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By Bianca Vazquez Toness | Associated Press ATLANTA — Four months after The Associated Press wrote about an Atlanta family struggling to enroll in school, all of the children — in a complete turnaround — returned to class last month. …

By Karen Matthews and Steve LeBlanc | Associated Press NEW YORK — Pro-Palestinian protesters that had been blocked by police from accessing an encampment at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Monday broke through fencing, linked arms and encircled tents …

OAKLAND — A Martinez resident has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for possessing images of child sexual abuse and coercion of teen girls, one of whom overdosed from fentanyl she allegedly got from the defendant, court records …

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has shaved more than four months off her prison sentence, according to  the U.S. Bureau of Prisons. Holmes, 40, was sentenced to 11 years and three months for defrauding investors in her now-defunct Palo Alto blood-testing …

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. CalPERS’ responsibility is also to taxpayers Re: “Pension investments in fossil fuels are not only futile, but dangerous” (Page A6, May 2). Once again, the …

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. DA Price recall is misguided, premature The effort to recall District Attorney Pamela Price is misguided and premature at best, and racist and undemocratic at …

A new report offers the not-very-surprising news that Ivanka Trump is “warming” to the idea of helping her criminally-charged father campaign for president in the coming months, and she may even consider accepting another job in his administration if he …

PHILADELPHIA — Everything about Mason Black’s major-league debut was, as the 24-year-old right-hander put it a day earlier, “storybook.” Everything, that is, except for the final score. Phillies 6, Giants 1. Sweep, complete. In the ballpark where he grew up …

It wasn’t just your imagination. It rained a lot this past weekend in the Bay Area for this time of year. An awful lot. Soaked by an unusually strong storm, San Jose recorded its wettest day Saturday of any day …

By Brian Melley | Associated Press LONDON — Actor Bernard Hill, who delivered a rousing cry before leading his people into battle in “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” and went down with the ship as …

As the number of completed federal financial aid applications remains at a record low, the U.S. Department of Education has launched a $50 million grant program to encourage more students to complete their problem-plagued forms. “We are determined to close the …

ANTIOCH — Authorities on Monday issued a lockdown to a neighborhood as they pursued a suspect. Related Articles Crime and Public Safety | Four men plead no contest in gang shooting case that illuminated Antioch police officers’ racist text messages …

After 82 regular season games and more than 4,000 minutes on the ice, it seems reductive to say that the San Jose Sharks’ 2023-24 season rides on Tuesday’s NHL Draft Lottery. But, well, it does. The Sharks might be in …

Apparently, it rained in the Bay Area on Saturday. But that would have been news to hundreds of “Star Wars” fans — including me and my 12-year-old son, Alex — who spent all night Friday and most of Saturday inside …

A woman died May 2 from injuries after a two-car collision last month, San Jose police said in a news release Monday. Related Articles Crashes and Disasters | Scooter rider dies after being struck by two drivers in San Jose …

A man who was knocked off his electric scooter by one driver, then struck by another driver in an April 30 crash in San Jose died of his injuries on Thursday, officials said. The crash happened about 1:38 p.m. near …

By David Bauer | Associated Press NEW YORK — The Associated Press won a Pulitzer Prize in feature photography Monday for its coverage of the global migration crisis centered on the U.S.-Mexico border, while The New York Times and the …

SAN JOSE – Maybe the San Jose Sharks — and their fans — have to be ready for a little bit of a letdown when it comes to the NHL draft lottery. The Sharks have never drafted first overall in …

Four men pleaded no contest Monday in a sweeping gang shooting case that illuminated reams of racist text messages shared between dozens of Antioch police officers. Terryon Pugh, Eric Windom, Keyshawn McGee and Trent Allen all pleaded no contest Monday …

SAN FRANCISCO — Ohemaa Nyanin sat on the dais besides Warriors owner Joe Lacob, her family in the front row, her friends and colleagues peppered throughout Chase Center’s interview room. As Nyanin began to make her opening statement, she paused …

