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By Chris Isidore | CNN Things are undoubtedly bad at Tesla. Its sales are dwindling. Its profits are plunging, as is its share price. There are regular protests outside its showrooms. The Cybertruck is a flop. And somehow, it’s actually …

SANTA CLARA – The 49ers’ first edition of a 90-man roster is set, and it bears little resemblance to last season’s mangled compilation. Then again, Kyle Shanahan’s offense alone looks familiar. Perhaps too familiar. Their 11-man draft class is top-heavy …

By Eva McKend | CNN Former Vice President Kamala Harris will make a rare public appearance this week in San Francisco, addressing an annual gathering of one of the nation’s largest networks of Democratic women elected officials just one day …

K-LOVE listeners are in for some major changes as they tune into the incredibly popular Christian music radio station today. Most notably, the long-running “Scott & Kelli Show” — featuring talented DJs Scott Smith and Kelli Caldwell — is no …

A recount by Santa Clara County election officials has affirmed Anthony Tordillos’ second-place finish in the San Jose City Council District 3 special election, advancing him to a runoff against leading vote-getter Gabby Chavez-Lopez on June 24. Related Articles Is …

By NICOLE WINFIELD and COLLEEN BARRY | Associated Press VATICAN CITY — Catholic cardinals on Monday set May 7 as the start date for the conclave to elect Pope Francis’ successor, delaying the secret voting for two days so they …

Seven years ago, the Head Start program solved Priscilla Bahena’s child care dilemma, allowing the 21-year-old mom without parents or a partner the ability to work and support herself and her new baby daughter. Then the national early childhood education …

It’s Memorial Day weekend in Chicago. Dozens of teenagers are planning to descend upon 31st Street Beach in a possible “teen trend” takeover. How should the city of Chicago respond? That was one prompt at a first-of-its-kind meeting last week …

Last week, the Chicago Board of Education shared a resolution from Board Member Yesenia Lopez that claims to seek improvements to the charter school authorization process. This sounds like great news at first glance — except that no one from …

Luv City, a violence prevention nonprofit that empowers youth by teaching digital media skills, got its start as a do-it-yourself project between Dre Rodriguez and his then-11-year-old son, “Little Dre” Rodriguez. The elder Rodriguez had recently gotten out of federal …

DEAR ABBY: A few years ago, my daughter went “no contact” with both sides of our family — grandparents, parents, aunts and uncles, as well as cousins. Since then, I have been struggling with how I should answer acquaintances who …

I will never forget watching Kunta Kinte in the 1977 TV miniseries, “Roots,” fighting to keep his name as an overseer’s whip came down again and again. His determination was a brutal reminder of how white settlers used language to …

A dress formerly owned by a local drag queen, testosterone gel and a personal collection of protest buttons from the late ’80s and early ’90s were displayed on a table at the Center on Addison Friday night. The objects appear …

Kudos to Chiago-based law firm Jenner & Block for fighting to invalidate President Donald Trump’s executive order revoking the firm’s government contracts, security clearances and access to federal buildings. In taking these punitive measures, the order cites Jenner’s prior employment …

When the dark GMC Sierra suddenly sped past him north on Interstate 55 in November 2022, the downstate police officer had to floor it, driving 101 mph to catch up. The officer flipped on his lights and siren, prompting the …

A 30-year-old man was in custody after his gun went off during a brawl on a CTA Red Line train Sunday night near the Sox-35th Street station on the South Side. A 42-year-old man was sitting in a train car …

A man died early Monday in a South Shore apartment fire on the South Side. Around 3:30 a.m., firefighters were extinguishing the blaze in the 7800 block of South South Shore Drive and found an unidentified 27-year-old man unresponsive on …

Police were looking for a 40-year-old man who shot two CTA bus passengers after a fight Sunday night in on the Northwest Side. Around 11:45 p.m., a 40-year-old man was arguing with someone on the bus in the 4800 block …

Jay Damm begins Morel of the Week “with a reasonable start” on Friday. “With ample rains falling this spring (the most plentiful since COVID), I actually have some cautious optimism for the morel season,” he emailed Friday evening. “I keep …