The Fresno Bee reports: Fresno’s loss to an online phishing scam totaled more than $600,000, was part of a larger scheme targeting multiple municipalities nationwide and the FBI has identified an American suspect, Mayor Jerry Dyer announced in a news conference at City Hall. Some details Dyer reported differed from information he shared the day prior. Dyer said he spoke …

The right wing Washington Examiner reports: Rep. Madison Cawthorn is stumbling at home and abroad as his bid to play Republican kingmaker falls flat with voters and alienates colleagues. “His antics are wearing thin with his colleagues and with Republican voters,” a senior North Carolina Republican said. Among them are ninth-term Rep. Virginia Foxx, the top Republican on the House …

CNBC reports: Pfizer plans to submit data to the Food and Drug Administration for a fourth Covid shot soon, and it’s working on a vaccine that protects against all coronavirus variants, CEO Albert Bourla told CNBC. “I think we’re going to submit to FDA a significant progress of data about the need for a fourth dose, and they need to …

Deadline reports: KTLA reporter Gene Kang was doing a live standup on a prior hit-and-run collision at 84th and Hoover Street in Los Angeles when another incident was captured for the home audience as it happened. Kang was on camera Thursday talking about how dangerous the intersection was when two cars collided directly behind him. The crew filming Kang immediately …

Mediaite reports: Viewers of CNN and MSNBC were less likely to say they’ve contracted Covid than people who mainly rely on Fox News and conservative media for information, according to a new poll. The survey tracked respondents “who either tested positive for COVID-19 or report that they had COVID-19 without officially testing positive” by their “main news source.” Only 28 …

The Associated Press reports: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has prompted some of America’s most prominent evangelical leaders to raise a provocative question — asking if the world is now in the biblically prophesied “end of days” that might culminate with the apocalypse and the second coming of Christ. Megachurch pastor Robert Jeffress, addressing his congregation at First Baptist Dallas, said …

Posted today to Franklin Graham’s Facebook page: Thank you for your bold stand Governor Ron DeSantis! Disney isn’t happy that the Florida Senate passed the PARENTAL RIGHTS IN EDUCATION BILL which bans the discussion of sexual orientation or gender identity in schools for children from kindergarten to 3rd grade. Disney’s CEO contacted Gov. DeSantis to let him know of their …

Reuters reports: Italian police have seized a superyacht owned by Russian billionaire Andrey Igorevich Melnichenko, the prime minister’s office said on Saturday, a few days after the businessman was placed on an EU sanctions list following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The 143-metre (470-foot) Sailing Yacht A, which has a price tag of 530 million euros ($578 million), has been sequestered …

Law & Crime reports: An actor and photographer from Florida who recorded himself yelling “Hey Nancy, go f**k yourself!” from a media tower outside the Capitol on Jan. 6 has been sentenced to two years of probation. Michael Aaron Carico, 33, had climbed up the tower and recorded himself singing the national anthem before shouting the obscenity about Nancy Pelosi. …

Florida Politics reports: The House voted against the decriminalization of fentanyl test strips in Florida on Friday, angering some lawmakers in the closing hours of the 2022 Legislative Session. Brandon Democratic Rep. Andrew Learned urged House colleagues to decriminalize the strips, alongside other Democratic lawmakers on the House floor. “This is a product that doesn’t cause harm in any way,” …

The Associated Press reports: The State Department says it’s paying more than $2 million per month to provide 24-hour security to former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and a former top aide, both of whom face “serious and credible” threats from Iran. The department told Congress in a report that the cost of protecting Pompeo and former Iran envoy Brian …

The Times Of San Diego reports: Retired Gen. Michael Flynn was gifted a shiny white surfboard with a “HIS GLORY” logo. Eric Trump was given a huge painting of his father, Donald Trump, seated with a large Q above his left shoulder. As featured speakers Friday at the ReAwaken America Tour, the 63-year-old Flynn and 38-year-old Trump gave their Democrat-bashing …

NBC News reports: Negotiations between the Florida Senate and House of Representatives, both controlled by Republicans, broke down, with the two sides unable to agree on a bill that would require inspections of aging condo buildings and mandate that condo boards conduct studies to determine how much they need to set aside for repairs. The talks were undone by a …

The New York Times reports: American officials are examining the ownership of a $700 million superyacht currently in a dry dock at an Italian seacoast town, and believe it could be associated with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, according to multiple people briefed on the information. United States intelligence agencies have made no final conclusions about the ownership of …

The Jerusalem Post reports: Prime Minister Naftali Bennett told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that he recommends Ukraine take the offer made by Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war – which includes many Ukrainian sacrifices – in a phone call on Tuesday, according to an official in Ukraine’s government. According to the official, Zelensky did not take Bennett’s advice. …

Axios reports: Retiring Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said Friday that his “biggest regret” during his time in Congress was voting against the first impeachment of former President Trump. Trump was impeached and later acquitted on two articles — abuse of power and obstruction of Congress — related to a phone call in which he pressed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to …

“We’re right, right fresh in the midst — which everyone seems to have forgotten about — of a pandemic that wasn’t really a pandemic. “That, if you go back to the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Fauci knew years ago that ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine, and all these things, you know, would treat COVID. “And yet, they withheld these treatments. We know …

Florida Politics reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed Esther Byrd to the state’s Board of Education, a move that will almost certainly serve to further politicize that appointed panel. Byrd is the wife of Rep. Cord Byrd of Neptune Beach. Rep. Byrd, the incumbent in the current HD 11, is one of the House Republicans who sided with the Governor by …

The Daily Kos reports: In the video, Cawthorn makes the partisan hack joke that Nancy Pelosi only has rules for others, and not for herself (likely something connected to the MAGA-bugaboo of mask mandates). He then jokes, “I’ll tell you, I have to work with her every day so please do pray for me.” He gets a light spatter of …

The Washington Post reports: All 133 Virginia public school division superintendents have urged Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) to scrap the “tip line” set up to let parents complain about teachers and principals and have asked him to stop his campaign against the teaching of “divisive” content in schools. The superintendents voiced their concerns in a letter Thursday to Jillian Balow, …