Rough winter It’s been a tough winter for Californians, but here’s a story of one of the worst. The families of brothers George and Jacob Donner and businessman James Reed left Springfield, Missouri, on April 14, 1846. It was two years…
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BEIJING - China on Friday dismissed a U.S. House of Representatives resolution condemning China over a suspected Chinese spy balloon shot down above U.S. waters as "purely political manipulation and hyping…
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PITTSBURG — A bomb threat Thursday forced the evacuation of classes at Pittsburg High and an early dismissal for its students, officials said. The bomb threat happened at an undisclosed time and caused a lockdown of the school. Pittsburg…
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Disney CEO Bob Iger's apparent openness to selling Hulu marks a stark reversal in strategy for the company — and an even more surprising shift if Iger sells the streaming service to Comcast.Iger said Thursday in an exclusive CNBC interview…
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Joining the long list of tech companies to announce layoffs is none other than Yahoo. According to a report by Axios, Yahoowill lay off close to 20% of its total employees. Why is Yahoo cutting jobsWhile most companies have stressed on…
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“I know it's splitting hairs, but if you call Pop’s a dive bar, it’s kind of an insult to dive bars,” Tom Tierney tells me over the phone. We’re discussing the watering hole he’s been co-owner of since 2014, a place with a long legacy…
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British initiative Koalaa and Bangladeshi start-up Moner Bondhu are the grand prize winners of the Tommy Hilfiger Fashion Frontier Challenge. The winners received their prizes on Thursday at Tommy Hilfiger's headquarters in Amsterdam, the…
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Today we reported on a cherished Indian statue stolen in January from a public park in San Jose. Hours later, we found it. While searching for leads on the statue’s location, this Bay Area News Group reporter discovered the 440-pound…
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Disney is working on sequels for “Toy Story,” “Frozen” and “Zootopia,” three huge hits as the entertainment powerhouse attempts to find its footing under newly returned CEO Bob Iger. The Walt Disney Co. is undergoing a “strategic…
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Rumors of a Genesis GV80 Coupe have been swirling around the Internet for two years but it's only now we have concrete evidence of a BMW X6 rival from Hyundai's luxury brand. Clearly powered by a combustion engine judging by the…
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Ten retired NFL players have filed a federal lawsuit against the league over its “unscrupulous” disability benefits program. According to the suit by the former players — filed Thursday in Baltimore against the league’s benefits plan, its…
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Article content KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (16-3) versus PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (16-3) Article content LINE: Philadelphia -1.5 CHEWABLE: Not sure how he’s done it, but Aaron Rodgers has ripped off my idea. He’s going into a four-day “darkness…
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On December 11, 1951, in the labs of French pharmaceutical company Rhône-Poulenc, chemist Paul Charpentier concocted a drug that would change the field of psychiatry forever. Charpentier hadn’t intended to spark a revolution; he was…
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New Delhi: The Rajasthan Assembly was adjourned for half an hour on Friday soon after Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot started reading excerpts from the previous Budget instead of the Budget 2023-24, before his state goes to polls later this…
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NEW DELHI: The NEET PG 2023 examwill be conducted as per the schedule on March 5 for candidates who are aspiring to get admission to postgraduate medical courses, Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya told on Friday to Lok Sabha.Mandaviya's…
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