The U.S. budget deficit for August fell $35 billion or 9% from a year earlier to $345 billion as President Donald Trump's tariffs pushed net customs receipts up by about $22.5 billion for the month, the Treasury Department said on Thursday. With one month to go in the 2025 fiscal...
Hiker Found Dead Near Multnomah Falls in Oregon’s Columbia River Gorge
The Multnomah County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of a missing hiker after the man's body was found near Multnomah Falls on Sept. 10. The investigation was launched around 8:40 a.m. after the Bureau of Emergency Communications (BOEC) received a report of a missing 49-year-old hiker, according to a...
Tulare County Man Found Guilty of Murder, Faces Life in Prison
A Tulare County jury on Wednesday, Sept. 3, convicted a 23-year-old Tipton man of first-degree murder in a 2023 shooting that authorities said he planned and carried out from a distance. James Myron Mitchell was found guilty in Department 17 of the Tulare County Superior Court, South County Justice Center,...
RIP, Charlie Kirk. He Practiced Politics the Right Way
The foundation of a free society is the ability to participate in politics without fear of violence. To lose that is to risk losing everything. Charlie Kirk — and his family — just lost everything. As a country, we came a step closer to losing everything, too. We’ve been edging...
Nation on Edge: Experts Warn of ‘Vicious Spiral’ in Political Violence After Charlie Kirk Killing
The assassination of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk marks a watershed moment in a surge of U.S. political violence, one that some experts fear will inflame an already-fractured country and inspire more unrest. ”This event is horrifying, alarming, but not necessarily surprising,” said Mike Jensen, a researcher at the University of...
Fresno’s Unemployment Is Rising. These California Jobs Are Still Growing.
Data shows that health care and food service are among the occupations projected to be adding jobs in California by 2033. It’s a topic that may be especially relevant to job hunters following the news that U.S. employers added 911,000 fewer jobs than previously realized in a 12-month period ending...
Gov. Padilla? Sen. Newsom? It Would Be a Risky Switch
Are Gavin Newsom and Alex Padilla going to swap jobs next year? It’s a live political possibility. It’s also the big, undiscussed storyline behind all the media leaks that Padilla, California’s senior U.S. senator, is considering a run for governor next year. If Padilla were to join the gubernatorial race,...
Netanyahu Signs West Bank Settlement Expansion Plan
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signed an agreement on Thursday to push ahead with a controversial settlement expansion plan that would cut across land that the Palestinians seek for a state. "There will not be a Palestinian state," Netanyahu said during a visit to the Maale Adumim settlement in the...
Crews Hold Garnet Fire at 57,000 Acres, Containment at 15%
Fire crews held the Garnet Fire within its footprint overnight as favorable weather helped improve containment lines, officials said Thursday. The blaze in the Sierra National Forest has burned 57,004 acres and is 15% contained, according to the latest update from the U.S. Forest Service. Nearly 2,900 personnel remain assigned...
FBI Releases Images of Person of Interest in Charlie Kirk Killing
Authorities Thursday released two images of a person they are seeking as they investigate the fatal shooting of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, indicating that they had not been able to identify him through facial recognition or other technology and needed the public’s help. The grainy images show a man in...