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Table of Contents: Masthead StickySummary List Placement Refinancing your mortgage can be a great way to save money and reach other goals. Some of the steps are the same as when you applied for your original mortgage, such as submitting …

The recently refurbished King Arthur Carousel is seen through Sleeping Beauty Castle in Fantasyland. It’s sporting a newly painted canopy, 14k gold leaf accents, and repainted horses at Disneyland in Anaheim, CA, on Friday, April 30, 2021. The resort’s parks …

“‘Emergencies’ have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded — and once they are suspended it is not difficult for anyone who has assumed such emergency powers to see to it that the …

In 2020, election officials tried to make voting easier and safer amid a global pandemic. Next time, they might get fined or face criminal charges. Republicans are creating a new slate of punishments for the county officials who run elections, …

Tawny Kitaen in May 1998. Authorities in Orange County, California say she died at her home in Newport Beach on Friday, May 7, 2021. | Bruce C. Strong/The Orange County Register via AP Tawny Kitaen, who appeared in rock music …

In his cookbook dedicated to dishes that parents can cook with their children (or grandparents with their grandchildren), culinary guru Jacques Pepin explains that this easy-to-make egg dish is neither a classic flan or a traditional souffle. In his “A …

When Arrow Electronics heard from Make-A-Wish about a new technology project in the fall of 2019, the Centennial-based company immediately signed on. The nonprofit had asked Arrow to build a dragon, one that would serve as a pet for 14-year-old …

Bay City News Service SAN ANSELMO — Central Marin police are investigating an incident that occurred at a high school in San Anselmo on Friday. A man approached a 15-year-old student at High School 1327, formerly Sir Francis Drake High …

Are White Americans being discriminated against? Some might be aghast at the idea that one might have such a thought, and, considering the historic discrimination that people of color have endured throughout American history, some might dismiss the thought as …

Summary List Placement White House press secretary Jen Psaki said in an interview released on Thursday that she doesn’t encourage President Joe Biden to field spontaneous questions from journalists who shout during press appearances. In an interview with former White …

A pedestrian in Lakewood was killed overnight in a hit-and-run incident, police said. LPD is investigating an overnight fatal auto-pedestrian crash at W Colfax Ave / Oak St. The adult male pedestrian died on scene and the unknown vehicle fled. …

Registered nurse Seth Christensen fills a syringe with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Mountain America Exposition Center in Sandy on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. | Laura Seitz, Deseret News FDA approval for ages 12 to 15 expected this week …

Less than two weeks after he was activated from the injured list for the first time this season, Athletics’ right-handed pitcher Mike Fiers is headed back to the 10-day IL, this time with a right elbow sprain, the team announced …

Summary List Placement Iterable CEO Justin Zhu was recently fired for “micro-dosing” LSD, a psychedelic drug, to improve his focus, he told Bloomberg last week. Micro-dosing, or taking small amounts of psychedelic substances, has gained popularity in recent years among …

Red Line service was disrupted May 8, 2021, on the North Side. | Sun-Times file photo As a result, Red Line trains are operating only between the 95th/Dan Ryan and Addison stations at this time, according to an alert from …

After a few days with high temperatures in the 70s and 80s along the Front Range, Mother’s Day in Denver will be a breakfast-in-bed type of day where moms can stay toasty warm. On Saturday, Denver’s high temperature will top …

Marian Wygonski | Chicago police Police canceled his missing person alert Saturday morning. Marian Wygonski, an 84-year-old man who was reported missing from Lake View on the North Side, has been found safe, Chicago police said. Police canceled his missing …

Summary List Placement Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed Friday into law a controversial bill that bans K-12 schools from teaching certain lessons about race and gender if they cause “discomfort, guilt, anguish or psychological distress” to students. “Now more than …

Former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally protesting the electoral college certification of Joe Biden as President in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. | Evan Vucci/AP Do the protections carved out for companies when the internet was in its …

Summary List Placement Laura Loomer, a political figure known for making anti-Muslim remarks and spreading conspiracy theories, said she’s been suspended by Clubhouse. According to her account on the free-speech site Telegram, Loomer’s profile on the invitation-only social media app …

