NEW ORLEANS — Federal authorities announced the start of an immigration enforcement operation in New Orleans on Wednesday, the latest front in the Trump administration’s crackdown. The Department of Homeland Security said in a statement that its targets would include violent criminals who were released after being arrested. For weeks,...
Israel Says a Gaza Border Will Reopen, but Only for Palestinians to Leave
JERUSALEM — Israel said Wednesday that it would begin allowing some Palestinians to leave the Gaza Strip for Egypt “in the coming days” through the Rafah border crossing. Such an opening would be a lifeline for Palestinians hoping to flee, particularly for the sick and wounded. Israel’s military liaison on...
Fresno Police Launch Distracted Driving Crackdown Saturday
Fresno police will conduct a distracted driving enforcement operation Saturday aimed at cracking down on violations of California’s hands-free cell phone law. The Fresno Police Department said officers will be watching for drivers holding phones or electronic devices while operating a vehicle, including talking, texting or using apps. Using a...
Mexico’s Peso To Trade Within Decade-Old Range in 2026: Reuters Poll
BUENOS AIRES, Dec 3 — Mexico's peso will keep trading in 2026 close to the center of a range between 16.00-22.00 per U.S. dollar that recently turned 10 years old, a Reuters poll found. The currency first entered the interval in July 2015. It has averaged a mid-value of 19.20 since...
Fresno, Can We Talk About Our ‘Wicked’ Movie Theater Etiquette?
Fresno, come on now. There are few places left in modern life where we all agree to behave. The airplane? A lost cause. The grocery store? Depends on the aisle and if someone takes the extra 10 seconds to put their cart away. But the movie theater — that dark,...
Valley Growers Line Up for State Farmland Transition Program ‘Lifeline’
Farmers in the San Joaquin Valley faced with drastic cuts to the amount of groundwater they can pump are finding some relief with the state’s Multibenefit Land Repurposing Program, or MLRP. And more money can’t come quickly enough as landowners adjust to requirements of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act. The...
Wall Street Mixed as Microsoft Drags Tech, Data in Focus
Wall Street's main indexes were mixed in choppy trading on Wednesday, with Microsoft pulling the tech sector lower, while investors parsed a slew of economic indicators to gauge the Fed's policy outlook. Microsoft fell nearly 3% after a report said the tech giant had cut AI software sales quotas after...
Kremlin Says Putin Accepted Some US Proposals on Ukraine and Is Ready To Continue Talking
The Kremlin said on Wednesday that President Vladimir Putin accepted some U.S. proposals aimed at ending the war in Ukraine and rejected others but that Russia was ready to meet U.S. negotiators as many times as it took to reach an agreement. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was speaking after talks...
Hegseth Invoked the ‘Fog of War’ in a Boat Strike. What Does That Mean?
As Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth spoke Tuesday about a deadly U.S. military attack on a boat in the Caribbean, he referred to “the fog of war,” a phrase that has been used in war planning for centuries. “I did not personally see survivors,” he said at a Cabinet meeting in...
Trump Pardons Texas Congressman Cuellar and Wife
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he was granting a "full and unconditional pardon" to Democrat U.S. House Representative Henry Cuellar of Texas, and his wife Imelda, who were charged with bribery. — (Reporting by Katharine Jackson and Ryan Patrick Jones; Editing by Caitlin Webber)