Oil prices soared about 6% to their highest since 2024 on Tuesday, rising for a third session as the U.S.-Israel war against Iran widened, disrupting energy shipments from the Middle East and stoking fears of a prolonged conflict. Brent futures rose $4.70, or 6.1%, to $82.44 a barrel at 12:38...
Visalia Police Close Highway On-Ramp During Mental Health Crisis
Update: A man was taken into custody Tuesday following a three-hour standoff on an overpass that forced the closure of Highway 198, authorities said. The incident began when the individual positioned himself on the overpass at Linwood Street and Noble Avenue in Visalia. Officers with the Visalia Police Department, including...
Outside Lands Unveils 2026 Lineup Featuring Charli XCX, Rüfüs Du Sol, The Strokes
The 18th year of Outside Lands is now upon San Francisco, with organizers ramping up anticipation ahead of Tuesday's full lineup announcement. The three-day music festival will return Aug. 7-9 to Golden Gate Park, marking nearly two decades of performances in the city's iconic park. Over the past week, organizers...
Paramount’s $110 Billion Warner Bros Deal Likely to Secure FCC Backing, FT Reports
U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr has signaled that the watchdog will not seek to block Paramount's $110 billion deal to buy Warner Bros and played down competition concerns over a combination of CBS and CNN, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. Carr told FT at the Mobile World Congress...
Trump and Netanyahu Are Doing the Free World a Favor
President Donald Trump is being criticized from many quarters for his decision to join Israel in a war to topple the Iranian regime, which Saturday yielded the killing of the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The reasons vary. It’s “a betrayal of the American people,” says Elizabeth Warren, who warns...
Fresno Man Sentenced, Another Pleads Guilty in Illegal Firearm Cases
Two Fresno residents faced federal court Monday for illegal gun possession, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant announced. Phatna Pich, 23, was sentenced to three years and one month in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and possessing machine guns. Law enforcement officers investigating Pich for trafficking illegal...
To Attend a Prom or Football Game, California Students Had to Surrender Their Data
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Before they could attend school football games or school plays, high school students across California had to give their personal information over to a ticketing platform, GoFan, which then sold that data to advertisers, state privacy regulators said....
School Bus Involved in Fresno Crash, No Student Injuries
A traffic collision involving three vehicles, including a school bus, occurred Monday afternoon in Fresno, the Fresno Fire Department reported on Tuesday. First responders were dispatched just before 3:20 p.m. to the intersection of Ashlan and Blackstone avenues after reports of the crash. Emergency crews arrived to find the vehicles...
US Judge Preliminarily Approves $35 Million Settlement Between Epstein Estate, Accusers
A U.S. judge granted preliminary approval on Tuesday to an agreement for Jeffrey Epstein's estate to pay as much as $35 million to resolve a class action lawsuit that accused two of the disgraced financier's advisers of aiding and abetting his sex trafficking of young women and teenage girls. —...
Minnesota Sues Federal Government Over Withheld Medicaid Funds
Minnesota officials sued the Trump administration Monday over a decision to withhold more than $200 million in Medicaid funds from the state, which has seen widespread fraud in social service programs. The lawsuit was the latest front in a wide-ranging legal clash between the state and the federal government, which...