President Donald Trump said he does not plan to unveil a broader healthcare overhaul and that there was no need to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which provides access to health insurance, because Americans will just stop using it. "As far as I’m concerned, I rolled it out last night,"...
Target App Down for Thousands, Downdetector Shows
The Target app experienced a possible outage Friday, with thousands of users reporting issues, according to Downdetector.com. More than 8,000 users had reported problems with the platform as of 8:30 a.m. PT, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collecting status reports from multiple sources. Some users are also reporting...
Fresno County Crash Leads to Fire Rescue on Millerton Road
CalFire crews responded early Friday morning to a two-vehicle crash on Millerton Road near Friant, authorities said. Ladder 72 and Engine 4361 were dispatched to the scene and found one vehicle off the roadway on its side with a person trapped inside, according to CalFire. Firefighters secured the vehicle and...
Trump Administration Pauses Diversity Immigration Program After Brown Shooting
The Trump administration is suspending the immigrant visa program under which the man suspected of killing two Brown University students and a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor moved to the United States, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Thursday night. Claudio Neves Valente was issued a diversity visa in 2017...
Clovis Police Seek Public’s Help in Aggravated Battery Investigation
Clovis police are asking for the public’s help in an aggravated battery investigation after an adult man was found critically injured early Thursday near Barstow Avenue and Highway 168. Officers were dispatched to the area shortly before 1 a.m. Thursday and found the man on a canal south of Barstow...
Visalia Police Seize 28 Pounds of Meth, Firearms in Search
A search warrant served by Visalia police led to the seizure of large quantities of drugs and multiple firearms, including a fully automatic weapon, authorities said. Just before 4 p.m. on Thursday, the Visalia Police Department’s Narcotics Unit, assisted by the Homeless Outreach and Proactive Enforcement team, Special Enforcement Unit...
Visalia Police to Conduct DUI Checkpoint Friday
The Visalia Police Department will conduct a DUI checkpoint on Friday as part of efforts to improve public safety by removing suspected impaired drivers from the road, the department announced. Police said checkpoint locations are selected based on areas with a higher frequency of impaired driving-related incidents. Officers also reminded...
Putin Sticks to Russian Demands on Ukraine, Says EU ‘Robbery’ Failed
President Vladimir Putin offered no compromise on Friday on his terms for ending the war in Ukraine and accused the European Union of attempting "daylight robbery" of Russian assets. As U.S. President Donald Trump seeks an end to Europe's deadliest conflict since World War Two, Putin said the onus was...
Trump Administration to Appeal Harvard Funding Case
The Trump administration said late Thursday that it would appeal a ruling that sided with Harvard University in its fight with the government over free speech and billions of dollars in research funding. The government began blocking grant payments to Harvard on research projects in the spring, but restarted them...
A Reddit Post Led to a Breakthrough in the Brown Shooting Investigation
Three days after the deadly shooting at Brown University, officers received an anonymous tip that stuck out from a flood of information. It directed authorities to a post on Reddit. “I’m being dead serious. The police need to look into a grey Nissan with Florida plates, possibly a rental,” the...