The Fresno Police Department will conduct a driving under the influence checkpoint on Saturday from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. at an undisclosed location, officials announced. Police said checkpoint locations are selected based on data showing incidents of impaired driving-related crashes, and the primary goal is to promote public safety...
Porterville Police Arrest Man After Tires Slashed on 32 Vehicles Across City
Porterville police arrested a 23-year-old man on Sunday in connection with a series of vehicle vandalism incidents that damaged dozens of cars across the city, authorities said. Patrol officers responded to numerous reports of vandalized vehicles on Saturday morning, prompting detectives to take over the investigation due to the number...
Trump’s LA Fire Claims Missed the Mark, Study Shows
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. As firefighters battled catastrophic fires in Los Angeles last January, one question reverberated across the country: Where was the water? The question came from wealthy developer Rick Caruso and then-President-elect Donald Trump, from reporters and residents. It prompted...
Kushner’s Firm Pulls Out of Trump-Branded Hotel Deal in Serbia
The private equity firm headed by Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, said Monday that Kushner was withdrawing from a planned Trump-branded real estate deal in Serbia. The announcement came hours after Serbian prosecutors charged four senior government officials there with corruption in connection with the $500,000 project. The decision...
JD Vance Makes Economic Case in Pennsylvania as US Voters Worry About Costs
Vice President JD Vance traveled to Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley on Tuesday with a pitch to lift Americans' dour economic spirits, a week after President Donald Trump's remarks in the same battleground state veered off-topic. The visit underscored a broader White House effort to sharpen its economic message as Republicans look...
As Israeli Settlements Get Bigger, Palestinian Hikes Grow Shorter
RAMALLAH, West Bank — It was just after dawn, and the hills outside Ramallah, a Palestinian city in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, glowed in the soft morning light. A small group of Palestinian hikers, boots crunching the gravel underfoot and jackets zipped against the chill, prepared to head down a...
US Pauses Implementation of $40 Billion Technology Deal With Britain
The United States is stalling the implementation of a $40 billion technology agreement with Britain, officials said, following concerns in Washington over London's approach to digital regulation and food standards. The “Tech Prosperity Deal,” covering artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and civil nuclear energy, was agreed during President Donald Trump's state...
US Overdraft Fees Jump at Big Banks Amid Regulatory, Economic Shifts
WASHINGTON, Dec 16 — Fourteen of the largest U.S. retail banks posted jumps in the income they generated from overdraft and bounced-check fees during the first nine months of the year, while two big banks reported sharp declines, according to a Reuters analysis. The data reveals growing industry divergence on...
US FAA to Spend $6 Billion on Air Traffic Telecom, Radar Systems
WASHINGTON, Dec 16 — The head of the Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday the agency is committing $6 billion by the end of the year on new air traffic control telecom infrastructure and radar surveillance systems that will be deployed by the end of 2028. Congress in June approved $12.5...
Fresno County Crash Leaves One Dead, Four Injured
A 20-year-old man was killed early Sunday morning in a two-vehicle collision at an intersection in Fresno County, authorities said. The California Highway Patrol said its communications center received an automated cell phone crash notification at about 1:30 a.m. reporting a collision at the intersection of Cherry and American avenues....