Associated Press Writer TEHACHAPI — Firefighters Wednesday braced for strong afternoon winds at the sites of two wildfires north of Los Angeles that have burned about 40 homes, threatened at least 150 more and forced about 2,300 people to evacuate. The two blazes in mostly rural Kern County remained out of control after scorching more [...]
Associated Press Writer CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — They gather blocks from Harvard Square to greet the Sabbath with communal prayer, their eyes winced closed, hands clapping as they sing in fervent Hebrew. The group worships in the Jewish Orthodox tradition, but it’s not traditional. A woman leads the prayers, generally forbidden among mainstream Orthodox. The genders [...]
The Associated Press WASHINGTON — With Stephen Strasburg suddenly scratched, reliever Miguel Batista was pressed into making his first start in nearly two years. The 39-year-old journeyman allowed three singles in five scoreless innings, and two throwing errors hurt Atlanta starter Tommy Hanson as the last-place Nationals beat the NL East-leading Braves 3-0 on Tuesday [...]
Associated Press Writer HARRISBURG, Pa. — The search by the booming North American population of Amish for affordable, fertile farmland has produced settlements in 28 states and Ontario — and has even led parties to scout recently for suitable properties in Alaska and Mexico. A new study estimates the number of Amish has increased nearly [...]
The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Juan Uribe hit a tie-breaking home run leading off the eighth inning and Edgar Renteria added a two-run shot, helping the San Francisco Giants beat the Florida Marlins 6-4 on Tuesday night. Buster Posey extended his major league-leading hit streak to 20 games, two shy of the Giants’ franchise [...]
SAN FRANCISCO — A piece of the tower that will define the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge’s new eastern span is set to go up. Crews are scheduled to install the 165-foot, 12,000-ton piece, known as a lift, Wednesday afternoon. The massive piece arrived in the Bay Area from China earlier this month. It is one [...]
Associated Press Writers PHOENIX — A judge has blocked the most controversial sections of Arizona’s new immigration law from taking effect Thursday, handing a major legal victory to opponents of the crackdown. The law will still take effect Thursday, but without many of the provisions that angered opponents — including sections that required officers to [...]
OAKLAND — Former San Francisco Bay area Rep. Ellen Tauscher has been diagnosed with cancer of the esophagus. Tauscher, currently the State Department’s top arms control official, informed her staff of the diagnosis last week. According to her staff memo posted Tuesday by ForeignPolicy.com, Tauscher said she has an early stage of the cancer and [...]
Associated Press Writer SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Supreme Court on Tuesday reversed the convictions of polygamist leader Warren Jeffs and ordered a new trial. Jeffs, 54, was convicted by a southern Utah jury in 2007 of two counts of first-degree felony rape as an accomplice for his role in the 2001 nuptials of [...]
BEVERLY HILLS — A lawyer says a trove of old glass negatives found in Fresno have been authenticated as the work of iconic photographer Ansel Adams and are worth at least $200 million. Arnold Peter says a team of experts has concluded the 65 negatives are Adams’ early work believed destroyed in a fire decades [...]
Associated Press Writer KABUL, Afghanistan — One of two U.S. sailors missing in Afghanistan since last week has been confirmed dead and his body recovered, a NATO spokesman said Tuesday. The search continues for the other missing sailor, said Lt. Col. Todd Breasseale, a spokesman for NATO and U.S. forces in Afghanistan. The two Navy [...]
Associated Press Writer SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Supreme Court on Tuesday reversed the convictions of polygamist leader Warren Jeffs and ordered a new trial. Jeffs, 54, was convicted by a southern Utah jury in 2007 of two counts of first-degree felony rape as an accomplice for his role in the 2001 nuptials of [...]
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