Fresno City Attorney Andrew Janz is investigating whether a campaign mailer for an upcoming city council election violated the law. Last week, a group called Fresno Future Forward sent a mailer to residents in Fresno City Council District 5, which covers much of southeast Fresno. The mailer claimed candidate Brandon...
Valley Crime Stoppers’ Most Wanted Person of the Day: Nicholas Javier Villarreal
Update on March 17, 2025 The Fresno County Sheriff's Office reported that Nicholas Javier Villarreal was arrested on Monday. Original Story March 10, 2025 Most Wanted Person of the Day Suspect Name: Nicholas Javier Villarreal Suspects Date of Birth: October 17, 1984 Physical Description: Hispanic Male, 5’ 7, 150 lbs.,...
Bills Reward NFL MVP Josh Allen With $330 Million Contract Extension
Josh Allen, who rose from the farm fields of western Fresno County to become the NFL's Most Valuable Player, is being rewarded by the Buffalo Bills with a contract extension worth $330 million. The deal includes an NFL record guarantee of $250 million, which makes him among the league’s highest-paid...
Writer Claims Disney Stole His Work for ‘Moana,’ Jury to Decide
Was “Moana” based on a boy named Bucky? Lawyers for a New Mexico writer and animator will say at closing arguments at his federal trial in Los Angeles on Monday that his work was stolen to create the Walt Disney Co.'s 2016 hit about a questing Polynesian princess, whose sequel...
More Than 30 Nations Will Participate in Paris Planning Talks for Ukraine
PARIS — Military officials from more than 30 nations will take part in Paris talks on the creation of an international security force for Ukraine, a French military official said Monday. Such an international force would aim to dissuade Russia from launching another offensive after any ceasefire in Ukraine comes...
Supreme Court Will Take up State Bans on Conversion Therapy for LGBTQ+ Children
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Monday in a case from Colorado to decide whether state and local governments can enforce laws banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ children. The conservative-led court is taking up the case amid actions by President Donald Trump targeting transgender people, including a ban on military...
Stock Market Today: Wall Street’s Sell-off Gets Worse as Worries Build About the Economy
NEW YORK — Wall Street’s sell-off is worsening Monday as worries about the economy and President Donald Trump’s tariffs send U.S. stocks further from their record set just last month. The S&P 500 was down 1.9% in morning trading, coming off its worst week since September. The Dow Jones Industrial...
Rubio Says Purge of USAID Programs Complete, With 83% of Agency’s Programs Gone
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday the Trump administration had finished its six-week purge of programs of the six-decade-old U.S. Agency for International Development, and said he would move the 18% of aid and development programs that survived under the State Department. Rubio made the announcement in...
Supreme Court Rejects Republican-Led Effort to Halt Climate Change Lawsuits
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a lawsuit from Republican attorneys general in 19 states aimed at blocking climate change suits against the oil and gas industry from Democratic-led states. The justices acted on an unusual Republican effort to file suit in the Supreme Court over the Democratic...
Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire Erupts and Forces Evacuations
GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemala's Volcano of Fire is erupting, and authorities have evacuated nearly 300 families while warning that another 30,000 people in the area could be at risk. The eruption started overnight. There is no immediate report of casualties. The 12,300-foot (3,763-meter) high volcano is one of the most...