Jared Kushner's financing role in Paramount's $108 billion bid for Warner Bros Discovery injects Trump-family interests into one of the biggest media battles in years, raising concerns over whether the president's influence could tip the scales. Paramount Skydance on Monday launched a hostile bid for Warner Bros Discovery in a...
Saint Agnes Names New Vice President of Operations
Saint Agnes Medical Center named a new vice president of operations, bringing the executive down from Sacramento. Most recently, Luis Avila served as director of operations for ancillary and support services at Sutter Health Valley Hospitals in Sacramento, according to a news release from Saint Agnes. There, he developed strategies...
Fresno Police Officer Shot at by Wanted Felon, Suspect Wounded in Return Fire
A Fresno police officer was shot at by a convicted felon during a struggle in an alley Sunday evening, leading to an officer-involved shooting that left the suspect hospitalized, authorities said. Around 6:45 p.m., an officer contacted a suspicious man near Clinton and West avenues, the Fresno Police Department said....
100 Nigerian Students Rescued, More Still With Kidnappers
Nigeria's government on Monday rescued 100 schoolchildren abducted last month from a Catholic school in Niger state, in one of the country's biggest mass kidnappings in recent years. The students arrived at the government house in Niger's capital Minna and were handed over to the state governor. President Bola Tinubu...
Alina Habba, a Trump Loyalist, Resigns as New Jersey’s Top Prosecutor
Alina Habba resigned as U.S. attorney in New Jersey on Monday after a panel of federal judges ruled last week that she was serving in the position unlawfully. Habba will become a senior adviser to Attorney General Pam Bondi and is expected to have a role overseeing U.S. attorneys across...
Fresno Man Sentenced in $30 Million Fraud Scheme
A Fresno man was sentenced on Monday to seven years and six months in prison for defrauding lenders and financial institutions out of more than $30 million, federal authorities said. Matthew Dane Billingsley, 40, former manager of Fresno's Dog House Grill, was convicted of wire fraud for a scheme that...
How Wife’s COVID Bioweapon Theory Tore Apart These Married Scientists
One morning in April 2020, Ranawaka Perera cooked fried eggs and tomatoes for his wife, Li-Meng Yan. When she said she wasn’t hungry, he pressed her to eat anyway. Lately, Yan had been so anxious that at times she felt she could barely breathe, and Perera was worried about her...
Fresno-Area Executive Gets Prison Time in Multi-Million Dollar Fraud
A former Clovis corporate manager was sentenced Monday to 18 months in federal prison for helping steal nearly $5 million worth of canola used in livestock feed from international food processors, federal prosecutors said. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, 49-year-old Shawn Sawa was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jennifer...
Twelve Ex-FBI Agents Who Kneeled to Quell 2020 Protests Sue for Unlawful Firings
Twelve former FBI agents sued senior FBI and Justice Department leaders on Monday, saying they were unlawfully fired for taking a knee in an effort to quell racial justice protests in 2020 spurred by the police killing of George Floyd. In the lawsuit, the former agents said they believed their terminations...
App That Tracks ICE Raids Sues US, Saying Officials Pressured Apple to Remove It
SAN FRANCISCO — For six months, Apple distributed an app called ICEBlock that allowed users to alert people when they saw Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. But after the Trump administration complained that the app endangered officers, Apple removed it. On Monday, the app’s developer, Joshua Aaron, sued top Trump...