Harvey is a 3-year-old full of crazy cat energy! He zips and zooms around the house and loves to chase his siblings. When it is time to rest, Harvey snuggles with his sibling, Sabrina. He can be shy at first and will do best in a home without young children...
Oil Gains as Market Weighs Iran, Russia Supply Risks
Oil prices rose 2% on Friday, set for a weekly gain, on growing supply worries linked to the intensifying protests in oil-producing Iran and an escalation of attacks in Russia's war in Ukraine. Brent futures were up $1.51, or 2.44%, to $63.50 per barrel at 1:43 p.m. ET (1843 GMT),...
Kern County Authorities Arrest Man for Shooting Neighbor’s Dog
A 63-year-old man was arrested Friday, Jan. 2, after allegedly shooting and killing a neighbor’s dog in a residential Ridgecrest neighborhood, authorities said. Kern County Sheriff’s deputies responded at about 12:50 p.m. to the 1500 block of North Alford Street after a caller reported that a neighbor had shot a...
Fallout Continues Over Vang’s Bungled Call for Transparency
The fallout continues from Fresno City Councilmember Brandon Vang's bungled call for more transparency at City Hall. Wednesday, Vang and fellow councilmember Nick Richardson gave one of the more bizarre news conferences in recent memory, hurriedly talking about the importance of transparency and accountability in government contracts. However, instead of...
Stephen Miller Offers a Strongman’s View of the World
WASHINGTON — Stephen Miller has spent the bulk of his White House career furthering hard-right domestic policies that have resulted in mass deportations, family separations and the testing of the constitutional tenets that grant American citizenship. Now, Miller, President Donald Trump’s 40-year-old deputy chief of staff for policy and homeland...
How Will the US Protect Maduro During His New York Trial?
NEW YORK — In the final leg of his journey to the United States, one that spanned thousands of miles from Caracas to New York City, Nicolás Maduro, the ousted president of Venezuela, flew in a helicopter past the Statute of Liberty to a federal detention center in Brooklyn. It...
S&P 500 Hits Record High as Soft Jobs Data Keeps Rate-Cut Hopes Unchanged
The S&P 500 set an intraday record high on Friday as a weaker-than-expected jobs report did little to alter expectations of interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve this year, while a rally in chip stocks provided an additional boost. A Labor Department report showed U.S. employment growth slowed more...
Fresno Demonstrators March Downtown After Protest Outside ICE Facility
Members of the Party for Socialism and Liberation protested outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in downtown Fresno Thursday evening before marching through the streets. The protest began at 8 p.m. outside the ICE office, where demonstrators gathered for speeches criticizing immigration enforcement and U.S. government policies. After...
Minnesota Leaders Call for State Role in Investigating Deadly ICE Shooting
With the Minneapolis area in a state of upheaval, Minnesota officials renewed their calls Friday for state agents to be allowed to help investigate the fatal shooting of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer this week. Two days after the federal officer shot and killed Renee Nicole...
Minnesota Man Is Freed After Serving 25 Years for Murder He Did Not Commit
More than 25 years after he was found guilty of first-degree murder in the killing of a woman who ran a small country store, Brian Pippitt walked out of Minnesota’s largest prison a free man Wednesday. Pippitt, 63, was convicted in 2001 and sentenced to life in prison for the...