49ers vs Seahawks, with Sherman on other side of rivalry
The last time the San Francisco 49ers had a winning record for a home game in November, Colin Kaepernick was their quarterback and Russell Wilson and ...
Harris, Warren compete for support from black female voters
Kamala Harris got a much needed boost this past week when the California senator picked up the endorsement of Higher Heights, the country's largest po...
Nike will look into runner Mary Cain’s allegations of abuse
Nike will look into runner Mary Cain's allegations of abuse while she was part of Alberto Salazar's training group. The runner says it reached the poi...
Mural of activist Greta Thunberg going up in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO — Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg is staring down at pedestrians in the heart of San Francisco where an artist is painting a massiv...
Chiefs’ Mahomes to start against Titans, barring setbacks
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Mahomes will start for the Kansas City Chiefs against the Tennessee Titans on Sunday, just over two weeks after the quarter...
Got a weird text? A telecom vendor says it’s to blame
If you woke up to a weird text that seemed totally out of place, you aren't alone. A mysterious wave of missives swept America's phones overnight, del...
Review: Simply Red back to ’70s basics on ‘Blue Eyed Soul’
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5 screenwriters get career jumpstart with film academy honor
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Five emerging screenwriters gained the film academy's stamp of admission into Hollywood with help from an ensemble of actors t...
Reagan statue unveiled in Berlin at Cold War speech site
BERLIN — The U.S. Embassy in Berlin unveiled a statue of Ronald Reagan on Friday at a site overlooking the location of the former president's iconic s...
Mercury putting on rare show Monday, parading across the sun
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Mercury is putting on a rare celestial show next week, parading across the sun in view of most of the world.
UN court says it has jurisdiction in Ukraine-Russia case
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — In a legal victory for Kyiv, the United Nations' highest court ruled Friday that it has jurisdiction in a case brought by Ukr...
France reopens contested Jewish tomb in east Jerusalem
JERUSALEM — French authorities reopened one of Jerusalem's most magnificent ancient tombs to the public for the first time in over a decade, despite a...
Millions at stake in dinosaur fight: Are fossils minerals?
HELENA, Mont. — The discovery of two fossilized dinosaur skeletons intertwined in what looks like a final death match could make a Montana ranching co...
Pacific bird refuge struggles as ocean garbage patch grows
MIDWAY ATOLL, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands — Flying into the uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Midway Atoll appears out of the vast blue Pac...
Streep, Miranda and Stone are named as Met Gala co-chairs
NEW YORK — Next year's Met Gala may be the closest we'll ever come to getting a Miranda Priestly moment at the starry event.
Lincoln Center in New York City to honor Spike Lee in April
NEW YORK — Spike Lee will receive Film at Lincoln Center's 46th Chaplin Award.
Orangutan granted ‘personhood’ settles into new Florida home
WAUCHULA, Fla. — A 33-year-old orangutan granted legal personhood by a judge in Argentina is settling into her new surroundings at the Center for Grea...
Iran alleges UN inspector tested positive for explosives
VIENNA — Iran alleged Thursday that the U.N. inspector it blocked from a nuclear site last week tested positive for suspected traces of explosive nitr...
No. 11 Virginia’s stellar defense beats Syracuse 48-34
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Virginia picked up right where it left off in April — showcasing its Pack-Line defense in impressive fashion.
Chicago’s top cop retiring after turbulent 3-plus years
CHICAGO — Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson will announce on Thursday that he will retire after more than three years as the city's top cop,...
Marie Kondo’s doing what she can to make your kids tidy
NEW YORK — Not even Marie Kondo can follow all her rules for tidying all the time.
Immigration opens ideological fault lines for 2020 Democrats
WASHINGTON — Bernie Sanders is adding his support to a call by some of his fellow presidential hopefuls for decriminalizing illegal border crossings, ...
‘The problem is I’m Italian’: Balotelli spurs racism debate
ROME — The ball that Mario Balotelli angrily kicked high into the stands out of frustration because of racist chants is still traveling.
Migrants live in fear at Mexico-US border as violence flares
SAN DIEGO — A Salvadoran woman seeking asylum in the United States spends her days holed up in her cousin's cramped slum house just across the border ...
A CGI James Dean is cast in new film, sparking an outcry
NEW YORK — James Dean hasn't been alive in 64 years, but the "Rebel Without a Cause" actor has been cast in a new film about the Vietnam War.
Review: ‘Last Christmas’ isn’t the rom-com cliche it appears
Paul Feig's "Last Christmas" looks every bit like your standard holiday romantic-comedy, but it has some surprises under its gauzy wrapping.
California discloses Facebook probe, sues for documents
California's attorney general disclosed an ongoing probe into Facebook's privacy practices Wednesday, as it sued the company over its repeated refusal...
UK court: Full ban on Extinction Rebellion protests unlawful
LONDON — Britain's High Court ruled Wednesday it was unlawful for London's Metropolitan Police to impose a blanket ban on protests by the climate acti...
Calling plays in NFL a challenge for some rookie NFL coaches
Maybe Sean McVay made it all look just too easy.