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San Mateo County announced this week that it selected local developer MidPen Housing to build at least 75 affordable apartments within walking distance of the San Carlos Caltrain station, advancing efforts to add below-market-rate housing close to transit. While the …

SAN JOSE – The Sharks on Wednesday officially loaned center Michael Misa to the Canadian National Junior Team for the upcoming under-20 World Championships. Now it’s a matter of whether they’ll allow defenseman Sam Dickinson to join him. Dickinson was …

In the week leading up to Super Bowl LX and several days after, Santa Clara will restrict certain activities in the area surrounding Levi’s Stadium in an effort to protect public safety in case of a disaster. The Santa Clara …

By MICHAEL CASEY BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — Police intensified their search Wednesday for a suspect in the killing of professor Nuno F.G. Loureiro at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, two days after he was shot to death at his home …

On Monday, Sean Payton sat through a reel of the Jaguars’ touchdown plays and worried about the one who’d gotten away. Receiver Tim Patrick was beloved enough once, in Denver, to earn himself a three-year extension alongside Courtland Sutton in …

By MATT BROWN and BILL BARROW WASHINGTON (AP) — Months after President Donald Trump refashioned a West Wing walkway into what he calls the Presidential Walk of Fame, he has added partisan and subjective plaques to the display, deepening his …

A pair of married Denver sheriff’s deputies assaulted a man in a wheelchair in October because they believed he used sexual bondage devices on a 17-year-old — and a Denver police officer tried to cover up the assault, according to …

President Donald Trump intends to preview his agenda for next year and beyond in a live speech from the White House on Wednesday night. His remarks are coming at a crucial time as he tries to rebuild his steadily eroding popularity. The White …

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) wrote on Tuesday: “I will be pushing for a moratorium on the construction of data centers that are powering the unregulated sprint to develop & deploy AI. The moratorium will give democracy a chance to …

At a House Rules Committee meeting this week, U.S. Congressman Chip Roy (R-TX) complained about the U.S. health care system and the lawmakers who aren’t doing anything productive to fix the system. Roy said: “Now we’re sitting here, and we’re …

The three Republican members of the Illinois congressional delegation are asking President Donald Trump to deny former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s request for a pardon, writing that it “would send a dangerous message that public officials can betray the …

Good morning, Chicago. ✶ 🔎 Below: Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino returned Tuesday to Chicago, leading a new round of immigration raids.  🗞️ Plus: Mayor Brandon Johnson’s Council opposition passed an alternative budget plan, the people who showed out at the …

By STEPHEN GROVES and BEN FINLEY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House was voting Wednesday on a pair of resolutions that would put a check on President Donald Trump’s power to use military force against drug cartels and the …

By JOSHUA GOODMAN, Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Some oil vessels are diverting away from Venezuela after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened a “blockade” of sanctioned oil tankers entering or leaving the South American country, a dramatic escalation in the …

By SUSAN HAIGH, Associated Press The U.S. Postal Service said Wednesday it intends to open its “last-mile” delivery network, the most expensive part of the shipping process, to large and small shippers, expanding beyond current arrangements with giants such as …

By SARAH RAZA, Associated Press Minneapolis’ police chief is criticizing federal immigration agents after a confrontation with protesters and an attempted arrest of a woman in which an officer kneeled on her back as she lay atop a snow bank …

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in the nation’s capital has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from enforcing policies limiting Congress members’ access to immigration detention facilities. The judge ruled on Wednesday that it is likely illegal for U.S. Immigration and Customs …

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend and longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell asked a federal judge on Wednesday to set aside her sex trafficking conviction and free her from a …

By MATT BROWN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Wednesday confirmed billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman to be NASA administrator on Wednesday, placing him atop the agency after a monthslong saga where President Donald Trump revoked his nomination as …

A new law allowing parents to designate someone to care for their child in the event they are detained or deported by federal immigration authorities will soon take effect in California. Starting Jan. 1, the Family Preparedness Plan Act expands …