A man was arrested Sunday morning after police responded to a report of a male with an AR-style rifle at a Target store in Porterville, authorities said. Porterville police said officers were called at about 9:06 a.m. to the 1300 block of West Henderson Avenue, where they located the suspect...
Ellison Offers $40.4 Billion Guarantee to Beef up Paramount’s Warner Bros Bid
Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison has stepped in to personally guarantee $40.4 billion in Paramount Skydance's latest effort to pry Warner Bros Discovery away from selling its prized Hollywood assets to streaming giant Netflix. The guarantee, disclosed in a filing on Monday, seeks to allay the Warner Bros board's doubts about...
Wall Street Climbs as Tech Rebound Gathers Momentum
U.S. stocks kicked off the holiday-shortened week on a positive note, as technology stocks rose further on renewed enthusiasm over artificial intelligence, while investors awaited key economic data later this week. A rally in tech stocks starting late last week, driven by Micron Technology's blowout forecasts and a benign inflation...
Vance Refuses to Take Sides in GOP Fight Over Bigotry
The bitter infighting over antisemitism, free speech and bigotry during Turning Point USA’s annual national conference not only exposed fissures in President Donald Trump’s movement but also laid bare a challenge for his potential successor. How would his likely heir apparent handle an explosive debate among Republicans over whether extremists...
‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’
In a move that drew harsh criticism from its own correspondent, CBS News abruptly removed a segment from Sunday’s episode of “60 Minutes” that was to feature the stories of Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration to what the program called a “brutal” prison in El Salvador. CBS announced...
Trump Halts Five Wind Farms Off the East Coast
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Monday said it would pause leases for five wind farms under construction off the East Coast, a major escalation of President Donald Trump’s crusade against offshore wind power. Citing unspecified national security concerns, Doug Burgum, the secretary of the interior, said in a statement...
Trump Loyalist Elise Stefanik Won’t Seek Re-Election, Is Quitting Politics
U.S. Representative Elise Stefanik, a House Republican leader and loyal ally of President Donald Trump, said on Friday she was bowing out of politics, including her recently announced bid for governor of New York, to spend more time with family. Stefanik, 41, the fourth-ranking member of her party in the House...
Epstein Files Photos Disappear From Government Website, Including One of Trump
More than a dozen photos — including one featuring President Donald Trump — were removed without explanation from the large collection of files connected to the investigations of Jeffrey Epstein that the Justice Department released Friday. A total of 16 photos were taken down at some point Saturday from the...
Trump Set to Expand Immigration Crackdown in 2026 Despite Backlash
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is preparing for a more aggressive immigration crackdown in 2026 with billions in new funding, including by raiding more workplaces — even as backlash builds ahead of next year’s midterm elections. Trump has already surged immigration agents into major U.S. cities, where they swept through...
Meet the Researcher Using Sass and Social Media to Transform Bilingual Ed
In the bilingual education world, José Medina is a superstar. A former teacher-turned-principal-turned-researcher, Medina spreads his message about validating and acknowledging a student’s native language and expression on social media and in schools across the country with a sassy, no-nonsense style, telenovela-level energy, and strong research to back it up....