Five things to catch my eye in 49ers’ preseason win at Vegas
LAS VEGAS — Jake Moody’s heroic finish Saturday, with a game-winning 59-yard field goal, might be just the star turn that recharges his 49ers career. Money Moody paid off, this…
More than 200 missing in one district, official says
More than 200 people remain missing in one district of north-west Pakistan as a result of devastating monsoon flooding and landslides, an official has said. Flash floods have killed more…
Austin Butler, be wild, open and free – The Mercury News
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Austin Butler, 34; Tammy Townsend, 55; Donnie Wahlberg, 56; Robert De Niro, 82. Happy Birthday: Be wild, open and free. Participate in events that are…
Once home to a cult, the Chilean tourist village haunted by torture and child abuse
Grace Livingstone Villa Baviera, Chile Grace Livingstone The village is in Chile but its architecture is Bavarian in style With sloping red-tiled roofs, trimmed lawns and a shop selling home-baked…
August 17, Georgia mob lynches Jewish businessman
Today is Sunday, Aug. 17, the 229th day of 2025. There are 136 days left in the year. Today in history: On August 17, 1915, a mob in Cobb County,…
Donald Trump posted a pic of me by my tent. Then a bulldozer arrived
Jake Horton BBC Verify in Washington DC BBC US President Donald Trump was riding along in his motorcade through Washington DC last Sunday on the way to his golf club…
I was alone in my sister’s house and didn’t know I was on camera
DEAR ABBY: I am a 67-year-old man who has two sisters. Recently, I was by myself at the house of my younger sister, “Mitzi,” installing some blinds. While there, I…
Protesters target Serbian ruling party offices in demonstrations
Protesters smashed the windows of offices belonging to the ruling Serbian Progressive Party, on the fifth consecutive night of unrest across Serbia. Serbian President Aleksander Vučić has warned that protesters…
49ers Studs and Duds — Purdy shows poise vs. Raiders, key draft pick confuses
There was a semblance of high-level football on display Saturday in Las Vegas, as the 49ers’ first team (down a good number of first-team players) took the field for the…
Palestinians flee IDF attacks as Israelis protest occupation plan
Thousands of residents have fled Gaza City’s southern Zeitoun neighbourhood, where days of continuous Israeli bombardment have created a “catastrophic” situation, the city’s Hamas-run municipality has told the BBC. At…