A majority of people in Germany support recognizing a Palestinian state, a move the federal government there rejects, according to a new poll, Haaretz reported. The survey by the Forsa Institute for the foreign policy journal Internationale Politik found 54% of respondents favored recognition, while 31% opposed it. The poll...
Hidden in Trump’s Spending Package Is a Boost to CA’s Affordable Housing
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California lawmakers are preparing for a historic surge in federal funding for affordable housing construction, a tsunami of subsidy that advocates say could as much as double the number of low-rent units produced by the state over the...
Sanger Unified Returns to Pre-Pandemic Student Test Scores
Sanger Unified School District has released its California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress scores showing improvements in English Language Arts and math. In the 2024-25 school year, 53% of Sanger Unified students, roughly 6,850, met or exceeded ELA standards. This is a 4.25% increase from the 2023-24 school year....
Mexico Transfers 26 Accused Cartel Members to US
Mexico expelled more than two dozen people imprisoned as suspected cartel members wanted by the United States on Tuesday, amid rising pressure from President Donald Trump's administration to dismantle the country's powerful drug organizations. Authorities sent 26 prisoners who were wanted in the U.S. for ties to drug-trafficking groups, Mexico's...
Valley Children’s Cancer Survivors Get $70K in Help from Taco Bell Foundation
For many children, beating cancer is only the first step to getting well. To help provide for cancer survivors after treatment ends, the Taco Bell Foundation donated $70,000 to Valley Children's Healthcare. The donation, announced Tuesday by the hospital, will go to expand resources at The Fresno Truck Center Childhood...
White House to Lead Review of Some Smithsonian Museums
The White House said on Tuesday it will lead an internal review of some Smithsonian museums and exhibitions ahead of the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, after President Donald Trump earlier this year accused the institution of spreading "anti-American ideology" and raised alarm among civil rights advocates. Three...
Smittcamp Ends DA’s ‘Courtesy Appearances’ for Fresno City Attorney’s Office
The Fresno County District Attorney's Office will no longer provide "courtesy appearances" on behalf of the city of Fresno in court. DA Lisa Smittcamp notified her staff and sent an email to Mayor Jerry Dyer and other city officials on Aug. 1 documents obtained by GV Wire show. "After careful...
Tariff Revenue Makes It Hard for Supreme Court to Rule Against Trump, Bessent Says
WASHINGTON — Increasing revenues flowing into U.S. government coffers from tariffs would make it difficult for the Supreme Court to rule against the Trump administration on the issue if a lower court case makes its way to country's top court, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Tuesday. "The more...
US Selects 11 Firms for Program to Fast-Track Small Nuclear Test Reactors
The U.S. Department of Energy said on Tuesday it has made an initial selection of 11 companies for a pilot program seeking to develop high-tech test nuclear reactors and get at least three of them to begin operating in less than a year. Why It's Important As artificial intelligence and...
Former Guatemalan Police Officers, Officials Sentenced for Death of 41 Girls in Fire
GUATEMALA CITY — A Guatemalan court on Tuesday sentenced six people to between six and 25 years in prison for the deaths of 41 children in a raging fire eight years ago inside a state shelter for at-risk youth. The sentencing is a step towards closure in one of the...