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By Evens Sanon | Associated PressPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haiti’s online media association said two reporters were killed and several others...

By Jalal Bwaitel | Associated PressBETHLEHEM, West Bank — Bethlehem marked another somber Christmas Eve on Tuesday in the traditional birth...

A fierce and persistent storm 800 miles off the California coast is continuing to churn water to dangerous levels across the Pacific Ocean –...

SANTA CRUZ — Engineers continued to assess the structural integrity of the Santa Cruz Wharf on Tuesday, a day after white-capped waves rippe...

UNION CITY — When she met Roberto Reyes, 15-year-old Jane Doe didn’t have anything in the world but a sidewalk to sleep on and a pet dog she...

HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK, Hawaii (AP) — Lava began bubbling Monday through the crust of one of the world’s most active volcanoes — Ki...

Welcome to an early edition of The Weekender (Pre-kender?). We’re posting today in case you are hunting right now for fun stuff to do over t...

Five skiers were injured when two ski-lift chairs apparently collided at a resort near Lake Tahoe Monday.The lift chairs seemingly collided...

Jeannette Neumann | (TNS) Bloomberg NewsThe Nordstrom family is joining forces with a Mexican retailer to take its namesake department stor...

decided against expanding cities’ ability to limit rent increases. But a state law set to take effect Jan. 1 will give renters facing evicti...

A freaky vampire with an obsession and a sexually repressed CEO finding a spark with a new intern get their their stories told on screen beg...

A major flaw of biopics in general, and music biopics specifically, is the tendency to sand down the rough edges of the person being profile...

The king is not dead, but he is somewhat diminished.ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit, the most influential voice in college football, has experienced...

SACRAMENTO  — A man has been arrested last Friday on suspicion of beheading his 1-year-old son, Northern California authorities said.The Sa...

By Eliyahu Kamisher | BloombergLiberal San Francisco is eyeing at least one patch of common ground with President-elect Donald Trump.Top o...

The rain that began Monday night in the Bay Area is expected to end before noon on Christmas Eve.Related ArticlesWeather |...

A crowded field of political newbies and San Jose ballot regulars have expressed interest in replacing disgraced former District 3 City Coun...

OAKLAND — For Cecilia Schonian, one of the hardest parts of living in her car was simply finding a place to park.She learned to avoid malls...

Many of the problems posed by artificial intelligence are rooted in secrecy around how it works and the data on which it feeds, so letting t...

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Ryan Seacrest, 50; Stephenie Meyer, 51; Ricky Martin, 53; Diedrich Bader, 58.Happy Birthday: Stop settling fo...

Dear Eric: I read the letter from “At a Crossroads,” who felt that she’d been unkind to her husband after his traumatic brain injury. I wond...

DEAR HARRIETTE: I’ve been putting off a big project — the design for our new municipal hall — for weeks, and now the deadline is fast approa...

DEAR ABBY: I have been happily single for most of my life, and I treasure the friendship and company of my women friends.Related Articles...

ALBANY – In one of the most anticipated matchups of the season, Salesian showed why it is the top team in the East Bay. The Richmond school...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – The San Jose Sharks probably couldn’t have asked for much more from 18-year-old centerman Macklin Celebrini in...