What happens when you're dealing meth at a Fresno apartment complex, try to flee police on a bicycle, ditch the bike and pull out a gun? If you are 38-year-old Bert Harris, you are shot in the hip by a police officer and, nearly two years later, get 10 years,...
Sacramento to Pay $2.4M to Young Sons of Man Shot by Police
SACRAMENTO — The city of Sacramento will pay $2.4 million to the two sons of an unarmed black man who was fatally shot by police last year, according to court documents. A quarter of the money, plus nearly $14,000 in expenses, will go to attorneys, and the rest into a...
Fresno Deputy Shot in Leg While Responding to Property Dispute
A Fresno County Sheriff's deputy who was responding to a call about two neighbors arguing over a rural property boundary was shot Tuesday in the leg by one of the men. Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims said the suspect is holed up in his home in the foothill community of...
Israeli Troops Accused of Shooting Handcuffed Palestinian
BEIT JALA, West Bank — A hospitalized Palestinian teen said Monday he was shot in his thighs by Israeli soldiers while he was handcuffed and blindfolded — the latest in what a leading rights group portrayed as a series of unjustified shootings of Palestinians by Israeli soldiers. The military said...
It's Not OK to Shoot a Dog and Leave It to Die
Fresno resident Josh Conder was sickened by what he saw Wednesday morning. While driving his truck on the old section of Highway 41 at the San Joaquin River, Conder saw a dog lying on the side of the road. "This being rather unusual I turned around only to find a...
Grammy-Nominated Rapper Nipsey Hussle Shot and Killed
LOS ANGELES — Rapper Nipsey Hussle was fatally shot outside the clothing store he founded to help rebuild his troubled South Los Angeles neighborhood, police said, cutting short a career that earned him a Grammy nomination this year for his major-label debut. He was 33. Police said Hussle was one...
Kids Get Measles Vaccine After County Declares Emergency
NEW CITY, N.Y. — Some parents who had resisted having their children vaccinated reluctantly brought them in for a measles shot Wednesday as a state of emergency took effect in a county in New York City's northern suburbs. Rockland County enacted the emergency order Tuesday night to fight a measles...
One Year Later, Parkland Shooting Disrupts School Life
OKEECHOBEE, Fla. — Some students have difficulty trusting classmates outside their circle. Parents say interactions with school staff are more impersonal. Teachers worry that added security detracts from learning. The Parkland massacre a year ago upended school life across Florida. In the year since a gunman fatally shot 14 students...