A 22-year-old man was arrested in connection with multiple shootings at the same Fresno residence last month, none of which resulted in injuries, Fresno police said. Northwest Policing District officers first responded at about 7:24 a.m. on Nov. 2 to a report of shots fired at a home near West...
Authorities Still Trying to Identify Brown University Gunman Three Days Into Manhunt
Authorities on Tuesday once again asked members of the public for help identifying the suspected gunman who killed two Brown University students in a classroom over the weekend, as the manhunt stretched past 72 hours and residents remained on edge. In a late-afternoon press conference, officials in Providence, Rhode Island,...
Some Trump Officials Cast Doubts on Hassett for Fed Chair, Politico Reports
Some Trump administration officials have privately raised doubts about the possible selection of National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett as the next Federal Reserve chair, Politico reported on Tuesday, citing three people familiar with the discussions. President Donald Trump told the Wall Street Journal last week that he has narrowed...
Steam Down for Thousands Tuesday, Downdetector Reports
Steam experienced a possible outage Tuesday, with thousands of users reporting issues, according to Downdetector.com. More than 41,000 users had reported problems with the platform as of 3:30 p.m. PT, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collecting status reports from multiple sources. Most users reporting issues say they’re experiencing...
Spirit and Frontier Airlines Eye Merger, Bloomberg News Reports
Bankrupt Spirit Aviation Holdings is in discussions to merge with Frontier Group Holdings, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Frontier's shares rose more than 5% in after-hours trading. A deal could be announced as soon as this month, the report said, though talks are ongoing...
UC’s $28 Million System for Pension Payouts Produces Chaos and Complaints
This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The University of California is one of the world’s most prestigious centers of higher education and cutting-edge medical, technological and social research. One assumes that its faculty and administrative cadre are saturated with extremely bright people. Nevertheless, UC...
Filmmaker Rob Reiner’s Son Faces Murder Charges in Parents’ Slaying, Prosecutors Say
Prosecutors said they planned to file murder charges on Tuesday against the younger son of Hollywood filmmaker and political activist Rob Reiner, accusing him of using a knife to kill his parents in their Los Angeles home over the weekend. Nick Reiner, 32, was arrested several hours after the bodies...
Warner Bros Likely to Reject $108.4 Billion Paramount Bid, Back Netflix in Bidding War, Sources Say
Warner Bros Discovery's board could announce a decision as early as Wednesday on Paramount Skydance's $108.4 billion takeover bid, with the board likely to advise shareholders to vote against the offer, according to sources familiar with the matter. The decision to recommit to Netflix's buyout offer would mark the latest...
A Peace Plan With a Problem: When Ukraine Says Yes, Russia Says No
BERLIN — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine expressed a tense and wary optimism Tuesday about proposed guarantees for Ukraine’s future security, so long as they were detailed and confirmed by the U.S. Congress. But what might make them acceptable to Ukraine, he suggested, would prompt Russia to reject them. Zelenskyy...
Dollar Eases Against Peers After Better-Than-Expected US Jobs Data
NEW YORK, Dec 16 — The U.S. dollar eased against major peers on Tuesday after the release of delayed economic data showing stronger-than-expected jobs growth, signaling that the Federal Reserve might be cautious in continuing to cut interest rates in the near term. The U.S. economy added 64,000 jobs in...