October 24, 2025 Most Wanted Person of the Day Suspect Name: Katie Marie Fife Suspects Date of Birth: July 13, 1987 Physical Description: White Female, 5'9", 210 lbs., Brown Hair, Blue Eye Charges: Robbery Warrant Number: F23903552 Synopsis of the Case: Katie Marie Fife is wanted on a felony warrant for...
Fresno Crash Sends One to Hospital at Herndon and Palm Avenues
A three-vehicle collision at Palm and Herndon avenues Friday morning sent one driver to the hospital, according to the Fresno Police Department. Police said the crash occurred around 7:38 a.m. after a westbound driver on Herndon Avenue ran a red light and hit a vehicle turning onto Herndon Avenue from...
Wall Street Hits Record High as Cool Inflation Data Boosts Rate Cut Bets
Wall Street indexes scaled record highs on Friday, driven by cooler-than-expected inflation data that buoyed bets for faster rate cuts by the Federal Reserve, while upbeat earnings from Intel kept investor optimism alive around AI. U.S. consumer prices increased slightly less than expected in September, prompting traders to bring forward...
Top Trump Official Defied Court Order on Tear Gas During Chicago Crackdown, Protesters Say
CHICAGO — A top U.S. Border Patrol official violated a court order limiting the use of tear gas during demonstrations against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Chicago, a group of protesters, journalists and clergy members told a U.S. judge on Thursday. The group said in a court filing that...
Farming Giant Boswell Says It Plans to Sink Corcoran 6 More Feet
A wide-ranging letter from J.G. Boswell Company Vice President Jeof Wyrick accuses SJV Water of misrepresenting the farming giant’s plan to deal with subsidence, land sinking from excessive groundwater pumping, which has impacted huge swaths of the San Joaquin Valley, including around the small town of Corcoran. Wyrick is also the chair...
Almost 4,400 People Abused by Priests in Italy, Victims’ Group Alleges
Nearly 4,400 people have been abused by Catholic priests in Italy in cases reported since 2020, a victims' group alleged on Friday, renewing pressure on bishops to confront a crisis that has long plagued the world's largest Christian faith. The unofficial tally by Rete l'Abuso, Italy's largest church abuse victims'...
Gaza Security Force to Include Countries Israel ‘Comfortable With,’ Rubio Says
An international security force to be put in place in Gaza under a ceasefire agreement will have to be made up of countries that Israel is "comfortable with", U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday during a visit to Israel. Rubio added that the future of governance in...
US Consumer Inflation Cools in September. Shutdown Threatens Next Report
WASHINGTON — U.S. consumer prices increased slightly less than expected in September as a surge in the cost of gasoline was partially offset by a sharp moderation in rents, keeping the Federal Reserve on track to cut interest rates again next week. Consumer inflation last month also was restrained by...
Ballot Measure Expands Reform of California’s Key Environmental Law
This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Former Gov. Jerry Brown once referred to overhauling the California Environmental Quality Act as “the Lord’s work” because, he said, it made building much-needed things — housing, transportation improvements, water storage, etc. — too difficult and too expensive....
Trump Says Talks With Canada off After Ad Invokes Reagan as Free-Trader
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump intensified his criticism of Canada on Friday after terminating trade talks over a Canadian political advertisement that used Republican icon Ronald Reagan saying tariffs cause trade wars and economic disaster. Trump, who imposed import tariffs on Canadian steel, aluminum and autos earlier this year, called the video...