In what amounts to the biggest reveal of the second season of the Netflix docuseries "America's Sweethearts," the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders will receive a pay raise of roughly 400% for the 2025 season. It is a huge increase in a profession known for its low wages, and one that a...
Marijuana’s Links to Heart Attack and Stroke Are Becoming Clearer
While most Americans consider marijuana safe, new research published this week found that use of the drug is associated with a higher risk of stroke and heart attack, including among younger adults. The analysis, which examined data from 24 studies and was published in the journal Heart, also found that...
‘Little Lobbyists’ Urge Senators to Oppose Trump’s Bill Cutting Medicaid
WASHINGTON — Landry Bell, a 1-year-old boy who was born with Down syndrome, wriggled and smiled in his big sister's lap on the floor outside Republican Sen. Mike Lee's office this week as he took a break from going office to office with his mother while she explained how cuts...
Visalia Stabbing Sends Man to Hospital, Police Investigating
Authorities are investigating a stabbing that left a man seriously injured early Friday in downtown Visalia, the Visalia Police Department said in a statement. Officers responded around 5:41 a.m. near Church Street after receiving a report of an assault victim. When they arrived, downtown security personnel told officers they had...
Wall Street Perks Up, Oil Dips After Trump’s Middle East Delay
NEW YORK/LONDON - Wall Street indexes tracked global stock markets modestly higher on Friday while oil dipped after U.S. President Donald Trump held off on a decision of whether to involve the U.S. military in the Israel-Iran conflict. Israel and Iran continued trading attacks one week on from an Israeli...
Police, DA Refuse to Release Records on Latina Senator’s DUI Arrest Near Capitol
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. A Democratic California senator is now considering suing Sacramento police for what she alleges was a "politically motivated" false DUI arrest intended to "silence" an LGBTQ Latina lawmaker, her attorney tells CalMatters. Officers have insisted that they acted...
US Supreme Court Upholds Law on Suing Palestinian Authorities Over Attacks
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court upheld on Friday a statute passed by Congress to facilitate lawsuits against Palestinian authorities by Americans killed or injured in attacks abroad as plaintiffs pursue monetary damages for violence years ago in Israel and the West Bank. The 9-0 ruling overturned a lower court's...
Pro-Palestinian Activists Damage Planes at UK Military Base
LONDON - Pro-Palestinian activists broke into a Royal Air Force base in central England on Friday, damaging and spraying red paint over two planes used for refuelling and transport. Palestine Action said two members had entered the Brize Norton base in Oxfordshire, putting paint into the engines of the Voyager...
Israeli Scientists Scramble to Save Work After Iranian Missile Hits Labs
REHOVOT, Israel - Researchers at Israel's prestigious Weizmann Institute of Science have been scrambling to save their experiments after an Iranian missile destroyed a building containing dozens of cutting-edge laboratories. The missile struck the institute's campus at Rehovot, on the southern periphery of Tel Aviv, in the early hours of...
Valley Crime Stoppers’ Most Wanted Person of the Day: Versall Johnson Henderson
June 20, 2025 Most Wanted Person of the Day Suspect Name: Versall Johnson Henderson Suspects Date of Birth: August 14, 1979 Physical Description: Black Male, 6’ 2, 230 lbs., Black Hair, Hazel Eyes. Charges: Assault with a deadly weapon Synopsis of the Case: Versall Johnson Henderson is wanted on a felony...