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In remarks on Facebook, Clinton also expanded on a promise to pursue criminal prosecution of bad actors on Wall Street, saying she would strengthen the power of government regulators and raise caps on compensation for financial whistleblowers. Clinton's tax proposal marks a shift from her 2008 campaign, when she promised not to raise capital gains rates higher than the 20 percent bracket established during her husband's administration. Over his time in the White House, President Barack Obama has... Читать дальше...

Three's a charm for Antony Guzman and Miguel Condejas. The Richmond couple welcomed healthy identical triplet girls on the evening of July 15 at Oakland's Kaiser hospital.

(AP) — Snohomish County authorities say two thieves suspected of stealing an ATM machine from a business made it as far as the parking lot, but the machine fell out of the getaway van. Sheriff's spokeswoman Shari Ireton said Monday that deputies have recovered the ATM machine.

After 30 years as a filmmaker, Chris Columbus has had a generation grow up with him, helping inform worldviews on everything from divorce to death to friendship. The Joe Dante-directed movie about furry creatures who start cute but can morph and multiply into mischievous monsters had a generation of kids afraid to get their pets wet or feed them after midnight. “The Goonies” 1984, writer: “I’ve had to reassess its value and its meaning to a lot of people, because people do take it very seriously,”... Читать дальше...

BOSTON (AP) — A Boston bus driver made a new group of friends by surprising passengers with a treat to help brave the sweltering heat: The Jamaica Plain resident says he noticed the lemonade stand a little over an hour before and decided he would ask passengers about stopping on his next trip.

University President Hank Bounds announced Monday that schools can apply for scholarships on behalf of their students for the 2015-16 school year. The university launched the Nebraska Virtual Scholars program in 2011 to expand access to online courses for Nebraska high school students.

Did you know Whoopi Goldberg owned a home in the Bay Area? Neither did we, until June when the actress listed her Berkeley home for $1.275M. Less than a month later and right on trend, 2212 McKinley Avenue, has sold for $750K over asking at $2.025M. Goldberg has owned the property for 30 years. As Berkelyside

Cosmetics companies Estee Lauder and Clinique both recently announced the appointment of social-media-savvy, Millennial women to act as brand representatives — instead of the usual A-list Hollywood stars. According to announcements earlier this week, Irene Kim, a Korean model and social media star, will act as Estee Lauder’s new global beauty contributor, and social influencers Tavi Gevinson, Hannah Bronfman

John Oliver skewers America's culture of food wasteJohn Oliver. Photo: Eric Liebowitz In the past year, food waste has moved from a niche topic to food activist subject to something John Oliver devoted a 17-minute segment to in Sunday’s episode of HBO’s Last Week Tonight. Related Links Ugly food getting some love in an effort to combat drought 14 ways to trim food waste in your own kitchen “Celebrating America often goes hand and hand with celebrating food,” he opens in the segment, which can be seen in its entirety below. Читать дальше...

Firefighters jumped quickly on a grass fire threatening homes between Pleasanton and Sunol on Monday and beat back the flames before they reached homes, officials said. The fire broke out about 10:40 a.m. in grass and brush on the eastbound side of Interstate 680 near the Sunol Boulevard off-ramp, according to a dispatcher with the Alameda County Fire Department. The blaze surged quickly in the direction of the Happy Valley neighborhood of Pleasanton, and the California Highway Patrol briefly blocked... Читать дальше...

The $10 million testing ground will be run by the Mobility Transformation Center, a partnership between the university, state and federal governments and auto and technology companies. Automakers, high-tech companies and university researchers will test car-to-car communication systems, which could one day predict accidents and stop cars before a mishap. Hideki Hada, the general manager of integrated systems at Toyota Motor Corp.'s engineering campus in Ann Arbor, says Toyota also has a test city in Japan... Читать дальше...

The opening program of this summer’s Music@Menlo Festival — 21/2 weeks of chamber concerts devoted to Schubert and his world — did a fine job of exploring both those side of the composer’s personality. Even more telling and beautiful, though, was the combination of Schubert’s song “The Trout” and the expansive piano quintet that he later built around it in an example of self-influence to rival anything dreamt of by Mahler or Berg. Harvey’s singing sounded crisp and airy in the opening stanzas, then darkened with a persuasive surge at the end.

