MOSCOW — Russia's central bank on Friday raised its key interest rate by two percentage points to a record-high 21% in an effort to stem growing inflation as massive government spending on the military amid the fighting in Ukraine strains the economy's capacity to produce goods and services and drives...
ABC 30 News Director is Now Station’s Big Boss
ABC 30 promoted news director Martin Ortiz to president and general manager, the station announced this week. Ortiz served as news director since 2020 at the ABC-owned and operated station. The Central Valley native and Fresno State grad returned to Fresno after working as executive producer for the network-owned KGO-TV...
At Least 75 Sickened as Deadly McDonald’s E. Coli Outbreak Expands
WASHINGTON - A deadly outbreak of E. coli poisoning tied to McDonald's Quarter Pounders has expanded, with at least 75 people sick in 13 states, federal health officials said Friday. Twenty-two people have been hospitalized, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Two people developed a dangerous kidney disease...
Israel Raids a Gaza Hospital and Its Strike on a Home Kills 13 Children
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli strikes on residential areas in southern Gaza killed 38 people on Friday, Palestinian health officials said, including 13 children from the same extended family. In northern Gaza, health officials reported that Israeli forces had raided Kamal Adwan Hospital, one of the few medical facilities...
Harris and Trump Deadlocked to the End, Final Times/Siena National Poll Finds
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are locked in a dead heat for the popular vote, 48% to 48%, the final national poll by The New York Times and Siena College has found, as the vice president struggles for an edge over the former president with an electorate that seems impossibly...
Fresno Leaders Unite to Condemn Kansas Anti-Gay Group Coming to Roosevelt
Fresno leaders and organizations have expressed strong opposition to the upcoming visit of the highly controversial Westboro Baptist Church, which is set to protest in Fresno next week. The Westboro Baptist Church, based in Topeka, Kansas, has scheduled anti-LGBTQ+ protests at two Fresno-area high schools. The “God Hates Fags” protests...
Why Harris (With Beyoncé in Tow) Is Heading to Solidly Red Texas
HOUSTON — Vice President Kamala Harris might have traveled on Friday to Philadelphia or Milwaukee for the umpteenth time, but motivating tuned-out voters in battleground states required something different. So her campaign engineered a trip to Houston — the largest city in Texas, decidedly not a presidential battleground state —...
Grammy-Winning Crooner Jack Jones, Known for ‘The Love Boat’ Theme, Dies at 86
RANCHO MIRAGE — Jack Jones, a Grammy-winning crooner known for "The Love Boat" television show theme song, has died. He was 86. Jones died Wednesday night at a hospital in Rancho Mirage after battling leukemia for more than two years, according to a statement from his manager, Milt Suchin. A...
Merced Police Arrest Suspect in Teen’s Fatal Shooting, Seeking Second Suspect
Merced Police arrested John Flores, 27, on Thursday in connection with the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old boy last month, according to the Merced Police Department. Officers took Flores into custody at a residence near the intersection of La Habra Street and East Mission Avenue after executing a search warrant....
Stock Market Today: Wall Street Rises and Trims Most of the Week’s Losses
NEW YORK — Stocks gained ground on Wall Street Friday as companies continued reporting mostly solid earnings. The S&P 500 rose 0.8% in morning trading Friday. The gains have trimmed most of the indexes losses for the week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 94 points, or 0.4%, to 42,544,...