The Garnet Fire in Fresno County continues to burn in the Sierra National Forest has grown to 26,982 acres and is 12% contained, according to CalFire. Evacuation orders have been issued for zones K27, K28, K30, K31, K32-A and K40 due to an immediate threat to life, and residents are...
US Construction Spending Dips in July
WASHINGTON — U.S. construction spending fell in July as high mortgage rates continued to constrain the housing market. The Commerce Department's Census Bureau said on Tuesday that construction spending slipped 0.1% after an unrevised 0.4% drop in June. The decline was in line with economists' expectations. Spending dropped 2.8% on...
New Quake of Magnitude 5.5 Shakes Devastated Afghan Region as Death Toll Exceeds 1,400
KABUL, Afghanistan — An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 shook southeastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, sparking fears of further damage and destruction almost two days after a quake of magnitude 6 killed more than 1,400 people and injured thousands more in the same region. Tuesday's quake occurred at a relatively shallow depth...
Trump Set to Move Space Command Headquarters to Alabama From Colorado, Sources Say
The Trump administration is planning to announce as early as Tuesday that it will relocate U.S. Space Command headquarters from Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Huntsville, Alabama, according to a U.S. official and a person familiar with the deliberations. The decision would reverse a move made under President Joe Biden's administration,...
Tulare County Authorities Investigate Porterville Shooting
Tulare County sheriff’s deputies are investigating a shooting that left a man injured in Porterville on Monday afternoon. Deputies were called around 3:15 p.m. to the 1500 block of East Success Avenue, where they found a man who had been shot, the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office said. He was taken...
Trump’s World Liberty Token Falls in First Day of Trading
The digital tokens backing the Trump family's cryptocurrency venture, World Liberty Financial, fell in value on Monday in their first day of trading. The World Liberty tokens, known as $WLFI, were sold to investors after the Trump family and its business partners last year launched the venture, a decentralized finance...
Bessent Expects Supreme Court to Uphold Legality of Trump’s Tariffs but Eyes Plan B
ARLINGTON, Virginia — U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday expressed confidence that the Supreme Court will uphold President Donald Trump's use of a 1977 emergency powers law to impose sweeping tariffs on most trading partners, but said the administration has a backup plan if it does not. Bessent told...
Trump Says Rudy Giuliani Will Receive Top US Civilian Honor
President Donald Trump said on Monday he would award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, two days after Giuliani was hospitalized following a car crash in New Hampshire. The medal is considered the highest U.S. civilian honor and is traditionally presented to individuals who...
Aid Flotilla for Gaza Departs Barcelona After Stormy Weather Turnaround
A flotilla of dozens of boats loaded with aid for Gaza departed Barcelona port on Monday evening after stormy weather forced them to return to port earlier, Reuters footage showed. Some of the boats of the Global Sumud Flotilla Mission blew their horns as they left the port. "Free, free...
Fresno County Garnet Fire Grows to 18,748 Acres in Sierra National Forest
A lightning-sparked wildfire, the Garnet Fire, in the Sierra National Forest has burned 18,748 acres in Fresno County and remains at 8% containment as of Sunday morning, U.S. Forest Service officials said. Evacuation orders remain in effect for zones K27, K30, K31, K32-A, and K40, while warnings are in place...