Norimitsu Onishi

Oscar Pistorius, the Paralympic gold medalist who was found guilty of culpable homicide in the killing of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, will leave prison Tuesday after serving about one year of his five-year sentence.

The government of Zimbabwe said Monday that it would not call for the extradition of a U.S. dentist involved in the hunt that killed a lion known as Cecil because he had the proper documentation for the hunt.

Despite intensifying calls to ban or restrict trophy hunting in Africa after the killing of a lion named Cecil in Zimbabwe, most conservation groups, wildlife management experts and African governments support the practice as a way to maintain wildlife.

Signs of drought are everywhere, affecting vast sectors of the economy. A sense of dread is building among farmers, many of whom have let fields go fallow. Without more water, an estimated 200,000 acres of prime agriculture land will go unplanted in Fresno County, according to Westlands Water District officials. Cattle ranchers accustomed to letting cows graze on rain-fed grass have had to rely on bought hay or reduce their herds.