(Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes opened mixed on Tuesday as investors awaited possible negotiations between the United States and its trading partners for more clarity on the tariff war that has roiled financial markets for months. The Dow Jones Industrial Average opened flat at 42,304.5. The S&P 500 rose...
Harvey Weinstein’s Sexual Assault Trial to Conclude With Closing Arguments
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Harvey Weinstein's rape and sexual assault trial is set to wrap up with closing arguments to the jury by prosecutors and defense lawyers on Tuesday in Manhattan, a year after a state appeals court overturned the former movie mogul's 2020 conviction. Weinstein, 73, is accused of raping...
Israel Blocks Ramallah Meeting With Arab Ministers, Israeli Official Says
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel will not allow a planned meeting in the Palestinian administrative capital of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, to go ahead, an Israeli official said on Saturday, after Arab ministers planning to attend were stopped from coming. The move, days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing...
‘King of the Hill’ Voice Actor Jonathan Joss Fatally Shot Outside His Texas Home
HOUSTON — Jonathan Joss, a voice actor best known for his work on the animated television series “King of the Hill,” was fatally shot near his Texas home, authorities said Monday. Police were dispatched to a home in south San Antonio about 7 p.m. Sunday on a shooting in progress...
Fresno County Crews Battle Active Wildfire in Yokuts Valley, Evacuation Warning Issued
Update on June 2 at 5:12 p.m. Fresno County crews are still responding to a wildfire burning on Crane Lane in Squaw Valley, north of Highway 180 and Elwood Road. Deputies are going door to door issuing evacuation warnings to some residents in Zone K73 North, according to the county's...
Not Quite ‘Hunger Games,’ but Fresno Budget Hearings Start
City Councilmember Miguel Arias jokingly referred to Fresno's annual budget hearings as the "Hunger Games" on Monday. Fortunately, there was no Cornucopia bloodbath. The opening presentation on the budget overview was relatively mundane — numbers on top of numbers presented by Edward Chinevere, budget department assistant director. Chinevere, making his...
Clovis CPA Sentenced to Prison for $800K Bank Fraud Scheme
A former Clovis man was sentenced to one year in prison for stealing more than $800,000 from a bank through a payroll fraud scheme, federal prosecutors announced Monday. Kenneth Gould, 69, was sentenced after pleading guilty to initiating fraudulent electronic payments from a client’s account to his own payroll services...
His Gang Name Is ‘Goer.’ Now Fresno County Man Is Going to Prison for 20 Years
Juan Carlos Ruiz Jr., aka “Goer," of Coalinga, received a 20-year prison sentence for distributing methamphetamine and trafficking in firearms, Acting U.S. Attorney Michele Beckwith said Monday. According to court documents, Ruiz, 26, distributed more than 4 kilograms of methamphetamine and sold 19 firearms over several occasions. Ruiz is also...
Missing Woman Found Dead in Fresno County Canal Identified
Authorities on Monday recovered the body of a missing woman from a canal near Sanger, the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office said. A worker discovered what appeared to be a body around 8 a.m. in the water near Newmark and American avenues, officials said. First responders arrived 15 minutes later and...
Co-Conspirator Sentenced in Fraud Involving Loans to Bitwise
A Connecticut man was sentenced Monday to more than three years in federal prison for defrauding investors in loans tied to the failed Fresno-based tech startup Bitwise Industries, officials said. Andrew Adler, 31, of Greenwich, was sentenced to three years and five months by U.S. District Judge Jennifer L. Thurston...