WARSAW, Poland — Grateful Poles are heaping praise — and coming up with fond names — to honor their silent hero that just saved them: a floodwater reservoir that spared the cities of Opole and Wroclaw ...

SANTA CLARA — The frustration from the latest big blown lead by coach Kyle Shanahan's San Francisco 49ers only grew a day later with the news that star defensive tackle Javon Hargrave will likely miss ...

Stuart and Tonya Junker loved their quiet neighborhood near South Dakota's Black Hills — until the earth began collapsing around them, leaving them wondering if their home could tumble into a gaping ...

WASHINGTON — Violent crime in the U.S. dropped in 2023, according to FBI statistics that show a continued trend downward after a coronavirus pandemic-era crime spike. Overall violent crime declined an ...

Traffic backups are expected for the next two days as crews complete construction on a portion of a Sonoma County road, officials said. River Road will be closed Monday and Tuesday between Slusser and ...

UNITED NATIONS — Iran’s president accused Israel on Monday of seeking a wider war in the Middle East and laying “traps” to lead his country into a wider conflict. Masoud Pezeshkian told about two ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Officials in Birmingham, Alabama, pleaded Monday with members of the public for information leading to arrests in a weekend mass shooting that killed four people and injured more ...

The latest mass killing in the U.S. happened Saturday in Birmingham, Alabama, where four people were killed and more than a dozen injured outside a nightspot in what police described as a targeted ...

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“So who had ‘migrants eating pets’ on their bingo card?” BROOKE CLYDE, Santa Rosa “I’m on the fence with all their jibber-jabber. Should I believe his hair or trust her laugh?” DARLENE FLINT, Graton ...

OAKLAND — Gerrit Cole tuned up for the postseason by holding the Athletics to one run in nine innings and Juan Soto came off the bench to hit an RBI double in the 10th, giving the New York Yankees a 4 ...

Read more from Elección 2024 and other stories celebrating the local Latino community here. Haz clic aquí para leer la versión en español. Gabriela Mendoza-Torres is no stranger to trailblazing. Years ...