Majority Black Louisiana elementary school to shut down amid lawsuits over toxic air exposure
RESERVE, La. (AP) — A southeast Louisiana school board voted on Thursday to shut down a predominantly Black elementary school ...
Sony reports healthy profits on strong sales of sensors and games
TOKYO (AP) — Sony’s profit surged 69% in July-September from a year earlier on the back of strong sales of its image sensors, ...
San Francisco rejects Muni-funding measure, despite a 56% vote
San Francisco voters gave a majority vote to Proposition L, a city ballot measure that would have enacted a new tax on ...
Racist text messages referencing slavery raise alarms in multiple states and prompt investigations
WASHINGTON (AP) — Racist text messages invoking slavery raised alarm across the country this week after they were sent to ...
Frustration is mounting for the Predators, who are off to their worst start and last in the NHL
Signing three of the top players available in Steven Stamkos, Jonathan Marchessault and Brady Skjei made NHL free agency look ...
Champions Trophy host Pakistan says it's not been told India wants to play cricket games elsewhere
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A top official of the Pakistan Cricket Board declined Friday to confirm media reports that India has ...
Dallas Wings hire Curt Miller as GM and executive vice president of basketball operations
The Dallas Wings hired Curt Miller as their general manager and executive vice president of basketball operations on Friday.
Filling in the blanks on adoptees' medical history
Lack of such knowledge is a common situation for adopted people, one that's layered in legal, medical and personal matters.
San Francisco's secret urban retreat has the largest sauna in the country
It’s a wet Tuesday night, with fog turning to a cold mist as I veer into the street to bypass a fuming man chucking a scooter ...
New DOT rules for refunds saved my trip home to California
One of my worst travel woes was actualized this week during an offseason vacation to the Caribbean. A hurricane warning went ...
Trump 2.0 will alter global climate fighting efforts. Will others step up?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Global efforts to fight climate change stumbled but survived the last time Donald Trump was elected ...
Elwood Edwards, the man behind the voice of AOL's 'You've got mail' greeting, dies at 74
Elwood Edwards, who voiced America Online’s ever-present “You’ve got mail” greeting, has died. He was 74. He died Tuesday at his home in New Bern, North Carolina, said his daughter Heather Edwards.