High-profile San Jose building next to housing project site is bought
SAN JOSE — Westbank bought an office building and adjacent parking lot at 255 West Julian St. in downtown San Jose, according to documents filed on Aug. 1 with the…
Irish missionary among nine kidnapped from Haiti orphanage
Nine people, including an Irish missionary and a three-year-old child, were kidnapped from an orphanage near Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince on Sunday, officials have said. Gena Heraty, the facility’s director, was…
Valkyries kept WNBA playoff hopes alive with successful road trip
Somehow, some way, the Golden State Valkyries emerged from their five-game road trip with a winning record. Playing with just nine players on most nights and without All-Star forward Kayla…
Rapper Soulja Boy arrested on suspicion of weapons charges in LA
US rapper Soulja Boy was arrested on suspicion of weapons charges in Los Angeles early Sunday morning, according to US reports. The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) confirmed to CBS…
California ranks No. 1 for unemployment. Again. – The Mercury News
California has returned to the top of the national unemployment rankings for the first time in nearly four years. California’s 5.4% rate for June tied Nevada with the No. 1…
South African farmer accused of feeding women to pigs faces trial
A white South African farmer and his two employees accused of shooting dead two black women and feeding their bodies to pigs have gone on trial for their murders. Maria…
Soulja Boy arrested in on suspicion of weapons charge during California traffic stop – The Mercury News
By ITZEL LUNA, Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Soulja Boy was arrested early Sunday following a traffic stop on suspicion of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.…
‘Cat-sized’ rat found in Teesside town puts focus on pest control cuts | Local government
Cuts to council pest control services are being blamed for a town’s rodent problem, which includes the discovery of a supersize rat said to be 22in (56cm) from nose to…
AT&T, ordered to keep providing land-line service, takes fight to California legislature
Telecommunications giant AT&T, stymied last year by regulators in its bid to drop land-line service to California customers, is taking its battle to the state Legislature. And so far, the…
UK politics live: Farage announces defection of Leicestershire’s police and crime commissioner from Tories to Reform UK | Politics
Farage announces defection of Leicestershire’s police and crime commissioner from Tories to Reform UK Nigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, introduces a defector. It is Rupert Matthews, the police and…