Two election investigations by Fresno City Attorney Andrew Janz resulted in one letter threatening fines and another finding compliance. Fresno City Attorney Andrew Janz sent a warning letter Tuesday to progressive advocacy group California Working Families Party, giving it 48 hours to file necessary campaigning forms or face a $1,000...
Eleven Feared Dead in Washington State Chemical Vat Rupture, Operation Moves to Recovery Effort
The search for nine people missing after a chemical tank imploded and ruptured a day earlier in Washington state has moved from a rescue to a recovery effort, authorities said on Wednesday, likely bringing the total death toll to 11. Officials had previously confirmed two fatalities. At least eight other...
Fresno Police Drone Helps Track Suspect in Restraining Order Case After Scooter Chase
Fresno police say a suspect was arrested after a drone helped officers track him as he allegedly violated a restraining order and attempted to flee on an e-scooter and then on foot. According to a Fresno Police Department social media post, on Tuesday, officers responded to a report involving a...
Man Charged With Hate-Crime Killing of Gay Dancer Claims Self-Defense
NEW YORK — When a 17-year-old youth fatally stabbed a gay Black dancer outside a gas station in Brooklyn in July 2023, the police and prosecutors said he was motivated by hate. The dancer, O’Shae Sibley, 28, was out with four friends late that night, blasting Beyoncé as they filled...
Trump Says He Can Outwait Iran, Dismisses Midterm Election Pressure
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he was unconcerned about the political fallout of an extended conflict with Iran, and that Iranian leaders had miscalculated if they thought the November midterm elections would force him into a deal. "They thought they were going to outwait me," Trump said at a...
Fresno Police Arrest Man on Multiple Felony Sex Crime Charges Involving Minor
A 29-year-old man was arrested Tuesday in Fresno on multiple felony sex crime charges involving a minor, according to police arrest records. Nellinger Lopez Martinez was arrested at 1:21 a.m. Tuesday and booked into the Fresno County Jail at 7:47 a.m., jail records show. According to police, the charges included...
Teachers Union Urges Schools to Curb AI Chatbots, Screen Time
Warning that young people “are drowning in tech,” Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, called on schools on Wednesday to stop giving digital devices such as iPads to children in prekindergarten through second grade. In a speech at the National Press Club in Washington, Weingarten also...
Cornyn Crushed: 7 Takeaways From Tuesday’s Runoffs in Texas
Ken Paxton, the Trump-endorsed and MAGA-backed insurgent, ousted Sen. John Cornyn in a runoff Tuesday, becoming the second primary challenger to knock out an incumbent Republican senator in less than two weeks in a raw display of President Donald Trump’s powerful hold on the party base. The contest was the...
Oil Settles 5% Lower as Investors Await Updates on US-Iran Peace Deal Talks
Oil prices settled 5% lower on Wednesday as investors awaited updates on a framework of a deal between the United States and Iran on ending their conflict and reopening the Strait of Hormuz. Brent crude futures settled $5.29, or 5.31%, at $94.29 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude...
Matthew Perry’s Assistant Sentenced to 41 Months in Prison
The personal assistant who injected "Friends" star Matthew Perry with a fatal dose of the hallucinogenic drug ketamine was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison on Wednesday, bringing to a close the prosecution of five people who admitted to playing roles in the actor's death. Judge Sherilyn Garnett delivered...