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SAN JOSE — Attempted murder charges have been filed against a man who police say wounded two officers in a close-quarters shootout at a South San Jose hotel then tried to escape by leaping out of a third-story window, court …

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PHILADELPHIA — What doesn’t show up on the back of Pat Burrell’s baseball card are the stretches, sometimes lasting a month or more, where he didn’t look like the slugger with four seasons of 30 or more home runs, two …

The latest man who’s been swept up in the chaos that seems to regularly surround Britney Spears’ is Paul Soliz Jr., her 37-year-old handyman and possible lover. But a new report shows that Soliz, identified as a participant in Spears’ …

SCOTTSDALE — Big Ten football has a math problem to resolve before it becomes a math calamity: How do you break ties in a league with 18 teams, no divisions and eight conference misses? “We have to reinvent what we …

PHILADELPHIA — Ahead of Mason Black’s major-league debut Monday afternoon, the Giants needed to create space for the 24-year-old right-hander on the 40-man roster. Choosing to designate Daulton Jefferies for assignment, rather than transfer Tom Murphy to the 60-day injured …

BRENTWOOD — Authorities on Monday publicly identified a motorcyclist who died last month in a crash that also injured his passenger. Related Articles Crashes and Disasters | Two men die in Oakland traffic collisions; person detained in one death Crashes …

Riders traveling between Union City and Warm Springs/South Fremont stations on BART’s Green Line will be taking buses instead of trains this weekend as workers maintain the throughways, according to a BART press release. Related Articles Transportation | San Jose …

With 280 judges and more than 9,000 beers, this year’s World Beer Cup, which concluded at a Las Vegas ceremony April 24, was a fierce competition. When the suds subsided, several Bay Area breweries, including 21st Amendment and Faction Brewing, …

So many acts are claiming the yacht rock badge of honor in 2024, as fans of all ages embrace (or re-embrace) those pristine soft rock hits of yesteryear through Sirius/XM and other decidedly modern avenues. For Bay Area band Pablo …

An apartment fire Sunday morning on the 2600 block of Fayette Drive in Mountain View left nine residents displaced, authorities said. The Mountain View Fire Department responds to a fire on the third floor of an apartment building on Sunday. …

Luke Combs released his debut album, “This One’s for You,” in 2017. And ever since then this country music artist’s career has been absolutely skyrocketing. He now ranks as one of the top artists not only in the country genre …

FREMONT — An East Coast investment group has widened its shopping spree for Bay Area commercial real estate by grabbing some big properties in Alameda County for well over $100 million. The buying group paid $133 million for multiple buildings …

OAKLAND — A 17-year-old boy was shot numerous times and a man was also wounded in Sunday night shootings that happened a few blocks apart on International Boulevard in East Oakland, authorities said. Both victims were in stable condition Monday. Investigators …

If the cost of living in the Bay Area has made travel too expensive, Matthew Dodder has another idea for how to experience the sights and sounds of faraway places: bird-watching. “You’re basically seeing the world in motion,” said Dodder, the …

Walk into a nondescript building in Alameda – which happens to have once been the first telephone exchange on the island, circa 1900 – and you’ll find yourself plunged into an electronic wonderland of Inspector Gadget-type widgets and gizmos. Vacuum …

From tickets deals to splash zones, vampire flicks and retro wonders, California theme parks are rolling out the sparkly welcome this summer, wooing vacationers and locals alike with flashy roller coasters, glitzy thrill rides and special events large and small. …

For the three-hour live Netflix comedy roast of Tom Brady Sunday night, Ben Affleck made a surprise appearance near the end of the show to join other A-listers in hurling zingers at the retired football legend. But Affleck ended up …

OAKLAND — Two men were killed in Oakland traffic collisions Sunday night and Monday morning, and a person was detained in one of the deaths, authorities said. Related Articles Crashes and Disasters | One killed in Highway 101 crash in …