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)
Deadly Shooting Under Investigation in Tulare County, Sheriff’s Office Says
Tulare County sheriff’s detectives are investigating a fatal shooting that happened Tuesday in Lindsay. Just before 5 p.m., deputies were called to the 24000 block of Avenue 236 for reports of a shooting, the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office said. When they arrived, they learned a 23-year-old man had been outside...
US Judge Blocks Trump From Cutting Medicaid Funding for Planned Parenthood in 22 States
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked U.S. President Donald Trump's administration from enforcing in 22 states a provision of the Republican's signature tax and domestic policy bill that would deprive Planned Parenthood and local affiliates that perform abortions of Medicaid funding. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston said a...
Texas Camp To Reopen After Flood That Killed 27 Children
NEW YORK, Dec 2 — A Texas Christian summer camp for girls, where 27 campers died in a July 4 flash flood, announced plans to reopen in May at a nearby location with enhanced safety measures, despite earlier criticism from a family whose daughter was never found. The century-old Camp...
Kern County Man Identified After Death in Fresno County Oil Rig Accident
The Fresno County Sheriff-Coroner’s Office identified the man who died Monday while working on an oil rig as Alfredo Oronia, 29, of Arvin. Around 10:45 a.m., deputies and emergency personnel responded to a 911 call reporting an injured man in a field near Mt. Whitney and Polk avenues in Riverdale....
Tulare County Sentences Three to Life for Torture, Death of Toddler
A Tulare County judge on Tuesday sentenced a 45-year-old man to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the 2017 torture and killing of a 2-year-old boy, while two co-defendants are already serving life terms for their roles in the abuse, prosecutors said. Edward Lee Dias Jr. received...