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A Plainfield landlord who was convicted in the hate-crime murder of a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy in 2023 has died in prison, the Will County sheriff’s office said. Joseph Czuba died Thursday at age 73. The cause of death hasn’t …

BEVERLY HILLS — Miller Moss, at 5 years old, played basketball for so many hours on the newly-installed hoop at his home that his feet had swelled up. “He had been playing so much, and he was in so much …

SAN LEANDRO — An Alameda County lawsuit filed by former San Leandro City Manager Fran Robustelli accuses City Councilmember Victor Aguilar and Bryan Azevedo of receiving overtures from federally indicted Oakland businessmen David and Andy Duong to declare a state …

Three people were injured in an overnight shooting near Coors Field, Denver police said Sunday. The Denver Police Department first posted about the shooting near 20th and Market streets at 12:22 a.m. Sunday. The intersection is a few hundred feet …

Four people were injured in a Saturday evening crash on the north side of Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, police said. The crash near East 17th Avenue and North Pearl Street sent two motorists and two motorcyclists to the hospital, Denver …

Cole’s has been making hot sandwiches on crusty French rolls, dipping them in au jus and serving them up in downtown L.A. for more than a century. As a headline once cleverly put it: “At Cole’s, restaurant business has been …

You might say I framed myself. My new bed with the adjustable frame has been the darling of my life since I bought it a couple of months ago. I have been pushing the button to raise the head of …

Boondoggles and secrecy are nothing new when it comes to government. As we have seen with the California high-speed rail project, politicians are willing to engage in the most elaborate feats of mental gymnastics to justify even the clearest examples …

Smoke pours out of factories in West Bromwich (Pictures: West Midlands Fire Service ) More than 100 firefighters are tackling an enormous fire that has consumed four factories sending thick black plumes of smoke into the air. Locals are being …

A body was discovered at a home in Dewsbury A woman’s dead body was discovered at home after police arrested a man attempting to hold up an Asda supermarket. Police arrested a man accused of attempting an armed robbery at …

Man shouting ‘Death to Trump’ tackled by passengers on EasyJet flight to GlasgowPicture: X A 41-year-old man has been arrested after reportedly shouting ‘death to America, death to Trump’ at Glasgow Airport. Officers boarded the aircraft from London Luton once …

Singer/songwriter, producer and actor AJ Jaffari has been both on stage and behind the mic for City Lights Theater Company. He’ll be in the former role for a solo concert celebrating his new album, “Stay Awhile,” on Sunday, Aug. 3, …

Many music fans remember Renee Richardson for her two-decade-plus career on the Bay Area radio waves, which included a 17-year run on the late, great KFOG station. Since 2019, however, Richardson has been working with another legendary Bay Area institution …

Singer/songwriter, producer and actor AJ Jaffari has been both on stage and behind the mic for City Lights Theater Company. He’ll be in the former role for a solo concert celebrating his new album, “Stay Awhile,” on Sunday, Aug. 3, …

Many music fans remember Renee Richardson for her two-decade-plus career on the Bay Area radio waves, which included a 17-year run on the late, great KFOG station. Since 2019, however, Richardson has been working with another legendary Bay Area institution …

By Halle Parker, Verite News, KFF Health News SHREVEPORT, La. — When Robert Smith met his future girlfriend in 2010, he wanted to take things slowly. For Smith, no relationship had been easy in the years since he was diagnosed …

School starts up again soon, and parents will trade fighting over video games and cell phones to fighting over schoolwork, video games and cell phones. It’s not an ideal world we have created for ourselves, but it does not have …

End of Life Act prescriptions and deaths (California Department of Public Health) California saw a 6.5% increase in the number of folks using its medical aid in dying law between 2023 and 2024. Still, the option sometimes referred to as …

On Independence Day, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which is projected to reduce enrollment in Medicaid programs throughout the country, including Medi-Cal in California.  But Californians should cheer, not jeer, these coverage “losses.” The law will …

Fiongal Greenlaw-Meek and his mother Amanda Donaghey who was told that her son’s DNA had been matched to a body found in the wreckage.(Pictures: Courtesy of The Family of Fiongal Greenlaw-Meek) A grieving mother whose son died in the Air …