California's dairy industry is facing a rapid spread of H5N1 bird flu, with infected cow herds doubling over the weekend. According to a recent report from Ars Technica, the number of confirmed cases jumped from 17 to 34 between Thursday and Monday. This surge places California second among affected states,...
Clovis Police Arrest Man After Short Pursuit, Recover Stolen Gun and Illegal Drugs
A brief police pursuit in a residential neighborhood Monday morning resulted in the arrest of a man found with a stolen handgun, drugs, and drug paraphernalia, the Clovis Police Department reported in a Monday afternoon social media release. The chase began just before 9 a.m. when an officer on patrol...
US Is Sending More Troops to the Middle East as Violence Rises Between Israel and Hezbollah
WASHINGTON — The U.S. is sending a small number of additional troops to the Middle East in response to a sharp spike in violence between Israel and Hezbollah forces in Lebanon that has raised the risk of a greater regional war, the Pentagon said Monday. Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, Pentagon...
Teachers Union PAC Bankrolling Two Fresno Trustee Candidates’ Campaigns
The Fresno Teachers Association's political action committee is putting big bucks into the campaigns of two challenger candidates looking to upset incumbents who are running for re-election on the Fresno Unified School Board this November. James Martinez, who is running in the Fresno High Region, and Dan Bordona, who is...
Fresno’s Anti-Camping Ordinance Goes into Effect. City Says It Will Prioritize ‘Treatment First’
As the city of Fresno's controversial anti-camping ordinance takes effect Monday, elected leaders introduced a program clarifying that the priority would be "treatment first." Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer said in a news conference Monday that the new Treatment First Program would clear up vagueness about how Fresno police would approach...
Trump Listens During a Farming Event in Rural Pennsylvania, Then Threatens John Deere With Tariffs
SMITHTON, Pa. — Donald Trump sat in a large barn in rural Pennsylvania on Monday, asking questions of farmers and offering jokes, but in a rarity for his campaign events, mostly listening. The bombastic former president was unusually restrained at an event about China's influence on the U.S. economy, a...
State Senator Thwarts GOP Effort to Lock Down All of Nebraska’s Electoral Votes for Trump
A Republican effort to lock down all of Nebraska's electoral votes for former President Donald Trump appeared doomed Monday when a state lawmaker denied backers his crucial support for the move. GOP Sen. Mike McDonnell of Omaha said in a statement that he opposes awarding Nebraska's five electoral votes on...
Gunman Who Killed 10 at a Colorado Supermarket Found Guilty of Murder
BOULDER, Colo. — A mentally ill man who killed 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 was convicted Monday of murder and faces life in prison. Defense attorneys did not dispute that Ahmad Alissa, who has schizophrenia, fatally shot 10 people including a police officer in the college town...
The West Wing Cast Visits the White House for a 25th Anniversary Party
WASHINGTON — With President Joe Biden away from the White House, it was left Friday to another man with Oval Office experience to stand at the front of the Rose Garden and give a rousing call to service. Martin Sheen and others from the cast of "The West Wing," the...
‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Scares off Transformers for Third Week as Box Office No. 1
LOS ANGELES — It's a three-peat for "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice." The Tim Burton legacy sequel to his 1988 horror comedy topped the North American box office charts for the third straight weekend with $26 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. It edged out the animated new release "Transformers:...