In late August, physician and longevity guru Peter Attia posted a new reel for his 1.3 million Instagram followers, featuring a close-up of a stack of golden boxes, each about the size of a hardcover book, piled up on a marble countertop. The image stood out; Attia’s grid consists mostly...
Israeli Minister Hints at Annexing Parts of Gaza
JERUSALEM/CAIRO/GAZA — Israel could threaten to annex parts of Gaza to increase pressure on the militant group Hamas, an Israeli minister said on Wednesday, an idea that would deal a blow to Palestinian hopes of statehood on land Israel now occupies. The comment by security cabinet member Zeev Elkin came...
Russia Has Developed Immunity to Sanctions, Kremlin Says After Trump Tightens Ceasefire Deadline
MOSCOW — The Kremlin said on Wednesday it continues to monitor statements by President Donald Trump regarding sanctions against Moscow, but that Russia had acquired immunity to such measures thanks to long experience. Trump said on Tuesday that the United States would start imposing tariffs and other measures on Russia...
Fed Likely to Hold Rates Steady Despite Trump’s Push for Big Cuts
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve is expected to leave interest rates unchanged on Wednesday, even as President Donald Trump continued to push the U.S. central bank to cut borrowing costs. Trump, who last week made a rare presidential visit to the Fed's headquarters in Washington as part of a campaign to...
California Under Tsunami Advisory After Magnitude 8.7 Earthquake
Update at 7:35 p.m. on July 29 The U.S. National Weather Service has issued a tsunami advisory for the California coast, with projected arrival times of 12:15 a.m. Wednesday in Monterey, 12:40 a.m. in San Francisco, and 1 a.m. in Los Angeles. The agency warns the public that this will...
Fresno Man Dies in DUI Crash, Driver Arrested
A 24-year-old man was killed and three others injured in a DUI crash Saturday night west of Cedar Avenue in Fresno County, authorities said. The crash happened around 9:53 p.m. on Mt. Whitney Avenue, where a Chevrolet Tahoe driven by Juan Carlos Mendoza Jr., 24, veered off the roadway and...
Madera County Wildfire Burns Near Fairmead, Containment at 0%
A wildfire broke out Tuesday afternoon in Madera County, burning at least 16 acres with no containment, according to CalFire. Dubbed the 19 Fire, the blaze was reported around 4:31 p.m. near Golden State Boulevard and Road 19, just north of Fairmead. The cause is under investigation. CalFire’s Madera-Mariposa-Merced Unit...
Watch Twin Meteor Showers Reach Their Simultaneous Peak in Summer Skies
Our universe might be chock-full of cosmic wonder, but you can observe only a fraction of astronomical phenomena with your naked eye. Meteor showers, natural fireworks that streak brightly across the night sky, are one of them. The latest observable meteor showers travel in tandem. One, the Southern Delta Aquarids,...
New York Gunman Was Flagged by Security Camera System Before Attack, Sources Say
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK — Cameras at 345 Park Avenue flagged an approaching gunman on Monday as a potential threat that required immediate attention, seconds before he burst into the office skyscraper's lobby and began firing, according to two former federal officials familiar with New York building security systems. A still frame...
As Trump Cuts Education, Candidates Line Up for California’s Top Schools Job
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. As California intensifies its fight with the Trump Administration, the race for the state’s top schools job is becoming ever more crowded. Former Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon formally entered the race Monday to succeed Tony Thurmond as State...