The Fresno Unified Board of Trustees appointed an additional member to the Fresno City Council School Liaison Subcommittee last week, causing two board members to raise concerns regarding potential conflicts of interest. The city is reviving the rarely convened subcommittee, intending to meet more frequently. Fresno Unified, the largest local...
Know a Victim of Real Estate Fraud? Fresno County DA Has Investigation Team
Fresno County residents may not know it, but there's an investigative team dedicated to prosecuting real estate fraud, and on Tuesday, the district attorney's office will present what they've done this past year. From July 1, 2024 to June 30, community members, business owners, and agencies sent the district attorney's...
Trump’s Domestic Deployments Are Dangerous. For the Military
One of my life’s greatest regrets is that I didn’t join the Army sooner. I was commissioned at age 37, late for the military, and I didn’t exactly impress my officer basic course instructors with my physical prowess. But I made it through, and I spent eight years in the...
‘Friends’ Star Matthew Perry’s Drug Dealer to Plead Guilty in Overdose Death
A California woman known as the "ketamine queen" has agreed to plead guilty to charges that she supplied the dose of the prescription anesthetic that killed "Friends" star Matthew Perry, prosecutors said on Monday. Jasveen Sangha, who had been scheduled to go on trial in September, will plead guilty to...
MSNBC Will Become MS NOW, Lose Peacock Logo Before Comcast Spinoff
Cable news channel MSNBC will rebrand as My Source News Opinion World, or MS NOW, according to internal memos seen by Reuters on Monday, as parent Comcast presses ahead with the planned separation of many NBCUniversal cable networks later this year. Comcast plans to spin off its cable channels, such...
Trump Says He Expects Putin to Release Ukrainian Prisoners
President Donald Trump on Monday said he expected Russian President Vladimir Putin to release over 1,000 Ukrainian prisoners soon after a trilateral meeting was set up with Ukrainian leader Voldymyr Zelenskiy. "I think you'll see that President Putin really would like to do something also," Trump said at the start...
Trump Administration Revoked More Than 6,000 Student Visas, State Dept Says
The administration of President Donald Trump has revoked more than 6,000 student visas for overstays and breaking the law, including a small minority for "support for terrorism," a State Department official said on Monday. The move, first reported by Fox Digital, comes as the Trump administration has adopted a particularly...
Poll: Fewer Americans Satisfied With Treatment of Immigrants, Minority Groups
Less than half of Americans are satisfied with the way immigrants and Black, Jewish, Arab and Hispanic people are treated in the United States, according to a new Gallup poll. The survey, conducted June 2-26, found that 42% of Americans are satisfied with the treatment of Jewish people, down from...
Trump Administration in Talks to Take 10% Stake in Intel, Bloomberg News Reports
The Trump administration is in talks to take a 10% stake in Intel by converting some or all of the struggling company's Chips Act grants into equity, Bloomberg News reported, citing a White House official and other people familiar with the matter. Shares of Intel fell about 3% on Monday,...
Trump Eyes Reclassification to Make Cannabis Easier to Buy and Sell
At a $1 million-a-plate fundraiser at his New Jersey golf club, President Donald Trump hinted he might reclassify marijuana, moving it from Schedule I to Schedule III, Fox Business reported. Trulieve CEO Kim Rivers, urged the change to expand medical research and boost the industry. Schedule I drugs include heroin,...