Terrence John “TJ” Cox and the federal government have different ideas about how much time he should serve for fraud. The one-term former congressmember pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud in February. Several other charges were dropped as part of the plea deal. Arrested in 2022 on 28...
US Senate To Hold Vote Thursday on Republican Healthcare Plan
The United States Senate will vote on Thursday on a Republican-proposed alternative plan to address expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies, Senate Majority Leader John Thune said on Tuesday. "It actually does make health insurance premiums more affordable," Thune said of the plan proposed by Republican Senators Bill Cassidy of Louisiana...
What Should New Fresno Courthouse Look Like? Public Workshop on Thursday
Fresno County Superior Court could get a completely new building downtown if a plan from the Judicial Council of California gets a green light. And if the plan comes to fruition, that would trigger a move for the Fresno County Sheriff's Office headquarters to a new downtown location. A workshop...
Stocks, Dollar Inch Higher a Day Ahead of Fed Announcement
Major stock indexes and the dollar edged higher on Tuesday as investors turned their attention to the Federal Reserve meeting and as investors digested news that Washington is allowing Nvidia's second-best chips to be exported to China. Treasury yields were little changed after erasing earlier declines on U.S. labor market...
Fresno Firefighters Contain Apartment Blaze, Two Residents Displaced
Fresno firefighters contained an apartment fire Monday afternoon that displaced two residents but left the rest of the building unharmed, officials said. Crews were called just after 3 p.m. to the 4700 block of East Church Avenue and arrived to find smoke and flames coming from a single unit as...
Israeli Ban on International Media in Gaza Remains, Legal Challenge Delayed
JERUSALEM — Nearly two months into the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, Israel continues to bar journalists from freely entering the Gaza Strip to report, despite a long-standing petition brought by journalists seeking access to the territory. On Sunday, the Israeli Supreme Court gave the government an extension in responding...
OpenAI Taps Slack CEO Denise Dresser as Chief Revenue Officer
OpenAI on Tuesday appointed Slack CEO Denise Dresser as its chief revenue officer, as the ChatGPT maker looks to expand its enterprise business. Dresser will oversee OpenAI's global revenue strategy, including enterprise sales and customer success. At Slack, she led the messaging platform through its integration with Salesforce following the...
Reddit Down for Thousands of Users, Downdetector Reports
Reddit experienced a possible outage Tuesday, with thousands of users reporting issues, according to Downdetector.com. More than 6,000 users had reported problems with the platform as of 10:30 a.m. PT, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collecting status reports from multiple sources. Most users reporting problems to Downdetector said...
Illinois Governor Signs Bill Imposing New Limits on Immigration Enforcement
Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois, a Democrat, signed into law on Tuesday a measure that restricts immigration enforcement outside state courthouses and that makes it easier to sue immigration agents if residents believe their rights have been violated. The Democratic-backed legislation was approved by lawmakers in October in the midst...
Three Years After Dobbs, ‘the Reality Is People Are Getting Abortions’
In recent weeks, the North Dakota Supreme Court reinstated a near-total ban on abortions. Texas enacted a law that lets private citizens sue out-of-state doctors who mail abortion medications into the state. And California approved legislation to protect those very same doctors, allowing abortion pills to be sent into Texas...