The US marks 22 years since 9/11 with tributes and tears, from ground zero to...
By JENNIFER PELTZ and KAREN MATTHEWS | Associated Press NEW YORK — From ground zero to small towns, Americans looked back Monday on 9/11 with moments of silence, tearful words and appeals to teach...
View ArticleIan Wilmut dies at 79; British scientist led team that cloned Dolly the sheep
Associated Press LONDON — Ian Wilmut, the cloning pioneer whose work was critical to the creation of Dolly the Sheep in 1996, has died at age 79. The University of Edinburgh in Scotland said Wilmut...
View ArticleCharlie Robison dies at 59; country singer-songwriter was best known for ‘I...
By Lisa Respers France | CNN Charlie Robison, a country music artist known for his song “I Want You Bad,” has died, according to a statement from his wife shared on Facebook. “It is with a heavy heart...
View ArticlePhotos: 9/11 remembrance at One World Trade Center
In gatherings across the country, Americans remembered the day nearly 3,000 people were killed in terrorist attacks striking the nation 22 years ago. Related Articles National News | A look back at...
View ArticleAfter nearly 80 years, a Monterey County family is able to lay their missing...
SEASIDE – Seventy-nine years and one day ago, 24-year-old Aviation Radioman First Class Wilbur Archie Mitts died during an aerial mission with two others in the Western Pacific – all three lost at sea...
View ArticleDNA identified this World War II soldier. Finally, almost 80 years later, he...
A bitter cold enveloped him. He wore wool clothing, but even that hardly withstood the harsh conditions. Roy Searle, only 22 at the time, was huddled in that cold German winter on Dec. 9, 1944, when he...
View ArticleFormer Stanford Cardinal football coach Buddy Teevens dies from injuries...
HANOVER, N.H. (AP) — Buddy Teevens, the innovative Ivy League football coach and former Stanford coach who brought robotic tackling dummies to Dartmouth practices, died Tuesday of injuries he sustained...
View ArticleOakland’s Angus Cloud died from an accidental overdose involving fentanyl,...
The Alameda County Coroner’s Office said Thursday that Oakland actor Angus Cloud died July 31 from a lethal combination of fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine and other substances, in what’s been ruled...
View ArticleWoman whose face graces Hawaiian Airlines logo dies at 77
By Jordan Valinsky | CNN Business NEW YORK — The “face” of the Hawaiian Airlines logo, which has decorated the tails of its airplanes for decades, has passed away. Leina’ala Ann Teruya Drummond, Miss...
View ArticleOpinion: Remembering Adobe’s John Warnock, a Silicon Valley giant
I recently went to the memorial service for John Warnock. Most will not be familiar with the name — he was a brilliant man but a modest one. He was also a person ranking with Bill Hewlett, David...
View ArticleOBIT: David McCallum, star of ‘U.N.C.L.E.’ and ‘NCIS’ dead at 90
By Bob Thomas | Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Actor David McCallum, who became a teen heartthrob in the hit series “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.” in the 1960s and was the eccentric medical examiner in the...
View ArticleMother of Oakland actor Angus Cloud reveals his last words to her
By Lisa Respers France | CNN Angus Cloud’s final words to his mother were filled with love. “I love you, mama. You’re the best,” Lisa Cloud, the late actor’s mother, told People magazine her son said...
View ArticleMichael Gambon, Dumbledore actor in ‘Harry Potter,’ dies age 82
By Zahid Mahmood and Jack Guy | CNN Actor Michael Gambon, best known for playing Albus Dumbledore in most of the “Harry Potter” movies, has died at 82 following a “bout of pneumonia,” a statement...
View ArticleTrailblazer Dianne Feinstein, California’s longest serving U.S. senator, dies...
Dianne Feinstein, California’s longest-serving U.S. senator who led San Francisco through its darkest and most violent days as mayor in the 1970s and later authored a federal ban on assault weapons...
View ArticleWhat California Gov. Gavin Newsom said about Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s death
At 90. U.S. Sen Dianne Feinstein was California’s longest-serving U.S. senator and the longest-serving female member in the chamber’s history when she died Thursday night. With her death, Democratic...
View ArticlePhotos: Dianne Feinstein, the oldest sitting U.S. Senator, dies at 90
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View ArticleSen. Dianne Feinstein’s career: From San Francisco mayor to U.S. senator
Democratic California U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein died Thursday night Sept. 28, 2023. Here are some of her most notable moments in a political career that spanned decades: 1969: After becoming active in...
View ArticleHere’s how you can pay respects Wednesday to Sen. Dianne Feinstein at San...
Members of the public can pay their respects to Sen. Dianne Feinstein — the longest-serving female senator in American history — at San Francisco City Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 4. Doors will be open to...
View ArticleFormer 49ers’ tight end Russ Francis dies in plane crash
Russ Francis, the free-spirited tight end who won a Super Bowl as a member of the 49ers in 1984, was killed along with another aviation enthusiast when the single-engine plane the two men were in...
View Article‘She was unshakable’: Sen. Dianne Feinstein lies in state at San Francisco...
Under the gilded dome of San Francisco City Hall, Bay Area residents paid their respects Wednesday to Dianne Feinstein, the longest-tenured female U.S. Senator and a towering figure in the city’s...
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