The Fresno County Sheriff-Coroner’s Office is asking for the public’s help in finding relatives of a woman who died last month. Officials said Yvonne Rodriguez, 67, passed away at a Fresno hospital on Aug. 17. Despite searching numerous personal records, the Coroner’s Office has not been able to locate her...
Project 2025 Think Tank Takes On the Constitution in New Book
WASHINGTON — With a preface by Justice Samuel Alito and contributions from more than 30 conservative judges, the Heritage Foundation, the influential think tank that has helped shape the Trump administration’s second-term agenda, will soon publish an 800-page, clause-by-clause analysis of the Constitution. “The Heritage Guide to the Constitution” is...
Missing Limbs and Loved Ones, Gazan Children Begin Treatment Journey Abroad
BEIRUT — Six-year-old Omar Abu Kuwaik still believes that by his next birthday, his missing hand will have grown back. He is one of thousands of Palestinian children who have lost limbs and loved ones in Israel's bombing campaign of the Gaza Strip. "It'll be big again when I turn...
Just 1 in 4 Americans Believe Trump Administration Vaccine Shifts Are Based on Science, Reuters/Ipsos Poll Finds
WASHINGTON — Only one in four Americans believe that recent recommendations for fewer vaccines from President Donald Trump's administration were based on scientific evidence and facts, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. The administration, while still in the process of setting new vaccination policies, has signaled that young and healthy...
Kamala Harris Calls Biden 2024 Candidacy Reckless, New Book Says
WASHINGTON — Kamala Harris believes it was reckless to allow former President Joe Biden to decide to seek re-election in 2024, but she felt she was the last person who could advise her 81-year-old boss not to run, according to excerpts from her new book released on Wednesday. Biden, a...
Israel Strikes Yemen’s Sanaa, Houthi-Run Al Masirah TV Says
Israel struck the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Wednesday, Houthi-run Al Masirah TV said, in an attack that witnesses said targeted the Houthi defense ministry. Israeli media said Israel was carrying out strikes on Yemen but there was no immediate comment from the Israeli military. Sanaa residents told Reuters the attack...
Tulare County DA Charges 2 in Visalia Sebby’s Shooting That Left 1 Dead
The Tulare County District Attorney’s Office announced charges Tuesday in a shooting at Sebby’s in Visalia that left one adult dead and another injured. Raymond Vasquez, 20, was charged with murder with the special allegation of intentional use of a firearm causing great bodily injury. Eduardo Moreno Torres, 20, faces...
Dyer Threatens to Block Constituent’s Emails. Experts Say It May Be Legal
The First Amendment guarantees the right "to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." However, Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer says he will block a constituent's emails, and the city attorney is backing him. First Amendment experts say Dyer may have that right. AJ Rassamni, president of the Blackstone Merchants...
13-Year-Old Boy Killed, Three Other Teens Wounded in Orange County Shooting
A 13-year-old boy died and three other teens were wounded when gunfire erupted in a residential neighborhood in the Orange County city of Santa Ana on Monday, Sept. 8, police said. The deadly shooting was first reported about 8:20 p.m. in the 400 block of South Susan Street, according to...
Musk’s Neuralink Says 12 People Have Received Its Implants
Elon Musk's brain implant company Neuralink said on Tuesday that 12 people worldwide have received its chips. This marks an increase from a prior announcement in June, when its partner Barrow Neurological Institute said that seven individuals with severe paralysis had received Neuralink's implants and were using them to control...