California’s southern border, long "ground zero" in the fight between federal and local officials over immigration policy, is now at the center of renewed controversy over how far local leaders can go to protect people from deportation. After San Diego County took steps earlier this month to strengthen safeguards for...
Fresno Police Arrest 10, Clovis Police Nab 2 in DUI Checkpoints
DUI checkpoints conducted separately by Fresno and Clovis Police resulted in 12 drivers arrested for impaired driving on Saturday. The Fresno Police Department reported that the checkpoint at Palm and Pinedale avenues ran from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m., leading to 10 DUI arrests and 21 citations for unlicensed or...
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Singer Robin Thicke will ring in 2025 at Eagle Mountain Casino, performing shows at 2 p.m. and 9 p.m. on New Year's Eve. Thicke is best known for his seminal 2013 hit "Blurred Lines" (featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams). It reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and remains...
Identified: Fresno Wrong-Way Crash on Highway 99 Claims Two Lives, Injures Six
A tragic wrong-way collision on southbound Highway 99 near Shaw Avenue in Fresno claimed the lives of two people early Saturday morning, the California Highway Patrol said in a statement. CHP's Fresno Communications Center received multiple reports of a wrong-way driver traveling northbound in the southbound lanes of the freeway...
5 Babies Die From the Cold in Gaza as Temperatures Drop
At least five babies have died from the cold in the Gaza Strip in the past week, health authorities there say, as winter worsens the toll on a population traumatized by 15 months of conflict. Jumaa al-Batran, less than 3 weeks old, died in intensive care Sunday after he and...
‘Sonic 3’ and ‘Mufasa’ Battle for No. 1 at the Holiday Box Office
LOS ANGELES - Two family films dominated the holiday box office this week, with "Sonic the Hedgehog 3" winning the three-day weekend over "Mufasa" by a blue hair. Paramount's Sonic movie earned $38 million, while "Mufasa" brought in $37.1 million from theaters in the U.S. and Canada, according to studio...
Northern Lights Could Be Visible in Upper Fringes of the US This New Year’s Eve
NEW YORK — There's a chance solar storms may bring northern lights to several northern U.S states just in time for the new year. The sun expelled two bursts of plasma that are hurtling toward Earth and are expected to arrive early this week, according to the U.S. National Oceanic...
Hundreds of Soldiers Freed in the Latest Prisoner Exchange Between Russia and Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia and Ukraine have exchanged prisoners of war in the latest such swap that saw the release of hundreds of captives and was brokered with the help of the United Arab Emirates, officials said Monday. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said 189 Ukrainian prisoners, including military personnel, border...
Linda Lavin, Star of the Sitcom ‘Alice’ and Tony Winner, Dies at 87
NEW YORK — Linda Lavin, a Tony Award-winning stage actor who became a working class icon as a paper-hat wearing waitress on the TV sitcom "Alice," has died. She was 87. Lavin died in Los Angeles on Sunday of complications from recently discovered lung cancer, her representative, Bill Veloric, told...
JuJu Watkins Scores 31 to Propel No. 4 USC Past No. 23 Michigan
LOS ANGELES — JuJu Watkins scored 31 points, making 13 of 14 free throws, and No. 4 Southern California beat No. 23 Michigan 78-58 on Sunday night in the Trojans' Big Ten home opener. Watkins Leads Trojans' Offensive Charge Watkins had five rebounds, seven assists, three steals and three blocks....