NEW YORK -- Two people wearing black are now in police custody after they climbed to the top of the Empire State Building's transmitter on Wednesday. They were holding a pro-peace banner at the very top of the spire. It appeared to read, "When the power of love beats the love of power the world knows peace." Which is a famous quote of the late, Jimi Hendrix. The building spire is 1,454 feet above the ground. At about 1 p.m. EST, the climbers were taken into custody by the New York...

House Agriculture Committee Chairman G. T. Thompson has introduced legislation aimed at expanding the H-2A agricultural guest worker program and addressing long-standing farm labor shortages. Politico reports "The Securing Agriculture's Workforce Act of 2026" would broaden access to H-2A workers while allowing some undocumented agricultural employees in the U.S. to apply for temporary legal status under the program if they meet eligibility requirements. Thompson says the proposal i...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- California bill aimed at preventing registered sex offenders from holding local elected office was halted Tuesday after a Senate committee declined to advance the measure without changes opposed by its author. Assembly Bill 2753, introduced by Assemblywoman Esmeralda Soria in February, would have prohibited anyone who is or has been required to register as a sex offender from running for local elective office. "This issue is critical. We have heard loud and clea...

REEDLEY, Calif. (KFSN) -- A Reedley farmer is being sued for trying to sell his nectarines, so instead, he's giving them away for free. Already this week, thousands of people have shown up to third-generation farmer Cesar Mora's small Reedley orchard bright and early to collect buckets full of free nectarines. It comes after Mora posted several videos on social media, explaining why he's giving away the crop. "These are my white flesh nectarines that I've been growing for the last 10 ye...

Global ocean surface temperatures have reached a new record for June, CNN reported, adding another clear sign of how much heat is being stored in the ...