The California Department of Transportation will conduct guardrail repairs this week, prompting overnight closures on key Fresno roadways. Caltrans said the work is scheduled from 10:30 p.m. Wednesday to 1 a.m. Thursday. During that time, the southbound Highway 41 connector ramp to both eastbound and westbound Highway 180 will be...
What Tucker Carlson Means When He Talks About Israel
Opinion by Peter Beinart on April 28, 2026. THE FAR RIGHT IS CONFLATING ISRAEL WITH JEWISHNESS. Tucker Carlson can read the room. In November 2016, just days after President Trump’s first election victory, he launched a prime-time show on Fox News largely devoted to the proposition that liberal elites were replacing white...
US Soldier Pleads Not Guilty to Charges of Gambling on Maduro Ouster
The U.S. Army soldier charged with winning $400,000 by using confidential information to bet on the removal of ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro pleaded not guilty to fraud charges on Tuesday. Gannon Van Dyke, 38, rose to stand as he entered the plea in U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett's courtroom...
King Charles Promotes US-UK Unity in Speech to Congress Amid Iran Tensions
Britain's King Charles told the U.S. Congress on Tuesday that despite an age of uncertainty and conflict in Europe and the Middle East, the U.K. and the U.S. will always be staunch allies united in defending democracy, at a time of deep divisions between the two long-time allies over the...
House Republican Makes His First Statement About Mysterious Absence
Rep. Thomas Kean Jr., a New Jersey Republican who has not cast a vote in the House in nearly two months, said Monday that he expected to make a full recovery from what he called a “personal medical issue,” but offered no additional details about his health or when he...
Fresno County DUI Crashes Tied to Repeat Offenders, Speeding, Data Shows
Alcohol- and drug-related driving crashes in Fresno County led to 1,751 deaths between 2010 and 2023, with risky driving behavior and nighttime conditions contributing to the toll, according to newly released data by Fresno State and the Central California Public Health Consortium. Among drivers involved in fatal crashes, 44% had...
Bakersfield Man Gets 5 Years for Wire Fraud, Identity Theft Scheme
A Bakersfield man has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for wire fraud and identity theft after using stolen personal information to obtain a car and access victims’ financial accounts, federal prosecutors reported. Kyle Matthew Lisman, 30, was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Jennifer L. Thurston, according...
Discord Goes Down for Thousands of Users, Downdetector Shows
Discord experienced a possible outage Tuesday, with thousands of users reporting issues, according to Downdetector.com. More than 8,500 users had reported problems with the platform as of 12:19 p.m. PT, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collecting status reports from multiple sources. Most users reporting issues say they’re experiencing...
Stephen Colbert Gets Ready to Hang It Up
NEW YORK — Each episode of “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” over the past few weeks has offered a fresh reminder that the final one is rapidly approaching. Oprah Winfrey swung by to tell Colbert that she needed to “say goodbye.” Jake Tapper came armed with a farewell gift....
Appeals Court Rules Against Trump Detention Policy, Creating a Split
The Trump administration’s policy of detaining immigrants who crossed the border illegally years ago and then holding them without a bond hearing was ruled to be unlawful by an appeals court Tuesday. The unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel from the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals creates a split...