A labor strike at Boeing showed no signs of ending Friday, as the walkout by 33,000 union machinists entered its eighth day and the company started rolling furloughs of nonunion employees to conserve cash. Federal mediators joined talks between Boeing and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers this...
Lainey Wilson Proves She’s Country’s Queen with High-Energy Fresno Show
Country superstar Lainey Wilson rocked a packed Save Mart Center on Thursday night with a high-energy performance. Rolling through Fresno on her "Country's Cool Again" tour, Wilson delivered a show that lived up to the name. Riding a Wave of Success Wilson has been riding a wave of success since...
2 Black Women Could Make Senate History on Election Day
WASHINGTON — The Senate has the potential for history-making this fall, with not one, but two, Black women possibly elected to the chamber, a situation never seen in America since Congress was created more than 200 years ago. Delaware's Lisa Blunt Rochester marks the milestone by saying that the reason...
Police Arrest 15-Year Old for Making Social Media Threats against DC Schools
WASHINGTON — Police on Friday arrested a 15-year-old boy on charges related to threats on social media that prompted an increased police presence at multiple schools in Washington, D.C. Parents at several different Washington schools were notified Thursday by public school administrators of “threats being made on multiple platforms targeting...
Federal Officials Have Increased Staff in Recent Months at NY Jail Where Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Is Held
NEW YORK — The federal Bureau of Prisons says it has increased staffing in recent months to make up for staggering shortfalls at the troubled New York City jail where Sean "Diddy" Combs is awaiting trial after pleading not guilty Tuesday to sex trafficking charges. The agency's push to fix...
Trump’s Impulse After Robinson Bombshell Report: Ignore, and Power Through
Donald Trump’s advisers knew they had a problem in North Carolina. What they were frantically trying to learn was how big it would be. Word had reached the former president’s high command Thursday that a “bad” story was coming about Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, the Republican running for governor in...
Fresno County Boy Finds Rare Sports Card. Could Be Worth $100K.
A $50 pack of basketball cards may help pay for a Laton boy's college education. Andrew Zonneveld, along with his father, Andy, found a one-of-a-kind basketball card, sent randomly when they ordered a special pack from Topps. One industry expert says that card could be worth six figures and is...
House Backs Measure to Overturn Biden Auto Emissions Rule That Republicans Say Would Force EV Sales
WASHINGTON — The GOP-controlled House approved a resolution Friday that would overturn a new Biden administration rule on automobile emissions that Republicans say would force Americans to buy unaffordable electric vehicles they don't want. The rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency in March would impose the most ambitious standards...
Georgia Attorney General Says Election Board Is Operating Outside Its Authority
The Georgia State Election Board was set to vote Friday on a package of nearly a dozen rules that would change the way elections are conducted amid growing pressure from almost every level of Georgia state government advising the board that it is operating outside of its legal authority. The...
Harris Has a Polling Edge in Wisconsin, but Democrats Don’t Trust It
On paper, Vice President Kamala Harris should be feeling hopeful about Wisconsin. The last 40 public polls included in The New York Times polling average of the vital battleground state show her leading in 28, tied in four and trailing former President Donald Trump in eight. Harris Leads in Wisconsin...