High school football 2025 preview: DAL Valley Division
As part of our high school football content to get you ready for the 2025 season, we are rolling out previews of all leagues in our coverage area. Today’s focus:…
Flash floods kill more than 160 in Pakistan
At least 164 people have died in the last 24 hours in heavy monsoon floods and landslides in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Most of the deaths, 150, were recorded by…
Bay Area native soars as ruthless tycoon in HBO series – The Mercury News
Carrie Coon and Morgan Spector in a scene from “The Gilded Age.” (HBO Max via AP) Actor Morgan Spector stars in “The Gilded Age.” (Photo by Michael Tran/AFP via Getty…
Iceland offering £1 reward scheme for customers who report a shoplifter | Supermarkets
The grocery chain Iceland is offering customers who point out a thief a £1 reward on their loyalty card. The frozen food specialist said that anyone who spots a suspected…
Playing fireman, Trump has increased California’s fire risk
Many politicians love to play fireman, often visiting disaster scenes and advising real firefighters on how they can do things better. No politico does this more than President Trump, who…
Preparations under way for Donald Trump to meet Vladimir Putin to discuss war in Ukraine – Europe live | Donald Trump
Morning opening: Welcome to Anchorage, AK Jakub Krupa The eyes of the world are on Anchorage, Alaska, where the US president, Donald Trump, will meet with the Russian president, Vladimir…
California startup uses students to make change in schools
As school districts across the Bay Area and California struggle with ballooning budget deficits, declining enrollment and lagging math and reading scores, one California startup says they have the key…
Global plastic talks collapse as countries remain deeply divided
Esme Stallard and Mark Poynting BBC News Climate and Science James Wakibia/Getty Images Global talks to develop a landmark treaty to end plastic pollution have once again failed. The UN…
Welcome to American politics without norms
President Donald Trump wants new congressional maps in Texas — now. Not in the next decade. Not after the next census. Not when it’s traditionally done. He wants it done…
Afghan whose details were in UK data breach at risk from Taliban if deported, son tells BBC
An Afghan man, whose details were accidentally leaked by the UK in a major data breach, has been detained in Pakistan for imminent deportation alongside several family members, his son…