Trump says Ukraine should not target Moscow
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Ukraine should not target Moscow with strikes, after the Financial Times reported that Trump on 4 July had privately encouraged Ukraine to escalate…
A Culinary Rummage Sale with historical treasures in San Francisco
Is your kitchen looking barren? Could it be spruced up by adding, say, a vintage Art Deco beehive blender or silver spoons from San Francisco’s 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition? Then…
Severance leads nominations followed by The Penguin and The White Lotus
Getty Images Quinta Brunson plays Philadelphia teacher Janine Teagues in the show Abbott Elementary Severance, The Penguin, and The White Lotus lead the nominations for this year’s Emmy TV awards.…
Joe Thornton added to San Jose Sharks’ hockey operations staff
SAN JOSE — San Jose Sharks icon Joe Thornton now has an official title with the team he starred on for 15 seasons. The Sharks announced on Tuesday that Thornton,…
Ex-Nigeria president’s political life in pictures
Wedaeli Chibelushi BBC News AFP via Getty Images Muhammadu Buhari’s life tracked the dramatic changes in politics in Nigeria over the last five decades – and he was often at…
Inflation in Bay Area barely budges higher as June prices are subdued
Inflation in the Bay Area barely budged in June, in a sign consumer prices are rising at a sedate pace, partly because gasoline prices have plunged in the region, a…
Israeli strikes kill 12 in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, governor says
At least 12 people have been killed in Israeli air strikes in Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa Valley, a regional governor says. Seven Syrians, including a family of five, and three Lebanese…
Tesla goes to trial over fatal autopilot crash – The Mercury News
By Madlin Mekelburg, Bloomberg Tesla Inc. is on trial over claims that the company is partly to blame for a fatal 2019 crash in Florida that occurred when the Autopilot…
Fourteen people arrested following anti-migrant riots in southern Spain
Getty Images The town of Torre Pacheco in southern Spain has seen several nights of unrest A total of 14 people have been arrested and extra police have been deployed…
Martin Cruz Smith, ‘Gorky Park’ author, dies in Bay Area home – The Mercury News
By Hillel Italie, Associated Press Martin Cruz Smith, the best-selling mystery novelist who engaged readers for decades with “Gorky Park” and other thrillers featuring Moscow investigator Arkady Renko, has died…