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Passengers queue before departing Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Austin, Texas, Oct. 4, 2023. Airlines have a long history of looking for ways to reduce the weight of their aircraft. (Carter Johnston/The New York Times)

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Weight-Loss Drugs Could Save US Airlines $580 Million Per Year

Elon Musk at an event at the Kennedy Center in Washington, Nov. 19, 2025. Musk has donated $10 million to help a Republican businessman in the party’s primary race to succeed Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), in a sign that Musk, the world’s richest person, may be looking to play an influential role in the midterm elections. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times)

17 minutes ago

Elon Musk, With a $10 Million Donation, Signals He’s Back for the Midterms

Minecraft had thousands reporting issues with the game on Monday, Jan. 19, 2026. (Shutterstock)

56 minutes ago

Minecraft Down for Thousands of Users, Downdetector Shows

Latin music star Peso Pluma is bringing his DINASTÍA by Peso Pluma & Friends Tour to 30 U.S. cities, including Fresno’s Save Mart Center on March 10, 2026. (Shutterstock)

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Peso Pluma Announces Dinastía Tour with Fresno Stop

A guard and prisoners at El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), where the Trump administration sent about 300 Venezuelans in the U.S. that they accused of being gang members, in Tecoluca, El Salvador, March 11, 2025. The 13-minute segment about Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration that had been pulled at the last minute by CBS News’s editor in chief, Bari Weiss, finally aired on Sunday’s episode of “60 Minutes” without any changes to the version that the correspondent, Sharyn Alfonsi, originally finished last month. (Fred Ramos/The New York Times)

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One Month Later, CBS Airs Postponed ‘60 Minutes’ Report With Few Changes

Image of the Fresno State sign

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CSU Finds Nonprofit Controlling Fresno State Funds at Risk of Fraud

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