A bus crashed into six cars on Interstate 95 in Virginia early Friday, killing five people and injuring nearly three dozen others, state police said. The bus was in a southbound lane when its driver failed to slow for traffic as it approached a work zone near Quantico, Virginia, and...
Fed Officials Mull Raising Rates to Curb Growing Inflation Risk
Federal Reserve officials continued on Friday to signal the U.S. central bank may need to raise interest rates in the future if the war in the Middle East leads to a persistent increase in already-high inflation. The potential shift in the monetary policy outlook has even been embraced by Fed...
Fresno Police Arrest Man After Alleged Assault With Firearm
A 25-year-old man was arrested Thursday after police said he was involved in an assault and was found carrying an unserialized handgun. Fresno police officers responded to the 4700 block of East Kings Canyon Road after receiving a report that four individuals were assaulting a man. The victim told officers...
Trump Clears Way for Corporate Tax Dodge Hidden in the Fine Print
A year ago, the Trump administration withdrew from a global effort to curb offshore tax-dodging by multinational companies. That decision has been a huge gift to corporate America, enabling companies to avoid at least $40 billion in income taxes since the beginning of 2025. A New York Times review of...
Stellantis to Recall Over 419,000 US Vehicles Over Improper Side Air Bag Deployment
Chrysler-parent Stellantis is recalling 419,035 vehicles in the U.S. as a software error could delay the side air bags from deploying during a crash, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Friday. This would leave the vehicles non-compliant with U.S. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, NHTSA added. The...
Honda Recalls Nearly 99,000 US Vehicles Over Airbag Issues
Honda Motor is recalling 98,892 vehicles in the United States over a defect involving unintentional deployment of air bags, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said on Friday. Here are a few more details: • The recall includes certain Honda Acura TLX, Accord Hybrid, and 2022 Accord vehicles, the...
ICE Agent Charged in Minnesota Shooting Is Arrested in Texas
MINNEAPOLIS — Law enforcement officials from Minnesota and Texas on Friday arrested an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent accused of shooting a Venezuelan immigrant this year and lying about it. The agent, Christian Castro, 52, was arrested in Texas after investigators from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension tracked him...
Maintenance Train Fire at Penn Station Injures 5 and Disrupts Rail Service
NEW YORK — Rail services were disrupted before the Friday morning commute after a fire broke out overnight on a maintenance train in New York’s Penn Station, injuring five people. By midmorning, Amtrak and NJ Transit service to and from Penn Station in Manhattan remained interrupted. Long Island Rail Road...
Misty Her Went Into a Fresno Unified Classroom. Did She Unlock the Keys to Reading?
Fresno Unified Superintendent Misty Her believes she knows what it takes to get young students reading at grade level. That's because the superintendent has gotten out of the office and into the classroom on Mondays since the start of that school year. Working alongside first-grade teacher Ana Bustos at Mayfair...
UC Profs Says California Students Can’t Do Math. They Want SAT/ACT Back
Saying the "UC's mission is at risk," a letter signed by hundreds of math and science professors and nearly all mathematics chairs at the University of California system calls for SAT and ACT test requirements to be reinstated. They want the test requirements reinstated beginning with the 2027 admissions cycle....
