March 12, 2026 Most Wanted Person of the Day Suspect Name: Damien Angel Montroy Suspects Date of Birth: August 23, 2001 Physical Description: Hispanic Male, 5’ 5, 130 lbs., Black Hair, Brown Eyes. Charges: Receiving stolen property Warrant Number: F26900653 Synopsis of the Case: Damien Angel Montroy is wanted on...
Wall Street Falls 1% on Middle East Tensions, Private Credit Concerns
Wall Street's major indexes fell 1% on Thursday, with financial stocks taking a blow, as a surge in oil prices toward $100 a barrel rekindled inflation fears and investors kept a close watch on mounting jitters in the private credit sector. Crude prices jumped after two tankers were set ablaze...
California Satellite Firm Extends Middle East Image Delay to Prevent Use by US Adversaries
California-based Planet Labs has expanded restrictions on accessing its imagery of the Middle East to prevent adversaries from using it to attack the U.S. and its allies, a sign of how the expansion of commercial space business can impact conflicts. Planet, which operates a large fleet of Earth-imaging satellites and sells frequently updated...
Trump Says It Is Not Appropriate Iranian Soccer Team Be at World Cup
President Donald Trump said on Thursday the Iranian men's national soccer team was welcome to participate in the 2026 World Cup but said he believed it was not appropriate that they be there "for their own life and safety." "The Iran National Soccer Team is welcome to The World Cup, but...
One-Third of Americans Cut Back on Other Expenses to Cover Healthcare in 2025, Survey Shows
Roughly one-third of Americans cut back on food, utilities or other daily expenses to pay for healthcare last year, research from the West Health-Gallup Center showed on Thursday, as steeper prices and rising living costs hit households. A nationally and state-representative survey of nearly 20,000 U.S. adults in all 50 states...
Oil Gains 9% as Iran Says Strait of Hormuz Closure to Continue
Oil prices rose about 9% on Thursday as Iran stepped up attacks on oil and transport facilities across the Middle East, and the country's supreme leader said the closure of the vital Strait of Hormuz should continue. Brent futures extended gains to climb up $8.05, or 8.8% to $100.03 at...
California Insurance Crisis Is Buckling the Foster Care System
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. An insurance crisis continues to rattle California’s foster care system, threatening to displace thousands of vulnerable children. Since 2024, more than two dozen nonprofits that recruit, train and support foster parents have shuttered across 13 counties, according to...
‘Jeopardy!’ Host Ken Jennings Will Bring Game Show Insights to Fresno
It's what Fresno wants to hear from Ken Jennings. What Is "Jeopardy!"? Jennings, the host of the nightly quiz show (7 p.m. weeknights on ABC30) and the game's all-time winningest contestant, will speak in Fresno on Wednesday, March 18, as part of the San Joaquin Valley Town Hall series. GV...
California’s Tribal Casinos Trample Smaller Cardrooms With New Regs
This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. While writing a book about California politics a quarter-century ago, I devoted one chapter largely to the phenomenal emergence of Native American tribes as a powerful interest group after being treated shamefully, even viciously, for nearly 500 years....
Israeli Airstrikes Shake Beirut and Drone Attacks Hit Tehran
Waves of airstrikes shook Beirut and Tehran, Iran, on Wednesday and into Thursday morning, adding to the toll of the war in the Middle East, as the Pentagon told Congress that the U.S. cost of the war was more than $11.3 billion in just the first six days. The dollar...