The chair of the Republican National Committee, Michael Whatley, plans to run for the Senate in North Carolina with the backing of President Donald Trump, after Lara Trump, the president’s daughter-in-law, declined to run herself, according to two people with knowledge of the decision. The election to fill the North...
Meme Stock Surge Underlines Market Froth, Mostly Centered on Retail Investors
NEW YORK - Massive moves in stocks such as Kohl’s and Opendoor Technologies are raising questions over whether a new wave of meme stock trading is underway and what that signals about risk appetite more broadly. Benchmark equity indexes have touched record highs, cryptocurrencies are rallying, and options trading volumes...
Afghans Who Aided US Face Taliban Reprisal as Resettlement Programs Slashed
Hundreds of thousands of Afghans who assisted the U.S. military now face repatriation and possible retaliation by the Taliban, as the Trump administration rolls back support programs and shutters the State Department office tasked with Afghan resettlement, The Washington Post reports. Two executive orders have halted refugee processing and U.S.-funded...
Video-Sharing App Vine Is Returning ‘in AI Form’, Musk Says
Elon Musk's social media company X is bringing back popular video-sharing platform Vine in "AI form", the billionaire tech-entrepreneur said on Thursday, almost nine years after the app was discontinued. Musk made the announcement in a post on X, formerly Twitter, but did not provide further details. X did not...
CBS News Taps Tanya Simon as New Boss of ’60 Minutes’ After Trump Lawsuit
Paramount Global's CBS News on Thursday appointed Tanya Simon as the executive producer of its prime time news magazine broadcast "60 Minutes", in place of Bill Owens, who had stepped down citing lack of editorial independence. Owens left the post in April after months of legal battle with U.S. President...
Tulare County Gang Member Booked in Attempted Murder of Two Teens
A 25-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a shooting that targeted two teenagers returning from church in late May, according to the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office. Jose Antonio Hernandez of Farmersville was taken into custody Wednesday afternoon by detectives with the Sheriff’s Tulare Area Gangs and Narcotics Enforcement...
Fresno County Authorities Still Searching for Missing Mother and Infant
The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing mother and her 8-month-old daughter, last seen more than a week ago. Whisper Owen, 36, and her daughter, Sandra McCarty, were last seen on July 15. The pair left the city of Fresno around 5:00...
California Releases Teacher Data. It Shows Big Rise in Hispanic Teachers
This story was originally published by EdSource. Sign up for their daily newsletter. California added 3,000 new classroom teachers and a significant number of new administrators despite declining student enrollment and budget reductions brought on by the end of pandemic funding, according to long-awaited data released by the California Department...
Biting a Bat and 5 Other Wild Moments From Ozzy Osbourne’s Life
Wild and memorable moments punctuated — and sometimes overshadowed — the long career of Ozzy Osbourne, the English heavy metal legend who died this week at 76. He earned fame as the lead singer of Black Sabbath, as a solo artist and later through “The Osbournes,” the reality show about...
Columbia University, Trump Administration Reach $200 Million Deal Over Funding
WASHINGTON - Columbia University has reached a deal with U.S. President Donald Trump's administration over federal funding, it said on Wednesday. In a statement, the university said will pay a $200 million fine over three years to settle allegations that it failed to do enough to stop the harassment of...