NEW YORK — U.S. stocks are slipping Wednesday after a report said inflation is unexpectedly getting worse for Americans. The S&P 500 was 0.4% lower in morning trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 256 points, or 0.6%, as of 10:40 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was...
Filmmaker Dallas Jenkins Is Keynote Speaker for Fresno Clovis Prayer Breakfast
Dallas Jenkins, the creator and director of the television series "The Chosen," is the keynote speaker at the Fresno Clovis Prayer Breakfast on Tuesday, Feb. 18, at the Fresno Convention Center Exhibit Hall. Jenkins is credited with revitalizing faith-based content in the entertainment industry through the series that depicts the...
Kiké Hernández and World Series Champion Dodgers Finalize a $6.5 Million, 1-Year Contract
Kiké Hernández and the Los Angeles Dodgers finalized a $6.5 million, one-year contract on Tuesday that keeps the versatile infielder/outfielder with the World Series champions. The 33-year-old is entering his third straight season with the Dodgers and ninth overall. He hit .229 with 12 homers and 42 RBIs in 126...
California Man Calls 375 Hoax Threats in Swatting Spree Will Face Prison Time
An 18-year-old California man was sentenced Tuesday to four years in federal prison for making hundreds of threats, including bomb scares and swatting incidents, that targeted religious institutions, schools, government officials, and individuals nationwide, the Department of Justice announced in a news release. Alan W. Filion, of Lancaster, admitted to...
White House Fires USAID Inspector General After Warning About Funding Oversight
WASHINGTON — The White House fired the inspector general for the U.S. Agency for International Development on Tuesday, a U.S. official said. It comes a day after the watchdog's office warned that the Trump administration’s dismantling of USAID had made it all but impossible to monitor $8.2 billion in humanitarian...
Red, White, and Blueland? GOP Congressman Proposes Bill to Rename Greenland
A Republican congressman from Georgia has introduced a bill to rename Greenland as President Donald Trump continues efforts to acquire the island. Rep. Earl "Buddy" Carter filed the Red, White, and Blueland Act of 2025, which would change Greenland’s name to Red, White and Blueland. The bill directs Interior Secretary...
White House Bars AP Reporter From Oval Office Because of AP Style Policy on ‘Gulf of America’
The White House blocked an Associated Press reporter from an event in the Oval Office on Tuesday after demanding the news agency alter its style on the Gulf of Mexico, which President Trump has ordered renamed the Gulf of America. The reporter tried to enter the White House event as...
Trump Steel, Aluminum Tariffs Likely to Drive up Car Costs, Industry Leaders Say
DETROIT — President Donald Trump's tariffs on steel imports this week could wreak havoc on American auto manufacturing, industry leaders say. The moves align with the Trump administration's aggressive global trade agenda and ambitions to strengthen U.S. industry, but they could have an inverse effect. On March 12, all steel...
After Criminal Case Tossed, Madec Fights to Get Fresno CC Classroom Job Back
Ed Madec is still fighting for his job. The one-time highly successful Fresno City College basketball coach is appealing to keep his teaching job for a second time. He is in the middle of a second week of hearings overseen by Office of Administrative Hearings Judge Coren Wong. The proceedings...
Atmospheric River Stays on Track to Soak Fresno With Rain
The latest National Weather Service forecast says an atmospheric river remains on track to deliver as much as 2 inches of rain in Fresno on Thursday. Southeast winds of about 15 mph will accompany the rain, with gusts as high as 30 mph possible. Before the big precipitation event, however,...