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Watch Menlo Park firefighters rescue missing dog from San Francisco Bay
Firefighters pulled a dog that went missing nearly two weeks ago over the Fourth of July holiday from San Francisco Bay. Menlo Park firefighters said they got a call over the weekend from a worried resident who saw a pup swimming out into the bay. It was an all-hands-on-deck mission, according to a Facebook post…
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Second death reported in Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in New York City
NEW YORK — A second person has died in connection with an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in New York, the New York City Health Department has announced. The outbreak on Manhattan’s Upper East Side has infected 72 people, according to health officials. Two people have died. The first death was announced Friday, and the second was announced…
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‘Spare me’: Senator’s bold threat backfires as ‘tiresome performance’ has worn out
A sitting senator’s bold threat to leave his party if it crosses his proverbial “red line” drew sharp criticism on Sunday as an analyst argued that the lawmaker’s “tiresome performance” has worn out. Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) has threatened to leave the Democratic Party if it votes to end financial aid to Israel, which he…
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Fury as thieves pillage copper wire from California bakery — leaving it without AC in monster heatwave
A Pasadena bakery is sweating through a nightmare after crooks stripped away $4,000 worth of copper wire from the air conditioning system on the business’s rooftop. In addition to the stolen copper, the heist also left the Sweet Red Peach Bakery to foot a $15,000 bill due to damages, according to Pasadena police. “On the…
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Inside Trump’s Rush Job to Build His Arch
Building a new monument in Washington, D.C., is supposed to take time—a slow procedural grind of plans drafted, designs revised, studies conducted, and preservationists, historians, tribes, and architects consulted all before work crews ever break ground. The idea is to preserve the carefully choreographed symbolism of the federal city. That is not the approach favored…
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A rising U.S. military death toll: At least 16 service members have died in the Iran war
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — The U.S. military announcement this weekend that two additional service members were killed as part of the war with Iran brings the total number of deaths to 16. One service member remained missing as of Sunday. The deaths reflect the complicated reality that American boots don’t need to be on the ground for…
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E-bike rider dies in early-morning Camarillo accident, police say
A man was killed early Saturday in an e-bike accident in Ventura County. The Ventura County Sheriff’s department said deputies from the Camarillo station, responding to a 2 a.m. call, found the man lying near his e-bike in the center of the 3900 block of Las Posas Road. First responders tried to save the man,…
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Mockery as John Fetterman uncorks ‘laughable’ claim on Fox News: ‘Beyond parody’
Sen. John Fetterman’s (D-PA) appearance on Fox News on Sunday was roundly mocked by analysts, especially for a remark the senator made about feeling an undying “love and devotion” for a country that is not the United States. Speaking to Maria Bartiromo on Fox News’s “Sunday Morning Futures,” Fetterman expressed condolences for the late Sen.…
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‘Disputes inside the family’: Conservatives up in arms as MAGA influencers wreak havoc
A sitting Republican congressman tried to shut down his own party’s agenda after a White House insider described him to a former Fox News pundit as “creepy” and “fat” — spurring one columnist to argue “Donald Trump’s unofficial MAGA court” is out of control. Salon senior political writer Sophia Tesfaye on Sunday drew her readers’…
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Kuwait condemns Iran for ‘dangerous escalation’ after attack on civilian infrastructure
The Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry condemned on Sunday what it described as an Iranian attack on a power generation and water desalination facility, calling it a direct strike on vital civilian infrastructure. The repeated targeting of civilian facilities amounted to a dangerous escalation and violated international law, the UN Charter and UN Security Council Resolution 2817,…