America was stunned by another mass shooting Sunday, this time in a rural California town that has celebrated a pungent local harvest for decades. On the final day of the Gilroy Garlic Festival, which features garlic foods, cooking competitions, musical performances and a Miss Gilroy Garlic contest, at least one gunman opened fire on the crowd. At […]
A Missouri man who was 11 when he and another boy shot and killed four students and a teacher at their Arkansas middle school in 1998 has died in a car crash, according to Arkansas State Police. Andrew Golden, who later changed his name to Drew Douglas Grant, was killed Saturday night when his vehicle […]
The organizers of San Francisco’s popular Outside Lands music festival in Golden Gate Park have banned Native American headdresses at the event. “Out of respect for Native American heritage and culture, we do not allow headdresses at Outside Lands,” organizers said in a statement to The San Francisco Chronicle Thursday. “We are committed to creating […]
Over more than 30 years living on Budlong Avenue, Lillian Marenco became used to the smell of rotten eggs and diesel fuel that seeped through her closed bedroom and kitchen windows day and night. Screeching and clanking sounds of metal on metal went on long into the evening. Just three doors down from her home, […]
Going into the second round of 2020 Democratic presidential debates starting Tuesday, Marianne Williamson is looking to present herself as a serious contender rather than fodder for Twitter memes. In an interview with USA Today published Sunday, the candidate admitted she wasn’t too happy with the public perception of her from the first debate last […]
WASHINGTON – Former special counsel Robert Mueller on Wednesday called Donald Trump’s declarations of “love” for stolen Russian material a “boost” for “illegal activity” in the final days of the 2016 election, and reminded Congress that accepting foreign help in an election is “a crime.” “Problematic is an understatement, in terms of giving some hope or […]
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Wednesday praised the NAACP for supporting the impeachment of President Donald Trump and took a jab at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) over her reluctance to do so. The 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful addressed the annual NAACP convention in Detroit at the same time a House panel conducted a hearing […]
Cody Williams, the youngest of the late actor Robin Williams’ three children, married singer Maria Flores Sunday on what would have been his father’s 68th birthday. The 27-year-old’s sister ― actress Zelda Williams ― shared photographs of the newlyweds with herself and brother Zak Williams on Instagram. She explained in the caption why July 21 “has meant […]
WASHINGTON (AP) ― A federal judge said Wednesday that the Trump administration can enforce its new restrictions on asylum for people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border while lawsuits challenging the policy play out. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly denied a request for a temporary restraining order, saying the immigrant advocate groups behind the suit did not show that […]
(Reuters) ― Advanced brain scans of U.S. Embassy employees who reported falling ill while serving in Havana revealed significant differences, according to a new study published on Tuesday that does little to resolve the mystery of injuries the Trump administration had characterized as a “sonic attack.” University of Pennsylvania researchers said symptoms described by the […]