Based on the social media chatter, you would have expected herds of people protesting Rep. Devin Nunes' appearance at a Fresno County Republican Party fundraising dinner Wednesday night. But only two people showed up to express their dissatisfaction with the congressman for the 22nd District of California. The three reporters...
Dolores Huerta Arrested in Labor Protest for Higher Wages
Dolores Huerta emerged from the tunnel beneath the Fresno County Courthouse to the thunderous cheers of the purple-clad SEIU 2015 members. The labor icon thusly fulfilled a prophecy she made earlier Tuesday morning about being arrested. She had no trepidation when she was handcuffed by Fresno County deputies. "I believe...
Citing Free Speech, Judge Frees Alleged White Supremacists
LOS ANGELES — Federal charges against three alleged members of a violent white supremacist group accused of inciting violence at California political rallies were dismissed by a judge who found their actions amounted to constitutionally protected free speech. Prosecutors said members of the Rise Above Movement conspired to riot by...
Documents Shine Rare Light on Syrian Government Crackdown
BEIRUT — Thousands of documents purportedly collected from abandoned Syrian government offices during the country's civil war reveal the reach of President Bashar Assad's shadowy, labyrinthine security agencies as they spied on the population at large, sought to eliminate dissidents at all cost and systematically persecuted the Kurdish minority even...
Calm Appears to Hold in Gaza Despite Exchange of Fire
JERUSALEM — An unofficial cease-fire appeared to be holding Wednesday between Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers despite limited exchanges of fire. Schools reopened in southern Israel and residents resumed their daily routines after a few overnight rocket attacks from Gaza that set off air-raid sirens, breaking a daylong lull. The...
Opioid Crisis Bring Unwanted Attention to Wealthy Family
BOSTON — The Sackler name is emblazoned on the walls at some of the world's great museums and universities, including the Smithsonian, the Guggenheim and Harvard. But now the family's ties to OxyContin and the painkiller's role in the deadly opioid crisis are bringing the Sacklers a new and unwanted...
Eric Reid Signs With Panthers, Back in NFL After Protests
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Eric Reid is getting another shot in the NFL. The Carolina Panthers on Thursday have signed the free agent safety to a one-year contract. Terms of the deal were not announced. Reid filed an official grievance letter with the NFL in October of 2017, alleging that team...
Rep. Valadao Upset With Immigration Protest at His House
Congressman David Valadao is calling an immigration protest at his house a case of uncivil discourse. A group of protesters congregated outside of Valadao’s Hanford home this morning (Aug. 15), with his wife and three children inside. Valadao was not there. About 10 CHIRLA Action Fund protesters gathered on a...
Trump Is In Full Retreat After Bombshell Brit Interview
ELLESBOROUGH, England — In a fresh bout of diplomatic whiplash, President Donald Trump denied Friday he had criticized Prime Minister Theresa May and declared the U.S.-U.K. relationship "the highest level of special" — not long after lobbing thunderous broadsides against her. Trump's pomp-filled visit to the United Kingdom has been...
Israeli Snipers Celebrate Shooting of Palestinian
A Palestinian man told Reuters on Wednesday (April 11) that he was the person whose shooting by an Israeli sniper was captured on a leaked video, sparking international criticism of Israel's response to the Gaza border protests. Tamer Abu Daqqa lives in the southern Gaza Strip. A photograph of Abu Daqqa...