosts the 35th annual event to commemorate the "Festival of Lights," on the Jewish calendar. Sunday marks the fifth (of eight) nights of...
Americans Are Exhausted by Political News. TV Ratings and a New AP-NORC Poll Show They’re Tuning Out
NEW YORK — As a Democrat who immersed himself in political news during the presidential campaign, Ziad Aunallah has much in common with many Americans since the election. He's tuned out. "People are mentally exhausted," said Aunallah, 45, of San Diego. "Everyone knows what is coming and we are just...
How the Stock Market Defied Expectations Again This Year, by the Numbers
NEW YORK — What a wonderful year 2024 has been for investors. U.S. stocks ripped higher and carried the S&P 500 to records as the economy kept growing and the Federal Reserve began cutting interest rates. The year featured many familiar winners, such as Big Tech, which got even bigger...
Fresno Is Getting Sideswiped by Next Two Rainstorms
Fresno's weather over the next few days will be somewhat like the poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: "Into each life some rain must fall." We're getting sideswiped by a winter storm that will bring heavier amounts of rain and snow to Northern California and southern Oregon but only a tenth...
Fresno State Gifted Two JC Football Players for Christmas
What new Fresno State football coach Matt Entz wanted for Christmas was incoming players to fortify a program weakened by transfer portal defections. Bakersfield College freshman defensive lineman Logan Goodspeed and Snow (Utah) College sophomore offensive lineman Braylan Henderson have declared for the Bulldogs. Goodspeed, 6-4, 260 pounds, accumulated 26...