Sonoma County jobless rate dips to 3.6 percent
Sonoma County’s jobless rate dipped slightly in March to 3.6 percent, the lowest figure for the month in 16 years, the state reported Friday.The...
Workers over 50 face higher costs and less access under Republican health plan
Older workers headed toward retirement are some of the biggest losers under the GOP legislation to replace the Affordable Care Act.By slashing their...
Was Trump tribute to fallen Navy SEAL fitting or calculated?
The televised moment moved a nation: A grief-stricken widow clasping her hands and looking skyward, tears streaming down her face as the nation's lawmakers...
Boat Show to affect traffic at Dubai Marina, warns RTA
Dubai: Traffic at Dubai Marina and Jumeirah Beach Residence is expected to be worse over the next few days – you’d be better off...
The underground beauty salon that defied Islamic State in Mosul
It was September 2014, three months after Islamic State’s blitz takeover of this once vibrant metropolis, when a car from the Hisbah, the group’s...
Wine of the week: Alamos, 2015 Mendoza, Argentina Malbec
When it comes to making rock star Malbec, it’s all about the perch.Our wine-of-the-week winner is the Alamos, 2015 Mendoza, Argentina Malbec at $10,...
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences apologizes for Oscars best picture gaffe
LOS ANGELES — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is apologizing to the cast and crews of the films "La La...
How much actual chicken is in your meal from McDonald’s, Subway or Wendy’s?
Fast food eaters are often concerned with how healthy the meat they’re consuming might be, but a new Canadian study suggests that the fowl...
Despite warming ties with Washington, Netanyahu faces growing challenges in Israel
When the Israeli government reluctantly complied with a court order and booted several hundred Israeli settlers from a hilltop outpost in the West Bank...
The Latest: 4 dead, 2 injured as plane hits California homes
The Latest on a small plane that crashed into homes in Southern California (all times local):8 p.m.Authorities say four people are dead and two...
We now have someone to blame for the Oscars best picture snafu
PricewaterhouseCoopers has named names for Sunday night’s Oscar mistake, putting the blame for the mix-up on the best picture announcement on Brian Cullinan.Cullinan is...
The Oscars mishap most everyone missed: SI deletes tweet about Halle Berry’s hair
Halle Berry’s red-carpet look at the Oscars drew both praise and criticism from fashion commenters Sunday night, when she arrived for the awards ceremony...
Islamic State is showing stunning resistance as Iraqi troops try to breach west Mosul
It was around 3 p.m. when the Iraqi lieutenant finally accepted that his soldiers’ assault on Wadi Hajar, an industrial neighborhood in southwest Mosul,...
The Latest: ‘Moonlight’ wins best picture Academy Award
The Latest on the 89th Academy Awards (all times local):9:15 p.m.The coming-of-age drama "Moonlight" is the winner of the best picture Academy Award.The film...
Meet El Salvador's growing middle class: Deportees from the U.S.
The smell of slow-cooked Texas barbecue wafted over the outskirts of San Salvador as Jose Reyes cracked open another beer. It was Super Bowl...
AP Explains: Who competes and how Carnival parades judged
Rio de Janeiro's Carnival parade is world famous for the samba dancing, costumes that leave little to the imagination and the magnificent floats that...
‘You live in Trump country now’: Gay couple attacked by drunk tourist, police say
Calling them gay slurs and taunting, “You live in Trump country now,” a drunken scooter rider attacked two Key West men who were...
Scientists have taught bumblebees to play sports and score goals
How’s this for buzzworthy? Bees are not only very intelligent, they can be taught to play a sport that looks like a mashup of...
Judge sentences high school football player in assault case
An Idaho judge has sentenced a high school football player to three years of probation and 300 hours of community service after prosecutors said...
Brazil’s Carnival begins with parades, parties but no mayor
Revelers across Brazil began Carnival celebrations on Friday, taking to the streets to dance, drink beer and spirits, and blow off steam at a...