A former Sanger police officer, J. Deshawn Torrence, 40, from Corcoran, faces additional charges of depriving constitutional rights under color of law for sexually assaulting a woman while on duty, according to a federal grand jury's indictment on Thursday. Torrence's legal troubles have escalated with the latest indictment, following his...
Tulare County Loses its Birthing Center. Where Can Expectant Mothers Go?
Tulare County's expectant mothers have one less place to receive maternity care as of Thursday. A drop in Tulare County's birth rate and the number of planned births at Adventist Health Tulare led the decision to close the maternity ward, a hospital official said. That means closing labor and delivery,...
Fresno State Men’s Basketball Adds Thanksgiving Tournament to Schedule
Fresno State will be one of four men's basketball teams in the Acrisure Holiday Invitational during Thanksgiving week in Palm Springs. The Bulldogs will open with Washington State on Tuesday, Nov. 26, at 6 p.m. PT. Cal Baptist and SMU will play in the first game of the event at...
California Seeks a More Resilient Water Supply as Familiar Sides Battle for Access
California is a semi-arid state in which the availability of water determines land use, and in turn shapes the economy. That, in a nutshell, explains why Californians have been jousting over water for the state’s entire 174-year history. The decades of what some have dubbed “water wars” may be approaching...
SpaceX’s Mega Rocket Completes Its Fourth Test Flight from Texas Without Exploding
SpaceX’s mega Starship rocket completed its first full test flight Thursday, returning to Earth without exploding after blasting off from Texas. It was the fourth launch of the world’s biggest and most powerful rocket, standing nearly 400 feet (121 meters) tall. The three previous flight demos ended in explosions. This...
Yemen’s Houthi Rebels Unveil Solid-Fuel ‘Palestine’ Missile That Resembles Iranian Hypersonic
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Yemen's Houthi rebels have unveiled a new, solid-fuel missile in their arsenal that resembles aspects of one earlier displayed by Iran that Tehran described as flying at hypersonic speeds. The rebels fired its new “Palestine” missile, complete with a warhead painted like a Palestinian keffiyeh...
Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, Panama and Somalia Get Seats on the UN Security Council
UNITED NATIONS — Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, Panama and Somalia got seats on the U.N. Security Council in a secret ballot in the General Assembly on Thursday. The 193-member world body elected five countries to serve two-year terms on the council. The 10 non-permanent seats on the 15-member council are allotted...
The Latest: Cross-Examination of Hallie Biden Begins
Hallie Biden acknowledged that when Hunter Biden told her in a text message the day after the gun purchase that he had been at a 7-Eleven store and waiting for a dealer, she didn’t know whether that was actually the case. Hunter’s message came after she sent a text wondering...
Robinhood Buying Crytocurrency Exchange Bitstamp for About $200 Million
Robinhood Markets Inc. is buying crytocurrency exchange Bitstamp for about $200 million in cash as the company looks to speed up its cryptocurrency expansion globally. Bitstamp, founded in 2011, has offices in Luxembourg, the UK, Slovenia, Singapore, and the US. It has more than 50 active licenses and registrations worldwide...
Families of American Hostages in Gaza Urge Nation: Remember Your Fellow Citizens
WASHINGTON — Jonathan Dekel-Chen dreams of the moment when his abducted 35-year-old son, Sagui, is reunited with his wife and three young children, including a daughter born two months after the devastating attack on Israel that initiated the war. Families Wait On Deceased Remains Ruby Chen longs to recover the...