Asking Eric: I feel bitter about these people’s picayune complaints
Dear Eric: I’ve struggled with a mild autoimmune condition for the last three decades that would flare from time to time.
Harriette Cole: The other mom called me out over my kid’s picky eating
DEAR HARRIETTE: My 9-year-old daughter recently went over to her friend’s house for a playdate. She was so excited to spend ...
Dear Abby: Their snubbing of my second wife has gotten out of hand
DEAR ABBY: Our family is having its first reunion since my mother and father have been gone. We three brothers are now the oldest generation. My older brothers are planning the event. They are ...
Stanford’s blowout win headlines first day of Bay Area college basketball
The landscape of college basketball in the Bay Area looks fairly different since last season ended. Tara VanDerveer is no ...
El Cerrito anticipates NCS football playoff ban; district calls it ‘best-case scenario’
El Cerrito’s tumultuous football season is expected to end sooner than the Gauchos anticipated. In a letter on Monday from ...
Q&A: How, when and can the U.S. military be deployed in American cities around the election?
A. The first thing to know is that the military cannot just “step in” on Election Day—as some people are falsely claiming on social media—or any other day. Any decision to deploy troops domestically ...
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Puerto Rico holds general election that promises to be historic
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico is holding elections that will be historic regardless of which of the top two ...
Abortion is on the ballot in nine states and motivating voters across the US
Florida, Arizona and seven other states are asking voters whether they want to enshrine a right to abortion in their state ...
Stanford study: Political bias can be more important than truth among news consumers
Beyond susceptibility to disinformation, the study found that partisan bias had a stronger influence on whether individuals accepted truthful news compared to actual fake news. This means people were ...
The final day of voting in the US is here, after tens of millions have already cast their ballots
Election Day arrives with record numbers of ballots already cast in battleground states like Georgia and North Carolina.
San Jose man arrested in connection with retail theft spree
Since March, the San Jose Police Department’s Organized Retail Theft Detail has investigated 113 retail theft incidents, ...
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Control of Congress is at stake and with it a president’s agenda
WASHINGTON (AP) — Control of Congress is at stake Tuesday, with ever-tight races for the House and Senate that will determine ...