The U.S. intelligence community has identified no foreign threat to the upcoming congressional elections, President Donald Trump's spy chief said on Wednesday. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard denied the existence of a foreign threat despite multiple years of U.S. intelligence findings that countries, including Russia, China and Iran, have...
Florida Teacher Sentenced for Supplying Firearms to Transnational Crime Ring
A former Hillsborough County high school teacher was sentenced Friday to one year and one day in federal prison for conspiring to provide firearms to a Trinidad-based transnational criminal organization, U.S. authorities said. Shannon Nicole Samlalsingh, 47, of Temple Terrace, pleaded guilty on June 20, 2025, to making false statements...
6 Takeaways From NY Times Investigation Into Cesar Chavez’s Abuse of Girls
Every year, thousands gather to celebrate Cesar Chavez, the labor leader who rose from the poverty of Arizona’s lettuce fields to build one of the most influential labor movements in American history. Chavez secured better wages and health care for generations of farmworkers while forging a new era of Latino...
Israel Says Iranian Intelligence Minister Khatib Killed Overnight
Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Wednesday that Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib was "eliminated" in a strike overnight. There has been no confirmation from Iran regarding Khatib's reported death. Katz said he and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had authorized the military to kill any other senior Iranian official being targeted without the need for...
Modesto Police to Hold DUI Checkpoint Friday
The Modesto Police Department will conduct a DUI checkpoint on Friday from 8 p.m. to 3 a.m. at an undisclosed location. Checkpoint locations are selected based on data showing incidents of impaired driving-related crashes. The primary goal is to promote public safety by removing suspected impaired drivers from the road,...
Oil Prices Jump After Strike Hits Key Energy Site
Iran said on Wednesday that airstrikes had hit the infrastructure of the vast South Pars offshore gas field, the largest attack on Iran’s energy production since the war began nearly three weeks ago. Oil prices rose following reports of the strikes, which hit oil and petrochemical facilities in the southern...
Valley Crime Stoppers’ Most Wanted Person of the Day: Marissa Selena Hawkins
March 18, 2026 Most Wanted Person of the Day Suspect Name: Marissa Selena Hawkins Suspects Date of Birth: February 21, 2000 Physical Description: Hispanic Female, 5’ 2, 115 lbs., Black Hair, Brown Eyes. Charges: Receiving stolen property Warrant Number: F24902088 Synopsis of the Case: Marissa Selena Hawkins is wanted on...
Fresno Police Plan Saturday DUI Checkpoint
The Fresno Police Department will conduct a driving under the influence checkpoint Saturday from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. at an undisclosed location. Officials said checkpoint locations are selected based on data showing incidents of impaired driving-related crashes, with the primary goal of promoting public safety by removing suspected impaired...
X Down for Thousands of Users, Downdetector Reports
X, formerly Twitter, experienced an outage Wednesday, with thousands of users reporting issues, according to Downdetector.com. More than 16,000 users had reported problems with the platform as of 8:18 a.m. PT, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collecting status reports from multiple sources. Most users reported an issue with...
Agents of Chaos: Border Patrol’s Year of Unchecked Force
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Border Patrol agents have been roving from city to city over the last 15 months, far from their home bases in California and elsewhere along the U.S.-Mexico border, engaged in an unprecedented mass deportation campaign. A collaboration between...