FRESNO, Calif. — Facing criticism over his role as a federal prosecutor in immigration cases, Fresno City Council candidate Robert Fuentes has resigned as an assistant U.S. attorney, he told The Fresno Bee on Monday.

Fuentes, a candidate for Fresno City Council and State Center Community College District trustee, said he was placed on ...Read more

An E. coli outbreak that’s hit Florida and Georgia has been linked by the FDA and CDC to Publix store brand frozen blueberries that also went to six other states, the agencies announced Monday.

Before Monday’s investigation summaries posted online, neither agency had posted anything publicly. Friday’s recall of Publix’s GreenWise ...Read more

BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombia’s outgoing leader said he doesn’t recognize the legitimacy of the incoming government of President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella, escalating tension as the nation prepares for a transfer of power on Aug. 7.

“Abelardo didn’t win the election,” President Gustavo Petro wrote in a lengthy post on X.

Petro ...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump said he expected to meet with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping around Sept. 24, which would coincide with the UN General Assembly in New York that month.

Trump floated the date as he discussed the construction of a White House ballroom during an event Monday, citing a possible visit by the Chinese ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As West Nile virus cases across the country surge to the highest levels in years, officials said Monday that the first Yolo County mosquito sample of the season tested positive for the virus.

The Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito & Vector Control District said in a news release that the mosquito sample was found Monday in Madison,...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — President Donald Trump's Department of Justice has informed Michigan officials it intends to send election monitors to three cities in the battleground state for the Aug. 4 primary.

Letters from the federal department about the plans have mentioned Detroit, Lansing and East Lansing, said two sources who had knowledge of the ...Read more

DENVER — More than 250 homes have been destroyed by the Aspen Acres fire in Pueblo and Custer counties, their sheriffs said Monday afternoon.

The state’s largest ongoing wildfire, the Aspen Acres fire, jumped in size overnight to 91,523 acres, roughly 143 square miles and nearly the size of Denver. As of Monday morning, the wildfire was the...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — State employees will be able to take up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave after Gov. Josh Stein signed new legislation on Monday.

Current law gives eight weeks of paid parental leave to state employees who gave birth and four weeks for other parents.

Staci Meyer, the state human resources director, said that the current ...Read more

DENVER — More than two dozen laws kick in across Colorado starting this month, instituting new rules gun control, asset forfeiture and “conversion therapy.”

The laws took effect July 1. Several were passed earlier this spring, while others — including one related to ammunition sales and another penalizing wildlife trafficking — were ...Read more

CHICAGO — Illinois will be the first state to require independent audits of large artificial intelligence developers’ safety practices under a new law Gov. JB Pritzker signed Monday.

The measure was part of a broader package of bills the Democratic-controlled General Assembly pushed to fill what lawmakers view as a void left by federal ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is touting its tax-advantaged investment accounts for those under 18, but critics say the accounts may only reach those who are already set in life.

Parents can contribute up to $5,000 annually to what Republicans have dubbed Trump Accounts and children born between 2025 and 2028 receive a $1,000 federal ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Newport Beach police are used to crowds on the Fourth of July.

But they were not expecting the thousands of teenagers and young adults who descended on the city Saturday, leading to hours of chaos and vandalism that some say is the worst the city has seen in years.

Authorities are still trying to determine what drew so many ...Read more

FRESNO, Calif. — The Department of Homeland Security has purchased two privately-operated ICE detention facilities in California for $1.5 billion dollars, according to company officials.

Tennessee-based private prison operator CoreCivic announced Monday that it had completed the sale of the 2,560-bed California City Immigration Processing ...Read more

Prince Harry is up in arms as he claims his invite to stay at Buckingham Palace during his trip to London this week has been rescinded “at the last moment.”

The palace invited 41-year-old Duke of Sussex, whose relationship with the rest of the royal family has been contentious in recent years, to stay for one night, BBC News and ITV News ...Read more

CASTRIES, Saint Lucia — Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says the reappointment of the Caribbean Community’s secretary-general earlier this year was unlawful, and she wants the Caribbean Court of Justice to intervene in the dispute.

Carla Barnett, who has been secretary-general of the 15-member Caribbean Community ...Read more