OpenAI on Tuesday appointed Slack CEO Denise Dresser as its chief revenue officer, as the ChatGPT maker looks to expand its enterprise business. Dresser will oversee OpenAI's global revenue strategy, including enterprise sales and customer success. At Slack, she led the messaging platform through its integration with Salesforce following the...
Reddit Down for Thousands of Users, Downdetector Reports
Reddit experienced a possible outage Tuesday, with thousands of users reporting issues, according to Downdetector.com. More than 6,000 users had reported problems with the platform as of 10:30 a.m. PT, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collecting status reports from multiple sources. Most users reporting problems to Downdetector said...
Illinois Governor Signs Bill Imposing New Limits on Immigration Enforcement
Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois, a Democrat, signed into law on Tuesday a measure that restricts immigration enforcement outside state courthouses and that makes it easier to sue immigration agents if residents believe their rights have been violated. The Democratic-backed legislation was approved by lawmakers in October in the midst...
Three Years After Dobbs, ‘the Reality Is People Are Getting Abortions’
In recent weeks, the North Dakota Supreme Court reinstated a near-total ban on abortions. Texas enacted a law that lets private citizens sue out-of-state doctors who mail abortion medications into the state. And California approved legislation to protect those very same doctors, allowing abortion pills to be sent into Texas...
US Judge Allows Release of Epstein-Related Grand Jury Documents
A U.S. judge on Tuesday cleared the Justice Department to release grand jury documents in the criminal case against Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell, who is in prison for sex trafficking underage girls with the deceased financier. U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer in New York granted the Justice Department's request...
US Solar Installations Jump 49% in Third Quarter, Report Says
The U.S. solar industry installed 11.7 gigawatts of new solar capacity in the third quarter, a jump of 49% sequentially, a study by the Solar Energy Industries Association and Wood Mackenzie showed on Tuesday. The report said solar accounted for 58% of all new electricity-generating capacity added to the U.S....
White House Adviser Hasset Tells WSJ CEO Council: ‘Plenty of Room’ To Cut Rates
White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett, the front-runner to be the Federal Reserve's next chair, told the WSJ CEO Council Tuesday that there is "plenty of room" to cut interest rates further, though he added that if inflation rises the calculation may change. "What we have to do is recognize...
Judge Suggests Prosecutor on Comey and James Cases Should Resign as US Attorney
WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Virginia suggested Tuesday that Lindsey Halligan should resign as U.S. attorney after a ruling declared her appointment unlawful, making her the third jurist to challenge Halligan’s continued claim to the post. Halligan was handpicked by President Donald Trump to oversee the U.S. Attorney’s Office...
Valley Crime Stoppers’ Most Wanted Person of the Day: Heather Dawn Shelton
December 9, 2025 Most Wanted Person of the Day Suspect Name: Heather Dawn Shelton Suspects Date of Birth: September 24, 1975 Physical Description: White Female, 5’ 3, 150 lbs., Brown Hair, Green Eyes. Charges: Assault with a deadly weapon Warrant Number: F24906000 Synopsis of the Case: Heather Dawn Shelton is...
Visalia Officer Arrested in Off-Duty Domestic Violence Case
A Visalia school resource officer was arrested late Sunday after officers responded to a disturbance between a husband and wife, the department said. Officers were called around 11:11 p.m. to the 3700 block of North Sallee Court, where they investigated the incident and arrested Matthew Conley, 47. Conley was named...