Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers has resigned from the OpenAI board, he said on Wednesday, several days after Congress released documents that showed Summers shared a close relationship with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Summers, also a former president of Harvard University, said on Monday he would...
Friant Water Authority Chief Jason Phillips Announces Resignation
Jason Phillips is ending his decade-long tenure as the chief executive officer of Friant Water Authority to enter the private sector. His last day will be Jan. 19, 2026. The fact of his leaving was less a surprise than the timing, with the announcement coming out Tuesday, the first day of...
US Justice Department Will Release Epstein Files Within 30 Days, Bondi Says
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Justice Department will release files from its investigation into the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein within 30 days, Attorney General Pam Bondi said on Wednesday, after Congress voted nearly unanimously to force President Donald Trump's administration to make them public. The material could shed more light...
Valley Crime Stoppers’ Most Wanted Person of the Day: Dedrick Debrotis Shelton
November 19, 2025 Most Wanted Person of the Day Suspect Name: Dedrick Debrotis Shelton Suspects Date of Birth: November 9, 1989 Physical Description: Black Male, 5’ 10, 165 lbs., Black Hair, Brown Eyes. Charges: Parole violation Warrant Number: P17900066-1E Synopsis of the Case: Dedrick Debrotis Shelton is wanted on a...
Billionaire Activist Tom Steyer Joins Race to Succeed Newsom as California Governor
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Tom Steyer, the billionaire climate activist and businessman who unsuccessfully ran for president in 2020, is the latest Democrat to jump into California’s crowded gubernatorial field. His two core promises — which could appear at odds — are...
Ukraine Expected To Give up Land, Some Arms Under Us Peace Plan, Sources Say
The U.S. has signaled to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that Ukraine must accept a U.S.-drafted framework to end the war with Russia that proposes Kyiv giving up territory and some weapons, two people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The sources, who asked not to be identified because of the...
Most Immigrants Support Border Enforcement, but Not Mass Deportations, Poll Finds
Most immigrants in the United States, 60%, support President Donald Trump’s efforts at the southern border, where illegal crossings have slowed to a trickle, according to a new survey of immigrants from The New York Times and KFF, a nonprofit that conducts polling and research about health policy. At the...
Trump’s White House Tried to Slow-Walk a Vote on the Epstein Files. It Failed
WASHINGTON — The White House was quietly lobbying senators to slow-walk a vote to force the release of investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein even as President Donald Trump publicly insisted his administration had nothing to hide and urged Congress to act, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the...
Israeli Airstrikes Kill 10 Palestinians in Gaza, Rattling Ceasefire, Medics Say
CAIRO — Israeli airstrikes killed 10 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday in a part of the enclave under Hamas control since a shaky ceasefire took effect in October, health authorities said. Medics said two people were killed in Shejaia suburb east of Gaza City and four in the...
US Tourism Expected To Score Big With FIFA World Cup
International tourism to the U.S. could get a much-needed boost from the 2026 FIFA World Cup after a sluggish 2025, when visitors stayed away amid unease over President Donald Trump's trade policies and concerns about tougher border scrutiny. Foreign visitation to the U.S. was down 4% year to date through...