(AP) — Officials at a central Kansas school district insist there is no connection between the timing of a top administrator's firing over misused funds and an election seeking to increase the district's local option budget. New state Education Commissioner Randy Watson was in his final month as superintendent of the McPherson School District when an unusual purchase was brought to his attention in June. School board members were told of the investigation of Ruder during a closed session on June 22... Читать дальше...

(AP) — Fists raised in protest and at times heads bowed in prayer, hundreds of people gathered in a small Mississippi town to demand justice in the case of a black man who died after a physical encounter with a white police officer. What happened that night is intensely disputed, and has raised tensions in this small former mill town where hundreds of people turned out Sunday night for a march on the local police station demanding action. [...] Herrington's attorney, Bill Ready Jr., said Sanders... Читать дальше...

Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift (with R. Kelly in the middle) at the 2013 Grammys. (Photo by Christopher Polk/AMA2013/Getty Images for DCP) Taylor Swift has credited a little Lady Gaga magic for helping her find love with boyfriend Calvin Harris. Swift has referred one fan who tweeted the singer about his own romance woes to a social media correspondence she had with Gaga back in March, insisting her pop peer helped her find true love. She told Alex Goldschmidt to “go read Gaga’s tweet that she sent me a few months ago. Читать дальше...

Wall Street analysts estimate Apple will report a hefty $10.3 billion in profit after selling $49 billion worth of iPhones, iPads, Mac computers and other products during the April-June quarter. People use smartphones for social networking, playing games, looking at pictures — far more than they use them to make calls. [...] for those activities, many users prefer a bigger screen. Several analysts say their studies confirm Apple CEO Tim Cook's claim that many recent iPhone buyers are people who switched from Android phones. Читать дальше...

Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert at the 2015 Grammys. (Photo by Steve Granitz/WireImage) Country superstars Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert reportedly are divorcing after four years of marriage. Shelton is said to have filed papers to end the union some time ago and an Oklahoma judge is expected to finalize the split on Monday, according to TMZ.com. The estranged couple is allegedly sticking to the terms of its prenuptial agreement, which grants Shelton a ranch in Oklahoma, while Lambert will... Читать дальше...

Here's what's happening in the Bay Area, as curated by KALW newsCalifornia drought: Here's the secret weapon to curb water hogs -- the flow restrictor // Mercury News"It's a question that keeps coming up as California's drought drags on: What should ci...

NYC mayor de Blasio says no to Uber's call to debate De Blasio declined the invitation, saying he doesn't debate private corporations.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Sixty national security leaders, ambassadors, military leaders and former Cabinet secretaries signed a letter released on Monday in support of the nuclear deal with Iran. The bipartisan group of signatories includes former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright; former national security advisers Zbigniew Brzezinski and Brent Scowcroft; former Sens.

Anthony Pineda battled cancer and coped with a loved one's death. So the @49ers made his dream come true in #MyWish: http://t.co/auLi70wm5B — ESPN (@espn) July 20, 2015 The story is so sad it’s hard to comprehend. Mere days before being declared cancer-free, 14-year-old Anthony Pineda suddenly lost his father figure Robert Sandoval to swine flu. “He gave his life so I could have my life,” Anthony says. “That’s how people see it. That’s how I see it pretty much.” Anthony was diagnosed with leukemia in 2013 and underwent aggressive chemotherapy. Читать дальше...

Demi Moore. (Photo by Joe Scarnici/Getty Images) Demi Moore is in “absolute shock” after finding out a young man died in the backyard pool of her Beverly Hills, Calif., home early Sunday morning. Edenilson Steven Valle, 21, attended a party reportedly thrown by the actress’ assistant, but after he had gone missing for 10 to 15 minutes, his friends discovered his body floating in the deep end of the pool, the Los Angeles County coroner’s Lt. Fred Corral tells the Associated Press. Corral adds that... Читать дальше...

HOULTON, Maine (AP) — A gunman charged with killing two men and kidnapping a woman after she escaped through a bathroom window confessed to the shootings, state police said. According to the affidavit, Brittany Irish escaped through a bathroom window, flagged down a pickup truck and jumped in the back before Lord opened fire and kidnapped her.