Vice President Kamala Harris holds a 4-point lead over former President Donald Trump among likely voters in a new ABC News/Ipsos poll, reported by The Hill. Conducted Oct. 18-22, the survey shows Harris leading Trump 51% to 47%. Among registered voters, her lead narrows to 49% to 47%. This follows...
Prominent Clovis Attorney Denied Bail for Alleged Child Molestations
A prominent Clovis attorney has been in jail since July 25, booked on accusations of molesting four young female relatives. Personal injury lawyer Robert Quinlan Bergstrom has practiced in the Central Valley since 1970. Fresno police arrested him the same day he was booked. Court records show Bergstrom, 82 of...
Trump Team Fears Damage From Racist Rally Remarks
Donald Trump and his allies are full of bravado over his chances of victory in the closing days of the 2024 campaign. But there are signs, publicly and privately, that the former president and his team are worried that their opponents’ descriptions of him as a racist and a fascist...
Fires Set in Drop Boxes Destroy Hundreds of Ballots in Washington, Damage 3 in Oregon
PORTLAND, Ore. — Incendiary devices were set off Monday at two ballot drop boxes — one in Portland and another in nearby Vancouver, Washington — destroying hundreds of ballots in what one official called a “direct attack on democracy” about a week before a heated Election Day. The early morning...
State of the Race: National Polls Tighten With 8 Days to Go
With one week to go until the election, Vice President Kamala Harris’ lead over former President Donald Trump in the national polls is starting to get very slim. Overall, she leads by less than 1 percentage point, according to The New York Times’ polling average. It’s her smallest lead since...
Readers Shared Hacks for Cheaper Teen Car Insurance. Do They Work?
Drivers are getting a bit desperate. In the face of auto insurance price hikes of over 50% in the last three years, it’s tempting to push boundaries when seeking lower annual premiums. Last month, a digital insurance broker named Jerry published survey results showing that 17% of respondents were more...
Tulare Man Arrested in Double Homicide Stabbings Identified
Fabian Rene Gamez, 30, of Tulare, was arrested and booked in connection with a double homicide after allegedly breaking into a home and fatally stabbing two residents, according to the Tulare Police Department. The incident occurred on Thursday, around 3 a.m., when police received a report of a home intruder....
Is Pay Beating Inflation? It’s Complicated.
Have Americans’ paychecks kept up with the cost of living over the past several years? It is a surprisingly difficult question to answer. According to most Americans, the answer is a clear “no.” In polls and interviews before the presidential election, people of virtually all ideologies and income levels say...
North Korea Has Sent About 10,000 Troops to Russia to Fight in Ukraine, Pentagon Says
BRUSSELS — North Korea has sent about 10,000 troops to Russia to train and fight in Ukraine within “the next several weeks,” the Pentagon said Monday, in a move that Western leaders say will intensify the almost three-year war and jolt relations in the Indo-Pacific region. Some of the North...
Jon Stewart Will Remain ‘Daily Show’ Host on Mondays Through 2025
NEW YORK — Jon Stewart isn't done skewering the news — he's signed on to continue hosting "The Daily Show" on Mondays through the end of next year. Paramount announced Monday that Stewart would continue hosting the Comedy Central series once a week, as he's done through much of 2024...