Court restricts who can bring voting rights challenges
By GARY FIELDS, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court panel on Monday ruled that private individuals and organizations cannot bring voting rights cases under a section of…
BBC’s Jeremy Bowen goes onboard a plane dropping aid
The BBC’s international editor Jeremy Bowen boarded a Jordanian military plane dropping humanitarian aid into Gaza. He was told by the Jordanians that Israel did not want our crew to…
The five most expensive homes sold in Saratoga the week of June 23
A house that sold for $5.5 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Saratoga in the past week. In total, five residential real estate…
Gaza experiencing ‘real starvation’, Donald Trump says
David Gritten BBC News, Jerusalem Reuters Tom Fletcher, UN humanitarian chief, said most of the UN’s food lorries were looted by desperately hungry Palestinians after entering Gaza on Sunday There…
Affordable housing upgrade in San Jose advances with construction loan
SAN JOSE — A wide-ranging upgrade is being planned for Paseo Senter, an affordable housing development near downtown, with rehabilitation work expected to be complete by summer 2026, according to…
France and Germany lead downbeat EU response to US trade deal
Leaders from Europe’s two largest economies have led a chorus of gloomy reactions to the trade deal struck between EU chief Ursula von der Leyen and US President Donald Trump.…
Eve Jobs’ wedding guests included Kamala Harris, oligarch’s daughter
The English countryside wedding this past weekend of Steve Jobs’ model daughter Eve Jobs proves that it’s been quite a summer for the global elite to throw big, glitzy weddings…
Trump cites Murdoch’s age to seek swift deposition in Epstein case
President Donald Trump has asked a US court to order a swift deposition of Rupert Murdoch in his lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal, citing the media mogul’s advanced age.…
Grateful Dead celebration, Outside Lands, Zach Bryan in San Francisco
It’s shaping up to be a month like no other for San Francisco’s legendary Golden Gate Park, which officials say will host nearly half a million music lovers over the…
Seventeen killed as gunmen attack bar in Ecuador
A 12-year-old boy was among 17 people killed as gunmen fired into a bar in Ecuador, the latest mass shooting in a country ravaged by drug violence. Ecuador’s attorney general’s…