NEW ORLEANS — Ten men broke out of a New Orleans jail Friday in an audacious overnight escape by fleeing through a hole behind a toilet and scaling a wall, setting off an urgent manhunt to arrest the fugitives. Nine of the escapees, which include suspects charged with murder, remain...
DHS Asks for 20,000 National Guard Troops for Immigration Roundups
WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security has asked for 20,000 National Guard troops to assist with immigration roundups across the country, and the Pentagon is reviewing the unusual request, a U.S. official confirmed to The Associated Press. DHS asked for the troops to help carry out President Donald Trump's...
Two Killed in Fresno County Crash Are Identified
A 22-year-old Fresno man and his passenger were killed Thursday night when their vehicle was struck at a Fresno County intersection after running a stop sign, authorities said. The crash happened around 9:05 p.m. at the intersection of Westlawn and McKinley avenues, according to the California Highway Patrol. Isac Gomez,...
Supreme Court Rejects Trump Bid to Resume Quick Deportations of Venezuelans
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday barred the Trump administration from quickly resuming deportations of Venezuelans under an 18th-century wartime law enacted when the nation was just a few years old. Over two dissenting votes, the justices acted on an emergency appeal from lawyers for Venezuelan men who...
Brock Purdy Agrees to 5-Year, $265 Million Extension With the 49ers
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Brock Purdy agreed to a five-year contract extension worth $265 million with the San Francisco 49ers, going from the NFL’s biggest bargain to one of the league’s highest-paid players. A person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press that the sides reached agreement Friday on...
Trump Asks Supreme Court to Allow His Government Downsizing to Proceed
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to allow him to resume his downsizing of the federal workforce, while a lawsuit filed by labor unions and cities proceeds. The Justice Department is challenging an order issued last week by a federal judge in San Francisco...
Ex-FBI Chief Being Investigated Over Social Media Post About Trump
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is investigating James Comey, the former FBI director who was fired by President Donald Trump in his first term, for a social media post that officials claim amounted to a call for Trump's assassination, members of the president's Cabinet said Thursday evening. The Instagram post,...
Trump Cuts Could Leave 5,500 Fresno County Families Homeless
Saying President Donald Trump's proposed cuts to housing programs could leave 5,500 Fresno County households homeless, Tyrone Roderick Williams, president and CEO of Fresno Housing, called on the federal government to preserve funding. The U.S. Office of Management and Budget proposed $32.9 billion in cuts to U.S. Department of Housing...
US Stocks Power Within 3% of Their Record as Wall Street Closes Out a Winning Week
NEW YORK — Wall Street cruised to the finish of its strong week on Friday, as U.S. stocks glided closer to the all-time high they set just a few months earlier, though it may feel like an economic era ago. The S&P 500 rose 0.7% for a fifth straight gain...
Trump Suspends Asylum System, Leaving Immigrants to Face an Uncertain Future
They arrive at the U.S. border from around the world: Eritrea, Guatemala, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Ghana, Uzbekistan and so many other countries. They come for asylum, insisting they face persecution for their religion, or sexuality or for supporting the wrong politicians. For generations, they had been given the chance to make...