The U.S. Census Bureau said on Wednesday it was adopting several strategies, including shortening the window for Principal Federal Economic Indicators collection, to get economic data back to their original release schedule "as quickly as possible." "For our PFEIs to return to their original release schedules, processing stages must be...
Fresno Commute Snarled After Thousands of Ammo Casings Spill on Highway
Thousands of loose ammunition casings scattered across the westbound Highway 180 transition to southbound Highway 99 made for an unexpectedly slick commute Wednesday morning, authorities said. According to the California Highway Patrol in Fresno, an unknown driver dropped an ammo can that spilled “more than a couple thousand” empty shell...
Roblox Down for Thousands of Users, Downdetector Shows
Roblox experienced a possible outage Wednesday, with thousands of users reporting issues, according to Downdetector.com. More than 6,000 users had reported problems with the platform as of 2:00 p.m. PT, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collecting status reports from multiple sources. Most users reporting problems to Downdetector said...
Porterville Man Found Guilty in Tulare County Murder
A Tulare County jury on Tuesday found Douglas Paul, 32, of Porterville, guilty of the 2022 shooting death of a woman in south county, the Tulare County District Attorney's Office said in a statement. Porterville police were called to reports of gunfire on March 16, 2022, and found the victim...
Pentagon Review Faults Hegseth Over Signal Messages on Yemen Strikes
A Pentagon investigation has faulted U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for using Signal on his personal device to transmit sensitive information about planned strikes in Yemen, saying it could have endangered U.S. troops if intercepted, two people familiar with the document said on Wednesday. However, the report by the Pentagon's...
Fresno Smoke Shops Drop Lawsuit Challenging City’s New Regs
A group of Fresno smoke shops has dropped its federal lawsuit against the city over new regulations. And that's good news to the Fresno City Councilmembers who wrote the ordinance. "The council is very clear that the primary purpose was to ensure the public health and safety of the city,...
Don’t Fear Self-Driving Cars. The Data Shows They Save Lives
I recently got called to see a teenager ejected in a rollover car crash. The trauma team rushed him into surgery to stop major abdominal bleeding, but we all knew. When that much energy enters a skull, no operation can turn it back. He was declared brain dead. His death...
Doctor in Matthew Perry Overdose Case Sentenced to 2-1/2 Years in Prison
A California doctor was sentenced to 2-1/2 years in prison on Wednesday for illegally supplying "Friends" sitcom star Matthew Perry with ketamine, the powerful sedative that caused the actor's drug overdose death in 2023. Dr. Salvador Plasencia, who operated an urgent-care clinic outside Los Angeles, pleaded guilty in federal court...
Israel Says It Received Body From Hamas as It Indicates Rafah Crossing Could Open
CAIRO/JERUSALEM, Dec 3 — Israel received a body that Hamas said was one of the last two deceased hostages in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, as Israel said it would allow Gaza's gateway to Egypt to open once all hostages were returned. A body has been transferred by the Red...
US Sanctions Venezuelan Actress Citing Alleged Tren de Aragua Ties
The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on a Venezuelan actress for allegedly using her entertainment career to launder money and support the Tren de Aragua gang. Jimena Araya, also known as "Rosita" for the name of her character in comedy shows "Cheverísimo" and "¡A que te ríes!," is romantically...