Suspect in string of Bay Area burglaries arrested

A 19-year-old man that investigators believe was responsible for a string of burglaries at commercial buildings in Contra ...

How rural voters are feeling about Trump as the midterms approach, according to a new poll

About half of rural American voters believe the economy is worse off now than when President Donald Trump returned to office, ...

Bay Area News Group high school football predictions: Week 5, 2026

Our crew picks 15 more games, highlighted by De La Salle vs. Centennial-Corona, St. Ignatius vs. Sacred Heart Cathedral, ...

Judge sentences Bay Area woman for embezzling $661,000 from employer

The Vacaville woman was sentenced to a year in jail for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from her employer in San ...

Iranian advisers helped Houthis seize Yemen’s Red Sea coast in less than 48 hours, sources tell AP

The Houthis’ swift, 115-kilometer (75-mile) assault exploited divisions among forces allied with Yemen’s Saudi-backed, internationally recognized government. The Houthis penetrated the internal ...

Congo is running short of health workers as Ebola remains out of control, WHO says

BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Congo is running short of health workers to staff treatment centers for history’s fastest-growing Ebola outbreak, particularly in the eastern province of North Kivu where cases ...

California job growth tops rest of U.S. for 9 consecutive months

It’s not a blip. California’s employment growth rate has topped the rest of the U.S. for nine consecutive months. Rather, this is a reversal of fortunes. California job creation trailed the rest of ...

McDonald’s plans $8.5 billion modernization by 2036

McDonald’s franchisees typically spend up to $450,000 per decade on required store remodels. Under the company’s new plan, they will have to spend an additional $800,000, but McDonald’s said it will ...

Rome’s Colosseum closes for the day after a worker falls to his death

ROME (AP) — Rome’s Colosseum, Italy’s most-visited monument, was closed to the public suddenly on Wednesday to mourn a worker who fell to his death overnight while helping install a new illumination ...

Trump says his ballroom will house a drone port. The Secret Service already has one next door

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s AI-fueled vision for a drone port he intends to install atop the new White House ballroom includes missile-bearing unmanned aerial vehicles and gun-toting ...

Russia pounds Kyiv with drones, killing 2 and wounding 41 before Zelenskyy’s UN address

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia hammered Kyiv with drones in daylight attacks on Wednesday as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy prepared for meetings with world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly.

FBI investigates apparent breach of its jobs website. Hackers claim to have sensitive employee data

“The FBI is aware of claims regarding unauthorized activity affecting FBIjobs.gov and is currently investigating,” the bureau said in a statement. The website, the main portal for prospective ...