NEW YORK — Shares of Donald Trump’s social media company jumped nearly 50% in the first day of trading on the Nasdaq, boosting the value of Trump's large holdings in the company as well as the smaller stakes of fans who purchased shares as a show of support for the...
Israel and Hamas Dig in as World Pressure Builds for Cease-Fire
JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday vowed to press ahead with Israel's offensive and blasted a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for a pause in the fighting, saying it had emboldened Hamas to reject a separate proposal for a cease-fire and hostage release. As the war in Gaza grinds...
Supreme Court Appears Likely to Preserve Access to Abortion Medication Mifepristone
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices seemed concerned Tuesday about whether abortion opponents have the right to sue over a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. last year, in the court's first abortion case since conservative justices overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago. The justices’ comments in arguments...
Shohei Ohtani Says He Never Bet on Sports, Interpreter Stole Money
LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani said Monday he never bet on sports or knowingly paid any gambling debts accumulated by his longtime interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara. Instead, the Los Angeles Dodgers star claims his close friend lied to him for years and stole millions from the two-time MVP. Ohtani gave his...
Court Agrees to Pause Trump’s Civil Fraud Judgment if He Puts up $175M
NEW YORK — A New York appeals court on Monday agreed to hold off collection of former President Donald Trump’s more than $454 million civil fraud judgment if he puts up $175 million within 10 days. If Trump does, it will stop the clock on collection and prevent the state from...
Feds Search Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ Properties in Sex Trafficking Probe: AP Sources
NEW YORK — Two properties belonging to rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs in Los Angeles and Miami were searched Monday by federal Homeland Security Investigations agents and other law enforcement as part of an ongoing sex trafficking investigation by federal authorities in New York, two law enforcement officials told The Associated Press....
From Food Truck to Restaurant: Planet Vegan Is Squashing the Beef in NW Fresno
Opening a restaurant is never easy. But Planet Vegan's owners have overcome even taller hurdles than most to open their shop at Palm and Nees avenues in northwest Fresno. In June 2022, their popular food truck went up in flames and injured two people, including co-owner owner Joe Ellis, who...
Trump Media Group CEO Nunes Headlines Fresno GOP Event
Devin Nunes returns to Fresno as the keynote speaker for the Fresno GOP's Lincoln Reagan Dinner on Wednesday, April 17. Nunes represented the Fresno and Visalia areas in Congress from 20o3 until he quit in early 2022 to work for Trump Media & Technology Group. He is the group's CEO....
Which Valley Students Showed Their Brain Power at California Academic Decathlon?
Two Fresno County charter schools were top 10 finishers in Division 1 in the California Academic Decathlon competition held in Santa Clara on Thursday through Sunday. University High School of Fresno Unified and Hallmark Academy of Sanger Unified finished eighth and ninth, and both are going on to compete in...
Fresno Police Nab Suspect in March 14 Slaying on Bulldog Lane
Fresno homicide detectives have arrested a suspect in the shooting death of a man near Fresno State and are now working on a gunshot homicide from early Saturday morning in southwest Fresno. Fresno police say that members of the Street Violence Tactical Team apprehended Raymond Jesse Rodriguez, 27, on Friday...