Polls have closed across most of Texas, where the results of bruising Democratic and Republican nominating contests on Tuesday for the U.S. Senate will test the divides roiling each party as the midterm elections officially kick off. Voters in Texas, North Carolina and Arkansas cast the first ballots of the...
Fresno County Authorities Identify Man Found Dead in Mendota Canal
Authorities have identified a 57-year-old man whose body was found in a canal in Mendota over the weekend. David Alvarez of Mendota was discovered in the water at Belmont Avenue and Marie Street around 1:00 p.m. Sunday, according to the Fresno County Sheriff's Office. Mendota police officers and sheriff's deputies...
Defense Executives Plan to Meet at White House as Strikes on Iran Diminish Stockpiles
The Trump administration plans to meet with executives from the biggest U.S. defense contractors at the White House on Friday to discuss accelerating weapons production, as the Pentagon works to replenish supplies after strikes on Iran and several other recent military efforts, five people familiar with the plan told Reuters....
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s Son Emerges as Leading Choice to Be His Successor
The senior clerics responsible for selecting Iran’s next supreme leader met Tuesday to deliberate, and the son of the slain former leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, emerged as the clear front-runner, according to three Iranian officials familiar with the deliberations. The officials said that the clerics were considering announcing that the...
Wall Street Indexes End Lower as Middle East Conflict Fans Inflation Fears
U.S. stocks ended sharply lower on Tuesday as investors worried the Middle East conflict may persist long enough to ramp up inflation. Selling was broad-based and the Cboe Volatility index registered its highest closing level since November. Still, indexes finished well off their lows of the day, with the S&P 500...
Reddit Goes Down for Thousands of Users, Downdetector Shows
Reddit experienced a possible outage Tuesday, with thousands of users reporting issues, according to Downdetector.com. More than 12,000 users had reported problems with the platform as of 4:08 p.m. PT, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collecting status reports from multiple sources. Most users reporting problems to Downdetector said...
Pentagon Identifies First US Soldiers Killed in Iran War
The U.S. military on Tuesday identified four of the first American soldiers killed in the war against Iran. The U.S. Army Reserve soldiers, from the 103rd Sustainment Command out of Des Moines, Iowa, were: * Capt. Cody A. Khork, 35, of Winter Haven, Fla. * Sgt. 1st Class Noah L....
Merced Assemblymember Wants California Ban on Sex Offenders in Office
Assemblymember Esmeralda Soria, D-Merced, wants a statewide ban on registered sex offenders holding political office and announced she will soon craft legislation to put before lawmakers. The news comes as registered sex offender Rene Campos, who in 2021 pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of child sex abuse material...
CIA Station in Saudi Arabia Struck by Suspected Iranian Drone, Source Says
The Central Intelligence Agency's station at the U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia was hit on Monday by a suspected Iranian drone, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday. There is no indication the station was the target, the source said. The CIA declined to comment. The attack...
Trump, Rubio Offer Conflicting Reasons for US Entry Into Iran War
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he ordered U.S. forces to join Israel's attack on Iran because he believed Iran was about to strike first, contradicting the rationale offered a day earlier by his secretary of state for how the war began. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters on...