Federal agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement were involved in a shooting Tuesday morning in Stanislaus County, authorities said, prompting freeway closures and a local investigation. The Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office said it is assisting with an officer‑involved shooting that occurred near Interstate 5 and Sperry Avenue. No local...
Acting DOJ Chief Blanche Says Trump Has ‘Right’ to Influence Investigations
Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump has a right and duty to shape federal probes of individuals who investigated him as he faces pressure from the president to deliver prosecutions of perceived enemies. In his first extended comments since being named acting attorney...
Iranians Form Human Chains as Trump Sets Deadline for Strait of Hormuz
Iranians gathered around power plants across the country on Tuesday, heeding government calls for human chains as President Donald Trump threatened “massive strikes” if Iran did not reopen the Strait of Hormuz, The Guardian reported. State media showed crowds waving flags and holding banners at facilities near Tehran, Tabriz, and...
Iranian Hackers’ Targeting of US Critical Infrastructure Has Escalated Since Start of War, US Says
Iranian hacking campaigns targeting equipment used across multiple U.S. critical infrastructure sectors are escalating in response to hostilities, U.S. cybersecurity, law enforcement and intelligence agencies said on Tuesday. The hackers are targeting publicly exposed programmable logic controllers and supervisory control and data acquisition displays, according to the advisory. The targeted devices...
Clovis Police Submit Charge on Fresno Man in Student Walkout
Clovis Police have submitted a misdemeanor charge against a 41-year-old Fresno man following an investigation into a student walkout that involved roughly 200 students from multiple Clovis high schools on Feb. 10. Alfred Aldrete is facing one count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor after police said he...
ICE Arrested More Than 800 People After Tips From US Airport Security Agency
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested more than 800 people following tips shared by federal airport security officials from the start of Donald Trump's presidency through February 2026, internal ICE data reviewed by Reuters show, a figure far above what was previously publicly known. The leads came from the Transportation...
Delta Air Hikes Checked Baggage Fees as Jet Fuel Prices Soar
Delta Air Lines said on Tuesday it will raise fees for checked bags on domestic and select short-haul international routes, as airlines seek to offset soaring jet fuel costs linked to escalating tensions in the Middle East. The increase marks the first hike in Delta's domestic baggage fees in two...
Pakistan Says It Hit a Military Target. Investigations Suggest It Was a Rehab Center.
KABUL, Afghanistan — Inside a dark cargo container on a recent drizzly morning in Kabul, Afghanistan, two dozen people stared at pictures of hundreds of bodies scrolling by on a projector, hoping to catch sight of a missing relative. Brothers, wives or parents often asked a morgue employee to return...
US and Israel Coordinate Strikes on Iran as Trump Turns Up Rhetoric
WASHINGTON — Coordinated U.S. and Israeli strikes on military targets in Iran continued methodically Tuesday, even as President Donald Trump raised his rhetoric threatening the country to apocalyptic levels. The United States launched a series of more than 90 strikes on Kharg Island, Iran’s oil export hub, early Tuesday. A...
Fresno Police Cite Driver for DUI at 3.5x Legal Limit
A 31-year-old man was cited Monday after being stopped near Brawley and Weber avenues for unsafe speed, using a cell phone while driving, and straddling lanes, the Fresno Police Department told GV Wire. Officers said Constantino Lopez-Castro displayed signs of alcohol impairment and failed a series of field sobriety tests....