5+ hour, 24+ min ago  (123+ words) Reuters reported that Iran says it has finalized a deal to purchase 100 aircraft from U. S. plane maker Boeing, pending approval from U. S. Treasury authorities, according to Iran's civil aviation chief. Ali Abedzadeh said a written agreement has been signed with Boeing, but…...

2+ hour, 7+ min ago  (107+ words) A 17-year-old inmate was severely injured Friday after being beaten by five 16-year-old inmates at the Tulare County Juvenile Detention Center, according to the Tulare County Sheriff's Office. Deputies were called to the facility just before 1 p. m. for an assault, authorities…...

2+ hour, 21+ min ago  (358+ words) Australia has detected its first suspected mainland case of H5 N1 bird flu in a remote part of the country's southwest, authorities said on Friday. A migratory sea bird known as a brown skua found in Western Australia's Cape Le Grand National…...

3+ hour, 7+ min ago  (94+ words) U. S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is planning a trip to the Middle East next week and is expected to visit Kuwait, the UAE and Bahrain, Axios reported on Friday, citing two sources. Rubio is expected to hold a summit with…...

4+ hour, 25+ min ago  (96+ words) Who hasn't, at some point, wanted to be a spy? Youngsters 8 to 12 years old have an opportunity to realize that dream Saturday at the Clovis Veterans Memorial District. The Community Heritage Center there is hosting "Spy Day," an interactive educational…...

3+ hour, 31+ min ago  (1071+ words) James Burrows, the genre-shaping master of the television situation comedy who was a creator of "Cheers" and directed more than 1, 000 episodes of that show and other TV classics like "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," "The Bob Newhart Show," "Taxi," "Frasier,…...

4+ hour, 40+ min ago  (120+ words) President Donald Trump said on Friday he will go to Turkey and make another trip to China at some point in 2026. "We're doing a lot of trips. We'll be going to Turkey. We'll be going at some point during the…...

4+ hour, 45+ min ago  (612+ words) LONDON " Shipowners and operators hoping to seize on a window of calm to exit the Persian Gulf for the first time in more than three months confronted new waves of chaos and confusion Friday, capping a week of head-spinning developments…...

4+ hour, 55+ min ago  (396+ words) President Donald Trump on Friday got a look at his upgraded Boeing 747, a plane gifted by Qatar, at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland as the aircraft neared delivery to join the Air Force One fleet. The jumbo aircraft, offered by…...

5+ hour, 10+ min ago  (612+ words) Facing a major leadership test this week, Fresno Unified Superintendent Misty Her ducked the assignment. Instead of publicly addressing the concerns of parents and educators about the reassignment of five principals and 26 vice principals, she sat silently in a packed…...