Crypto billionaire-turned-felon Sam Bankman-Fried will leave the Big Apple for the Federal Correctional Institution, Mendota. According to the New York Post, the former CEO of cryptocurrency exchange FTX found out about the transfer to the prison a few days ago. The transfer process from the Brooklyn Federal Metropolitan Detention Center...
Fresno State Faculty: Stop Diverting Money from Academics to Athletics
The Fresno State Academic Senate says the university and CSU system need to reverse the trend of putting more general fund and student tuition money into athletics at the expense of academics. The Senate voted unanimously last month for a resolution that says spending on Athletics from the state general...
Fresno Needs More Grocery Stores. Would Change to Local Liquor Law Help It Happen?
The Fresno City Council will discuss Thursday reversing the part of a local law that requires grocery stores wanting to sell alcohol to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy multiple liquor licenses and retire all but one of them. If approved, the amendment to the 2020 Responsible Neighborhood...
First Disease Deaths Reported in Flooded Southern Brazil; Surge in Fatalities Expected
SAO PAULO — The first two deaths from waterborne bacterial disease were reported in southern Brazil, where floodwaters were slowly receding, and health authorities warned additional fatalities were likely. Deaths Caused By Waterborne Diseases Rio Grande do Sul state's health secretariat confirmed the death of a 33-year-old man due to...
Fox’s Greg Olsen Wins Top Analyst at Sports Emmy Awards
Tom Brady is coming into the booth of Fox Sports' top NFL announcing team with seven Super Bowl rings. Greg Olsen is leaving it with another Sports Emmy award. After being named Outstanding Emerging On-Air Talent last year, Olsen was named the top Event Analyst during the three-hour ceremony at...
Rookies Clark, Reese & Brink Send WNBA Ratings Soaring
NEW YORK — Fueled by its sensational rookie class of Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese, and Cameron Brink, the WNBA had a huge first week in terms of attendance, ratings and digital media. The league saw a 14% increase in attendance from last year with both New York and Indiana leading...
Asian American, Pacific Islander Latinos in the US See Exponential Growth, New Analysis Says
The number of people of both Latino and Asian American or Pacific Islander heritage has more than doubled in the last 20 years yet it remains an often ignored demographic, researchers at UCLA said Wednesday. The UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute analyzed Census Bureau data within the last two...
Central Unified Gets $8 Million Grant to Bring Community Services to Schools
Six Central Unified School District elementary schools will get new student and family services after the district was awarded an $8.2 million grant through the California Community Schools Partnership Program. The program provides extra funding to high-needs schools to provide services such as health care, mental health services, family services,...
RNC HQ Evacuated: Blood Vials Addressed to Trump Prompt Security Alert
WASHINGTON — The Republican National Committee's Washington headquarters was briefly evacuated on Wednesday as police investigated two vials of blood that had been addressed to former President Donald Trump following the presumptive presidential nominee's takeover of the national party apparatus. Unclear Who the Blood Belongs To Hazardous-materials teams were called in after...
U.S. Existing Home Sales Drop 1.9% in April, Pushed Lower by High Rates and High Prices
WASHINGTON — High mortgage rates and rising prices continued to put a damper on the spring homebuying season last month. Existing home sales fell 1.9% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.14 million in April from a revised 4.22 million in March, the National Association of Realtors reported Wednesday....