Summary List Placement Cathie Wood celebrated the tech-stock slump as a chance to score higher returns. The Ark Invest chief said the sell-off reflected a broadening bull market. Wood disclosed that Archegos Capital’s Bill Hwang funded the launch of her …

Summary List Placement Cathie Wood celebrated the tech-stock slump as a chance to score higher returns. The Ark Invest chief said the sell-off reflected a broadening bull market. Wood disclosed that Archegos Capital’s Bill Hwang funded the launch of her …

Summary List Placement Building a startup is a challenging and uncertain journey, and it takes passionate and determined individuals to take on the mantle of entrepreneurship. As both a serial founder and a venture investor who has partnered with over …

Summary List Placement Hours before Elon Musk’s “Saturday Night Live” hosting debut, a Tesla Cybertruck was spotted driving the streets of New York in the Meatpacking District of Manhattan. The appearance precedes the Tesla CEO’s stint on the show on May …

Summary List Placement There’s concern that children at one migrant shelter in Dallas, Texas, are being inadequately fed, according to The Daily Beast.  Five volunteers told The Daily Beast migrant children held at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in …

The three remaining European Super League rebels stepped up their criticism of UEFA on Saturday, with Barcelona, Real Madrid and Juventus denouncing intolerable threats for their refusal to back down on the prospect of a breakaway competition. The other nine …

5448 Boyd Ave., Oakland; $2,554,500; 4 bedrooms, 2½ bathrooms in 1,955 square feet; built in 1911 on 0.09 acres; two-story Craftsman in Rockridge neighborhood comes with a detached guest cottage; main floor has two bedrooms and a hall bathroom, while …

MONTMELÓ, Spain — Lewis Hamilton won his 100th career pole position after barely edging Max Verstappen to the fastest time in qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix on Saturday. Hamilton pushed his Mercedes to a flying lap of 1 minute, …

Summary List Placement Using marijuana is a fireable offense in President Joe Biden’s White House, but many power players who work a couple of miles away on Capitol Hill can and do get away with it. Most congressional staffers never …

Repeat after me, Dodger fans: Slumps are a part of baseball. Take a deep breath, think good thoughts, and remember how the 2018 Dodgers were 10 games under .500 on May 16 and still got to the World Series. And …

In “The Good Asian,” a nine-part comic book series from writer Pornsak Pichetshote and artist Alexandre Tefenkgi, Edison Hark is a Chinese American detective from Honolulu who has arrived in San Francisco to look for a missing woman. The mystery, …

Summary List Placement The Brent Spence Bridge, which connects Cincinnati and northern Kentucky, has become a flashpoint in the national debate over President Joe Biden’s proposed $2.3 trillion infrastructure bill. For GOP Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, the fate of …

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Dude is gonna make an impact at Welcome back to the Bay Area News Group (Mercury News & East Bay Times) prep roundup. Here’s the best of Friday’s action in boys and girls basketball, baseball and softball: Softball No. 2 St. Francis …

Summary List Placement What does Kim Kardashian West have in common with Marc Andreessen and the brothers who founded Stripe? They’re all connected to the latest herd of unicorn startups. Startups are hitting the $1 billion valuation mark at a …

Summary List Placement Residents of Boca Chica, Texas, a small village that sits just north of the US border with Mexico, say that Elon Musk’s company SpaceX “act like they already own everything” in the area around the site it …

By RAHIM FAIZ and Kathy Gannon, The Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan — A bomb exploded near a school in a majority Shiite district of west Kabul on Saturday, killing at least 25 people, many them young students, Afghan government spokesmen …

We tend to think of orchids as delicate plants that need to be kept indoors because of their fragility. Nothing could be further from the truth. Most orchids suffer when grown indoors and will refuse to flower due to lack …

A woman was shot and killed Friday night in the 3300 block of Sunset Lane, in Antioch, the city’s police department said in a news release. Officers with the Antioch Police Department were called to the scene at about 6:02 …

Even today, I can hear the sound of gold laughing when I think of her. Miss Marjorie of Many Charms, I called her. She wore bingle-bangle-jingle charms ringed around her wrist, 14 karat peeks into the past. I was around …