Fresno police are asking the community for help in locating James Dean, 31, and his mother, Robin Miller, 62, who were last seen in the city on Nov. 20, 2025. The pair were last known to live near Stanislaus Street and B Street and may frequent local homeless shelters. Authorities...
Argentina, US Sign Reciprocal Trade and Investment Agreement
Argentina and the United States signed a reciprocal trade and investment agreement, Argentina's Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno said on Thursday. "Congratulations to our team and thanks to the U.S. Trade Representative's team for building this great agreement together," Quirno said on social media. — (Reporting by Natalia Siniawski, Editing by...
Trump Strips Job Protections From 50,000 Federal Workers
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration finalized a new policy on Thursday that would strip job protections from up to 50,000 federal workers, a move that would make it easier for President Donald Trump to remove or discipline them, in his latest effort to dismantle the federal workforce. Until now, the...
US Cuts Contact With Polish Parliament Speaker Over Trump ‘Insults’
The U.S. ambassador in Warsaw cut off contact with Poland's parliament speaker on Thursday, accusing him of insulting Donald Trump after he criticized the president's policies and declined to support his Nobel Peace Prize ambitions. Ambassador Tom Rose's furious response to Parliament Speaker Wlodzimierz Czarzasty underlined the precarious balancing act...
World Economic Forum Investigates Its CEO Over Epstein Links
The World Economic Forum has launched an independent investigation into its CEO Borge Brende to clarify his relationship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the organization said on Thursday. The Geneva-based organizer of the Davos summit said it was looking into disclosures from the U.S. Justice Department that showed Brende had...
Porterville CHP Warns Drivers After Multiple Fog-Related Crashes
California Highway Patrol units in Porterville responded to several crashes Thursday morning amid heavy fog, including a two-vehicle collision where no injuries were reported. CHP officials urged drivers to slow down, use low-beam headlights instead of parking lights, avoid crossing traffic lanes, and refrain from stopping on the roadway unless...
Porterville Man Arrested on Multiple Sexual Battery Charges
A 40-year-old Porterville man has been arrested on multiple sexual battery charges after authorities say he assaulted four women, including one at a social gathering last November. Porterville police said Jorge Antonio Garcia was first arrested in November 2025 after a woman reported being sexually assaulted while she slept at...
Trump Defends Noem, Gabbard and Bondi at National Prayer Breakfast
President Donald Trump defended three members of his cabinet whose actions have drawn scrutiny and touted U.S. military strength in a free-wheeling speech on Thursday at the annual National Prayer Breakfast in Washington. Trump frequently strayed off the teleprompter in remarks to religious leaders and lawmakers, pushing themes of law...
Cuba to Roll out Rationing Plan as US Moves to Block Fuel Supply
Cuban president Miguel Diaz-Canel said on Thursday that his government would roll out a multi-sector contingency plan in the next week to confront fuel shortages as U.S. pressure grows to block the supply of oil to the Caribbean island nation. "(The U.S. blockade) affects public transportation, hospitals, schools, the economy...
Bitcoin Drops, Driving $2 Trillion Slide in Crypto Market Value
Bitcoin plunged on Thursday, its decline accelerating amid weakening risk sentiment driven in part by volatility in precious metals and a broad selloff in tech shares. The world's largest cryptocurrency fell to a low of $66,675.12, its weakest since October 2024, a month before Republican Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential...