WASHINGTON, Dec 4 — The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits fell to a more than three-year low last week, allaying fears of a sharp deterioration in labor market conditions after independent surveys showed job losses in November. Difficulties adjusting the weekly jobless claims data around the...
Vaccine Panel Again Postpones Vote on Hepatitis B Shot for Newborns
ATLANTA — Accusations that presenters were cherry-picking data and substituting speculation for science derailed a federal vaccine advisory panel vote Thursday morning on whether to change a decades-long recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B. The committee deferred the vote to Friday because some members wanted...
Free HIV Testing, Produce, and Ice Cream in Fresno on Friday
Clinica Sierra Vista will offer free HIV testing on Friday. Between 12:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. at the Orange & Butler Community Health Center at 1350 S. Orange Ave., the health clinic will offer free HIV testing, fresh produce, ice cream, and community resources from 10 organizations, according to a...
Fresno’s New Money Grab?
Home price inflation is the engine of wealth inequality in America. Nowhere is this more evident than in California, where roughly 30% of household income goes toward housing. When adjusted for cost of living, California holds the highest poverty rate in the nation. Nearly one in five Fresno County households...
Fresno County Highway 41 Sections to Close Next Week for Maintenance
The California Department of Transportation will close sections of Highway 41 next week for asphalt pavement maintenance, officials said on Thursday. Southbound Highway 41 will be fully closed Monday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. near the bridge deck at Murphy Slough, with closures beginning at Elkhorn Avenue and ending...
Visalia Police Arrest Two in Fentanyl Bust
A search warrant served at a Visalia home led to the seizure of fentanyl packaged for sale and two arrests on Wednesday, police said. The Visalia Police Department said its Narcotics Unit, assisted by the HOPE Team, searched a residence in the 200 block of North Granite Street as part...
New York Times Sues Pentagon Over First Amendment Rights
WASHINGTON — The New York Times accused the Pentagon in a lawsuit Thursday of infringing on the constitutional rights of journalists by imposing a set of new restrictions on reporting about the military. In the suit, filed in the U.S. District Court in Washington, the Times argued that the Defense...
Valley Crime Stoppers’ Most Wanted Person of the Day: Terri Lynn Montgomery
December 4, 2025 Most Wanted Person of the Day Suspect Name: Terri Lynn Montgomery Suspects Date of Birth: October 21, 1968 Physical Description: Black Female, 5'10, 230 lbs., Black Hair, Green Eyes Charges: Robbery Warrant Number: F25902877 Synopsis of the Case: Terri Lynn Montgomery is wanted for robbery. If you...
Suspect Arrested in Inquiry Into Pipe Bombs in DC Before Jan. 6 Riot
Federal agents Thursday arrested a suspect in Virginia on charges of having planted two pipe bombs near the Capitol the night before Jan. 6, 2021, after nearly five years of false leads and frustrated investigation, according to people familiar with the matter. The suspect was described as a 30-year-old man...
Fresno Crash Sends Engine Block Onto Highway 99, Killing Driver
A driver died Wednesday night after his car veered off southbound Highway 99 in Fresno, crashed into an overhead sign pole and sent its engine block flying into traffic, authorities said. The crash was reported around 10:30 p.m. just south of Highway 180, where multiple callers told the California Highway...