The city of Fresno will begin work in 2026 to transform southern Blackstone Avenue. Heading south from Dakota Avenue to Highway 180, City Hall will shrink the vehicle lanes to make room for wider sidewalks and protected bike lanes. Eventually, the city wants to also slow the street down to...
South Korea to Send Plane for Workers Detained in US Raid at Car Battery Plant
SEOUL — South Korea will send a chartered plane to Atlanta as early as Wednesday to bring back workers detained in a huge immigration raid last week on a car battery plant in the U.S. state of Georgia, a Korean Air spokesperson said on Tuesday. President Lee Jae Myung said...
Missouri House Approves Republican-Drawn Congressional Map
Missouri's House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a new congressional map that will likely give Republicans an additional U.S. House seat in next year's midterm elections, expanding President Donald Trump's unprecedented effort to redraw congressional lines in the middle of the decade. The "Missouri First" map, which passed solely with...
Trump Approval Rating at 42%: Weak on Economy, Reuters/Ipsos Poll Shows
Donald Trump's presidential approval rating stood at 42% in recent days, with the president getting higher marks for his handling of crime and immigration versus the economy, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that closed on Tuesday. The five-day poll, which surveyed 1,084 adults nationwide, also showed 56% of respondents disapproved...
MAHA Report on US Children’s Health Targets Food and Drug Marketing
WASHINGTON — The U.S. government will address what it sees as an epidemic of chronic illness among American children, calling for changes such as offering full-fat milk in cafeterias and limiting marketing of food and drugs, the "Make America Healthy Again" Commission said in its second report on Tuesday. The...
US Twelfth-Graders Had Lowest Reading Performance in Three Decades, Report Shows
NEW YORK — Over 30% of U.S. students in their last year of high school lack basic reading skills, the lowest performance in over three decades, according to test results released on Tuesday that the administration of President Donald Trump pointed to as justification for its push to shrink the...
‘The Outsiders’ Cast Returns to Fresno, Where Students Inspired Coppola
Original cast members from “The Outsiders” (1983) are returning to celebrate where the road to making the film began. The stars will be in Fresno for a screening and storytelling event at Fresno High School’s Royce Hall on Saturday. The attending cast members are C. Thomas Howell (Ponyboy), Darren Dalton...
Missed the Ariana Grande Presale? Here’s What Time General Sale Is for Her 2026 Tour
Just two days after major wins at the MTV Video Music Awards, fans of Ariana Grande get to celebrate something else: Presale going live for the “The Eternal Sunshine” tour in 2026. The Grammy-winner and “Wicked” star announced the tour in late August, her first in seven years. The tour,...
Overturned Vehicle Reduces Northbound Highway 41 to Two Lanes at Friant Road
Update on Sept. 9, 2025 at 1:45 p.m. Caltrans reports that all lanes are open. Original story Northbound Highway 41 has been reduced to two lanes at Friant Road following an overturned vehicle, Caltrans reported Tuesday. Traffic is currently backed up to Bullard Avenue, and drivers should expect delays. Officials...
France’s Macron Names Loyalist Lecornu as New Prime Minister
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron named loyalist Sebastien Lecornu, a one-time conservative protégé who rallied behind his 2017 presidential run, as prime minister on Tuesday, defying expectations he might tack towards the left. The choice of Lecornu, 39, indicates Macron's determination to press on with a minority government that...