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...
Fresno Police Arrest 19 in DUI Enforcement Operation
The Fresno Police Department arrested 19 drivers on suspicion of driving under the influence on Saturday. Drivers charged with a first-time DUI face an average of $13,500 in fines and penalties, as well as a suspended license, according to police. The department said it will hold another DUI enforcement operation...
Man Who Gave His Teen a Rifle Is Guilty of Murder After School Shooting
ATLANTA — The father of a teenage boy who is accused of a deadly mass shooting at his Georgia high school was found guilty Tuesday of failing to heed warnings about his son and allowing him unfettered access to the powerful assault-style rifle used in the attack. The jury deliberated...
Trump Says US Has Knocked out Many Iranian Naval and Air Targets
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the U.S. military had been successful against many Iranian naval and air targets, saying "just about everything has been knocked out." He made his comments in the Oval Office ahead of a meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Trump, answering questions from reporters,...
Texas Senate Showdown Kicks off Midterms to Determine Control of US Congress
A hotly contested U.S. Senate race in Texas headlines the official start of the midterm elections on Tuesday, when voters in Texas, North Carolina and Arkansas cast the first ballots of the campaign to decide which party controls the U.S. Congress during President Donald Trump's last two years in office. Tuesday's...
US Homeland Chief Noem Stands by Remarks Calling Slain US Citizens Terrorists
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during congressional testimony on Tuesday stood by her remarks calling two U.S. citizens shot dead by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis domestic terrorists. Noem, who is overseeing Republican President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, was pressed about her statements by Democratic lawmakers during a Senate...