Pope begs breakaway traditionalist group to back off plan to consecrate its own bishops

Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday begged a breakaway group of traditionalist Catholics to call off its plan to consecrate new bishops ...

Who flies the American flag for holidays — and who never flies one, according to an AP-NORC poll

Jerry Esters proudly displays the American flag each day on his Detroit home. A few miles away, Yvonne Pistochini says there ...

Heat forces yodelers at annual Swiss festival to sing in fountains

City fountains became impromptu rehearsal spaces this weekend as yodelers at a festival in Basel, Switzerland, squeezed in ...

‘They tricked me’: Reedley farmer gives away nectarines, says ag company’s patent not valid

Farmer Cesar Mora is unable to sell his nectarines due to an ongoing legal dispute with Giumarra Brothers Fruit Co, so he is ...

Where to see 4th of July fireworks in the Central Valley

Fourth of July is right around the corner, and to make finding festivities easier, YourCentralValley.com compiled a list of ...

How some in Palestinian diaspora find connection, identity and resilience in traditional embroidery

Decades later, Samar Kabouli still fondly recalls gathering with women in her family and sipping cardamom-spiced coffee as ...

Man wanted in Paso Robles bank robbery arrested in Fresno, police say

Ernesto Noriega Cisneros, a 36-year-old man wanted in connection with a bank robbery in Paso Robles, was arrested in Fresno on Monday.

Asian shares mostly higher tracking Wall Street gains and oil stabilizes

Asian shares were mostly higher on Tuesday tracking Wall Street gains, with South Korea’s stock market rebounding after sharp losses on a tech sell-off. Oil prices stabilized ...

Republican Tom Kean Jr. set to return to Congress after long unexplained absence

Tom Kean Jr., the New Jersey Republican who’s been away from Congress for almost four months, is expected to re-emerge in public after months of speculation about the ...

Trump’s fixation on voting has had mixed results. He still has ways to affect November’s elections

President Donald Trump has tried many ways to tighten his grip on U.S. elections, from signing executive orders to pushing ...

A Jefferson for every era, from Lincoln to Trump, and the contradictions that endure

He’s a prize-winning presidential historian who wrote an entire biography of Thomas Jefferson. But even Jon Meacham needs to think for a moment before defining ...

A free 8 week series of summer movies is coming to Madera

The City of Madera Parks and Community Services is hosting Movies in the Park events at the Lions Town and Country Park Amphitheater every Friday from July 10 to August 28, featuring films such as ...