WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Paul Atkins, who previously served as a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission member from 2002 to 2008 and was seen as a business-friendly lawyer, was sworn in on Monday as the SEC chairman, the regulator said in a statement. — (Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing...
UnitedHealth Spent $1.7 Million on Executive Security in 2024, Filing Shows
(Reuters) - UnitedHealth Group spent nearly $1.7 million on security for its top executives in 2024, the healthcare conglomerate disclosed on Monday, months after the fatal shooting of senior executive Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel in December. The company also paid $207,931 on behalf of certain family members of...
US Supreme Court Appears Likely to Uphold Obamacare’s Preventive Care Coverage Mandate
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court seemed likely to uphold a key preventive-care provision of the Affordable Care Act in a case heard Monday. Conservative justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett, along with the court's three liberals, appeared skeptical of arguments that Obamacare's process for deciding which services must be...
Woman in Fresno Mansion Fraud Case Sentenced to Prison for Tax Evasion
A former Fresno woman was sentenced Monday to two years in federal prison for tax evasion and obstructing an IRS audit, officials said. Pilar Rose, 51, was also ordered to forfeit more than $2.5 million in proceeds from the sale of her and her husband’s mansion on Van Ness Extension...
California Prisoner Indicted for Exploiting Child Victim While Incarcerated
A California inmate serving time for lewd acts against a child has been indicted on new federal charges alleging he continued to exploit the same victim while incarcerated, authorities said. Nathaniel Ray Diaz, 21, of Greenfield, was arraigned Monday after a federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment charging him...
Kennedy Plans to Phase Out 8 Commonly Used Food Dyes
In his first attempt to significantly change the nation’s food supply, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, will direct food manufacturers to phase out eight petroleum-based food dyes that are found in hundreds of thousands of grocery-store staples, the department said Monday. The plan, expected to be described in...
The Superintendent Search Document FUSD Does Not Want You to See
Days before the Fresno Unified school board potentially chooses a new superintendent, GV Wire has obtained a confidentiality agreement used during the search process. Fresno Unified, the state's third-largest school district, has been without a full-time superintendent since May 2024, when Bob Nelson gave his farewell speech at a board...
Trump Approval Rating Dips. Many Wary of His Wielding of Power, Reuters/Ipsos Poll Finds
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's public approval rating edged down to its lowest level since his return to the White House, as Americans showed signs of wariness over his efforts to broaden his power, a Reuters/Ipsos poll that closed on Monday found. Some 42% of respondents to the six-day...
Fresno Woman, Tied to Fentanyl ‘M30 King,’ Sentenced to Federal Prison
A Fresno woman was sentenced Monday to six years and eight months in federal prison for her role in a conspiracy to traffic fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine, Acting U.S. Attorney Michele Beckwith announced. Alma Garza, 24, was convicted by a federal jury in September following a four-day trial. Prosecutors said...
Tesla Settles Wrongful Death Lawsuit Claiming Sudden Acceleration in Ohio Crash
(Reuters) -Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company Tesla has agreed to settle a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the estate of a man who was killed in 2021 after his Tesla crashed and caught fire near Dayton, Ohio. Tesla and lawyers for the estate disclosed the settlement in a filing on...