U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Wednesday defended the Justice Department's handling of files involving the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein before a House of Representatives panel, saying the department painstakingly reviewed reams of documents on a compressed timeline. Bondi’s testimony before the House Judiciary Committee comes as...
Valley Crime Stoppers’ Most Wanted Person of the Day: Ofelia Pena
February 11, 2026 Most Wanted Person of the Day Suspect Name: Ofelia Pena Suspects Date of Birth: March 7, 1988 Physical Description: Hispanic Female, 5' 2, 135 lbs., Brown Hair, Brown eyes Charges: Mandatory Supervised Release Violation Warrant Warrant Number: F2591489 Synopsis of the Case: Ofelia Pena is wanted on...
Fired Former Trump Prosecutor to Run for Congress in Virginia as a Democrat
WASHINGTON — The former top deputy to Jack Smith, the special prosecutor who twice indicted Donald Trump, is expected to announce Wednesday that he is running for Congress in Virginia, pitching himself as the only Democrat who actually prosecuted the president. J.P. Cooney, a veteran of the public corruption division...
Officials Blame Drone Incursion for El Paso Airport Shutdown
Officials on Wednesday offered conflicting explanations for a temporary closure of airspace over El Paso, Texas, after the Federal Aviation Administration rescinded an order issued hours earlier to ground flights for 10 days. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Mexican cartel drones breached U.S. airspace, prompting the temporary closure of airspace...
‘It’s Time to Get Aggressive’, Border Patrol Agent Says in Chicago Shooting Video
Federal prosecutors have released bodycam footage in the case of a Chicago woman who survived being shot multiple times by a Border Patrol agent during an immigration crackdown last fall, part of a trove of evidence that casts doubt on the Trump administration's account of the incident. Soon after the shooting,...
Car Veers Into Orchard, Hits Tree Along Highway 65 South of Porterville
California Highway Patrol officers from the Porterville area responded Tuesday night to a traffic crash on Highway 65 south of Avenue 200, authorities said. The car veered off the roadway into an orchard and hit a tree. At the time of the crash, the roadway was wet due to heavy...
US Cancer Institute Studying Ivermectin’s ‘Ability to Kill Cancer Cells’
The National Cancer Institute, the federal research agency charged with leading the war against the nation’s second-largest killer, is studying ivermectin as a potential cancer treatment, according to its top official. “There are enough reports of it, enough interest in it, that we actually did — ivermectin, in particular —...
Chicano Poet Michael Jasso Touches Hearts by Letting the Universe Do the Writing
Chicano poet Michael Jasso doesn’t plan his typewriter poems. He doesn’t outline, revise, or workshop them in advance. Instead, he listens. Sitting behind two vintage typewriters—one a Smith Corona fitted with looping cursive letters and the other with regular font, Jasso asks strangers a simple question: What do you want...
US Budget Deficit to Grow to $1.853 Trillion in FY2026, CBO Says
The U.S. budget deficit will grow slightly in fiscal 2026 to $1.853 trillion, the Congressional Budget Office forecast on Wednesday, showing that on balance, President Donald Trump's economic policies are worsening the country's fiscal picture amid low economic growth. The CBO said that the deficit for fiscal 2026 will be...
Pentagon to Send 200 Troops to Nigeria
The Pentagon is sending about 200 troops to Nigeria in the coming weeks to help train its military to fight Islamic militants, weeks after President Donald Trump criticized the country for failing to shield Christians from terrorist attacks, a U.S. official said Tuesday. U.S. Expands Military Role in Nigeria The...