The Fresno State men's basketball team was looking for redemption after two consecutive road losses when it hosted Prairie View on Wednesday night. And, in this case, redemption came courtesy of three Red Wave pleasing double-doubles in a 94-83 win that evened the Bulldogs' record at 2-2 and dropped Prairie...
Bitcoin Is at the Doorstep of $100,000 as Post-Election Rally Rolls On
NEW YORK — Bitcoin topped $98,000 for the first time Thursday, extending a streak of record after record highs since the U.S. presidential election. The cryptocurrency has rocketed more than 40% in just two weeks. Now, bitcoin is at the doorstep of $100,000, just two years after dropping below $17,000...
US Regulators Seek to Break Up Google, Forcing Chrome Sale as Part of Monopoly Punishment
U.S. regulators want a federal judge to break up Google to prevent the company from continuing to squash competition through its dominant search engine after a court found it had maintained an abusive monopoly over the past decade. The proposed breakup floated in a 23-page document filed late Wednesday by...
Wall Street Climbs as Nvidia Swings, Bitcoin Rises and Alphabet Sinks
NEW YORK — U.S. stocks are rising Thursday after more companies said they're making fatter profits than expected. Market superstar Nvidia also topped forecasts, but Wall Street's ambivalence about whether the heavyweight's report was impressive enough is keeping indexes in check. Mixed Market Reactions to Earnings Reports The S&P 500...
Major Storm Drops Record Rain, Downs Trees in Northern California After Devastation Further North
FORESTVILLE — A major storm moving through Northern California on Thursday toppled trees and dropped heavy snow and record amounts of rain after damaging homes, killing two people and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of customers in the Pacific Northwest. Forecasters warned the risk of flash flooding and...
Police Report Reveals Assault Allegations Against Hegseth, Trump’s Pick for Defense Secretary
SANTA CRUZ — A woman told police that she was sexually assaulted in 2017 by Pete Hegseth after he took her phone, blocked the door to a California hotel room and refused to let her leave, according to a detailed investigative report made public late Wednesday. Hegseth, a former Fox...
Republicans Target Social Sciences to Curb Ideas They Don’t Like
Several years ago, to attract more students, Jean Muteba Rahier spiced up the name of his introduction to the anthropology of religion course. He called it Myth, Ritual and Mysticism. Now Rahier, a professor at Florida International University in Miami, believes the name was perhaps too provocative for higher education...
Gaetz Withdraws as Trump’s Pick for Attorney General
WASHINGTON — Matt Gaetz withdrew Thursday as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general following continued scrutiny over a federal sex trafficking investigation that cast doubt on the former congressman's ability to be confirmed as the nation's chief federal law enforcement officer. The Florida Republican's announcement came one day after meeting...
Fresno County Men Arrested in Armed Robbery Near Sanger High, Sanger Academy
Two men were arrested on Wednesday in connection with an armed robbery involving high school students near Sanger High School and Sanger Academy, the Sanger Police Department reported in a statement. The robbery occurred about 5:15 p.m. at 9th Street between Bethel and Cottle avenues. According to Sanger police, three...
Newsom Heads to Fresno, a County That Voted for Trump
On Thursday, Gov. Gavin Newsom will make the first of three postelection visits to California counties that Donald Trump won in the presidential race, reaching out to working-class voters in the Central Valley who remain frustrated by economic woes. The appearance in Fresno, to unveil a new economic development system,...