American Airlines said on Friday that it was not interested in a merger with United Airlines and had not held any such talks, diminishing prospects of an industry-reshaping deal that would face tough regulatory scrutiny. A combination of two of the largest U.S. network carriers would mark the biggest consolidation...
Musk Backs ‘Universal High Income’ as Best Way to Counter AI Layoffs
Elon Musk, the world's richest person, is dominating the news cycle again with his social media post backing "universal high income." The force behind Starlink, SpaceX, and Tesla said on X that universal high income checks "issued by the Federal government is the best way to deal with unemployment caused...
Transfer Hearing for Alleged Getaway Driver in Caleb Quick Case Extended to Mid-May
A transfer hearing for the alleged getaway driver in the killing of Caleb Quick stretched into a fourth day Friday, with proceedings expected to continue into mid-May. Court began at 1:30 p.m. Friday, where prosecutors and defense attorneys continued debating whether the minor should remain in the juvenile system or...
Fresno Judge Denies Eviction Bid at Granite Park, Setting Up Trial
The city of Fresno is headed for a legal showdown to evict the operator of the city-owned Granite Park Sports Complex. Fresno County Superior Court Judge Maria G. Diaz on Friday denied the city's motion for summary judgment. She ruled there are too many disputed facts between the city and...
X Down for Thousands of Users Friday, Downdetector Reports
X, formerly Twitter, experienced a possible outage Friday, with thousands of users reporting issues, according to Downdetector.com. More than 21,000 users had reported problems with the platform as of 2:10 p.m. PT, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collecting status reports from multiple sources. Most users reporting problems to...
Meta Targets May 20 for First Wave of Layoffs, More Cuts Later
Meta intends to conduct a first wave of sweeping layoffs planned for this year on May 20, with more coming later, three sources familiar with the plans told Reuters. The Facebook and Instagram owner will lay off about 10% of its global workforce, or close to 8,000 employees, in that...
Tulare County Authorities Investigate Body Found in Earlimart
The Tulare County Sheriff's Office is investigating a man found dead in Earlimart, the agency said in a statement. Deputies were called to the area of Avenue 56 and Highway 99 on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. When deputies arrived, they found a man dead with a cause of death that...
2,500 Volunteers Can’t Wait to Make Fresno Sparkle on Saturday
Everywhere you look Saturday morning, you're bound to see Fresno residents cleaning up their city. That's because Beautify Fresno's annual spring-cleaning blitz will encompass 25 individual cleanup and beautification projects across the city. And when the dirty work is done and the work gloves are put away, there will be...
RFK Backtracks, Says Measles Vaccine Is Safe and Effective ‘for Most People’
In a sharp break with his past rhetoric, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. offered a qualified embrace of the measles vaccine Thursday, as President Donald Trump named a new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention whose views on vaccination are more conventional than Kennedy’s. In back-to-back...
How Trump’s Giant Arch Would Compare to Others Across the World
The federal Commission of Fine Arts on Thursday preliminarily approved plans for a hulking 250-foot “triumphal arch” to celebrate America’s 250th birthday, one of several construction projects President Donald Trump has conjured up in an effort to leave his aesthetic mark on Washington. Despite the preliminary approval, the panel’s vice...