JERUSALEM — A new round of Israeli airstrikes in Yemen on Thursday targeted the Houthi rebel-held capital and multiple ports, while the World Health Organization's director-general said the bombardment occurred nearby as he prepared to board a flight in Sanaa, with a crew member injured. "The air traffic control tower,...
Holiday Shoppers Increased Spending by 3.8% Despite Higher Prices
Sales rose this year during the holiday shopping season even as Americans wrestled with elevated prices for many groceries and other necessities, according to new data. Holiday sales from the beginning of November through Christmas Eve climbed 3.8%, outpacing the 3.1% increase from a year earlier, according to Mastercard SpendingPulse,...
Fresno Public Hanukkah Lighting Will Move Indoors Sunday
The Fresno Jewish community will publicly light the Hanukkah menorah Sunday afternoon at the Woodward Park library (944 E. Perrin Ave., Fresno). All are invited. Chabad Fresno hosts the 35th annual event to commemorate the "Festival of Lights," on the Jewish calendar. Sunday marks the fifth (of eight) nights of...
Americans Are Exhausted by Political News. TV Ratings and a New AP-NORC Poll Show They’re Tuning Out
NEW YORK — As a Democrat who immersed himself in political news during the presidential campaign, Ziad Aunallah has much in common with many Americans since the election. He's tuned out. "People are mentally exhausted," said Aunallah, 45, of San Diego. "Everyone knows what is coming and we are just...
How the Stock Market Defied Expectations Again This Year, by the Numbers
NEW YORK — What a wonderful year 2024 has been for investors. U.S. stocks ripped higher and carried the S&P 500 to records as the economy kept growing and the Federal Reserve began cutting interest rates. The year featured many familiar winners, such as Big Tech, which got even bigger...
Fresno Is Getting Sideswiped by Next Two Rainstorms
Fresno's weather over the next few days will be somewhat like the poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: "Into each life some rain must fall." We're getting sideswiped by a winter storm that will bring heavier amounts of rain and snow to Northern California and southern Oregon but only a tenth...
Fresno State Gifted Two JC Football Players for Christmas
What new Fresno State football coach Matt Entz wanted for Christmas was incoming players to fortify a program weakened by transfer portal defections. Bakersfield College freshman defensive lineman Logan Goodspeed and Snow (Utah) College sophomore offensive lineman Braylan Henderson have declared for the Bulldogs. Goodspeed, 6-4, 260 pounds, accumulated 26...
Oakland Man Dies in Christmas House Fire After Rescuing His Family
OAKLAND — A man in Oakland was found dead Christmas morning after his house caught on fire, officials said. Firefighters responded around 6:15 a.m. to a residential fire in the area. A 37-year-old man had alerted his family to the fire and rescued his father and aunt as well as...
Christmas Shooting at Phoenix Airport Leaves 3 People Wounded, 1 Stabbed
PHOENIX — Authorities are investigating a Christmas shooting at Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix that left three people injured by gunfire and another person stabbed. Police said the incident was related to a family dispute. Phoenix police said the evening shooting happened at around 9:45 p.m. at an airport restaurant...
US Sex-Abuse Watchdog Fires Investigator After Learning of His Arrest for Stealing Drug Money
DENVER — The U.S. Center for SafeSport abruptly fired one of its investigators last month after learning he'd been arrested for stealing money confiscated after a drug bust he was part of during his previous job as a police officer. Jason Krasley left his job with the Allentown Police Department...