CAIRO/JERUSALEM — A prominent Al Jazeera journalist, who had previously been threatened by Israel, was killed along with four colleagues in an Israeli airstrike on Sunday in an attack condemned by journalists and rights groups. Israel's military said it targeted and killed Anas Al Sharif, alleging he had headed a Hamas militant cell and was involved in...
Landmark Trial Starts Over Trump’s Use of National Guard in LA
A landmark trial kicked off on Monday over the use by Donald Trump's administration of National Guard forces to support its deportation efforts and quell protests in Los Angeles, in a legal challenge to the U.S. president's break from long-standing norms against deploying troops on American streets. The three-day non-jury...
Eric Grant Is New US Attorney for Region That Includes Fresno
Attorney General Pam Bondi has appointed Eric Grant as the Interim U.S. Attorney for the region that includes Fresno, Sacramento, and other Central Valley cities. The Department of Justice said in a new release that the Valley-raised Grant was sworn in Monday morning. Grant's title will include the "interim" tag...
Trump Says Both Sides in Ukraine War Will Need to Cede Territory
President Donald Trump said on Monday that Kyiv and Moscow will both have to cede land to end the war in Ukraine and talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin this week will instantly show whether the Kremlin leader is willing to make a deal. European leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr...
Gifford Fire Grows to Nearly 120,000 Acres With 33% Containment
California's biggest wildfire of 2025, which is burning in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties, is 33% contained, CalFire reported Monday morning. The Gifford fire has now consumed 119,214 acres after starting on Aug. 1 as a handful of spot fires along Highway 166. Community Meeting in San Luis Obispo...
US CDC Tightens Safety Measures After Gunman Kills Officer in Atlanta
The CDC has tightened security following an attack Friday on its Atlanta headquarters that left a police officer and the gunman dead, including having employees work from home on Monday and removing vehicle decals showing where they work. The union representing workers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
Sen. Klobuchar Is a Democratic Bellwether, and She’s Changing Her Tune on Israel
Amy Klobuchar, the senior senator from Minnesota, appeared last month in a photograph with Benjamin Netanyahu. Wearing a tight-lipped smile alongside a bipartisan group of senators, she hardly seemed thrilled to be there. But there she was, posing with a man who is wanted for war crimes by the International...
California Supreme Court Hands Victory to Rooftop Solar Panel Owners
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The California Supreme Court has sided with environmental groups in a case seen as pivotal for the proliferation of rooftop solar power in California. In a unanimous vote on Aug. 7, justices told a lower court to revisit...
Trump Says He Will Take Control of Police, Deploy National Guard to DC
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said on Monday he was deploying 800 National Guard troops to the U.S. capital and putting Washington's police department under federal control to combat what he said was a wave of lawlessness, despite statistics showing that violent crime hit a 30-year low in 2024. "I'm...
Apollo 13 Commander Jim Lovell Dies at 97
Washington — American astronaut Jim Lovell, commander of the failed 1970 mission to the moon that nearly ended in disaster but became an inspirational saga of survival and the basis for the hit movie "Apollo 13," has died at the age of 97, NASA said on Friday. Hollywood superstar Tom Hanks...