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The Republican-controlled House on Wednesday approved a bill delaying an Obama administration rule setting stricter limits on air pollution linked to asthma and respiratory illness. The White House says the measure would block efforts to reduce smog, leading to more asthma attacks and premature deaths. Two South Carolina Air National Guard F-16 fighter pilots ejected safely after an apparent midair collision in eastern Georgia, the Guard said. The jets were assigned to the South Carolina Air National... Читать дальше...

Alamo Square construction blocks famed view A few weeks ago, chain-link fences went up around Alamo Square, one of San Francisco’s most popular and iconic parks, for a seven-month renovation. Last month, people began sneaking into the construction area through a hole cut in the fence — the goal, as always at Alamo Square, was to snap that perfect picture of the Painted Ladies row of Victorians along Steiner Street. The San Francisco Recreation and Park Department patched up the fence, but that... Читать дальше...

The patent auction comes at the same time that Yahoo is weighing offers for Internet operations that include its email service and digital sports, finance and news sections. The Wall Street Journal reported this week that Verizon Communications has offered $3 billion for Yahoo’s core business operations, less than the $4.4 billion that it paid to acquire AOL last year. Other parties interested in buying Yahoo’s internet operations include private-equity firm TPG, and a group led by Quicken Loans... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK — Freddie Roach’s tilted neck and the slight tremor of his hands were obvious to the onlookers at Mendez Gym, as the boxing trainer walked through the ropes and into the center of the ring, [...] as the 56-year-old former boxer picked up his pink and blue mitts and started pad work with Chinese Olympian Zou Shiming, Roach’s Parkinson’s symptoms came to a noticeable halt. About 10 to 15 years ago, Roach said Ali and his daughter visited Roach’s gym, Wild Card Boxing Club in Los Angeles, completely unannounced. Читать дальше...

Less than a month after its founder and chief executive was forced to resign, Lending Club on Tuesday announced a significant tightening of its lending standards and took the rare step of postponing its annual shareholder meeting. A pioneer in the so-called marketplace lending industry, the firm has been hit by both internal troubles and from broader forces that have stung the online lending business. Early last month, Lending Club dismissed CEO Renaud Laplanche, the firm’s founder, as chief executive... Читать дальше...

(AP) — Republican Gov. Sam Brownback on Wednesday embraced a $38 million increase in state aid for poor Kansas school districts as he called a special session aimed at averting a court-mandated shutdown of public schools statewide. The court warned the state won't have a system that complies with its constitution — and schools "will be unable to open" — after June 30 if lawmakers don't rewrite school finance laws. Brownback said he's willing to consider a variety of ways to raise the $38 million... Читать дальше...

An inmate on trial for human trafficking charges involving a 14-year-old girl escaped police custody in Ukiah, sneaking through yards in a historic residential neighborhood of the Mendocino County city and hiding from authorities overnight before getting capture Wednesday morning. Love was at the courthouse for the fifth day of a jury trial on charges of child sexual exploitation and human trafficking. Because of his court appearance, Love was dressed in civilian clothes and not wearing handcuffs at the time... Читать дальше...

“This is the spot,” Mohammed Nuru, director of Public Works, said Wednesday as he eyed the bit of sidewalk where his surveyors had just installed a brass marker after taking a series of complex measurements with a $35,000 geopositioning gizmo mounted on a tripod. The brass marker says “Geographic Center” in tiny letters. Next to it, on the concrete, the surveyors wrote, “Geographic Center of City,” in big blue letters and drew a large orange arrow directing all eyes to the disc so no one would... Читать дальше...

The charges against the union leader, Norman Seabrook, and a second defendant, Murray Huberfeld, a hedge-fund financier, stem from the first major criminal case linked to one of several corruption investigations focused on the campaign fundraising of Mayor Bill de Blasio, a Democrat. Seabrook, the longtime president of the 9,000-member Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association, was taken into custody at his Bronx home around 6 a.m. by agents from the FBI, the people with knowledge of the matter said. Читать дальше...

Clinton to AP: 'It's time that we unite the party' WASHINGTON (AP) — A day after declaring victory in her race against Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton spoke Wednesday to the Associated Press. (Trump) has a very unfortunate and divisive tendency to attack all kinds of Americans. [...] you go after anyone who's against you, even the press and, you know, you begin to just attack everyone to build yourself up. On the Democratic primaries:

San Francisco’s first-in-the-nation law requiring display ads for sugary drinks to carry warnings of health hazards was put on hold Wednesday by a federal judge while the beverage industry appeals his ruling that the compelled messages do not violate freedom of speech. The American Beverage Association, the California Retailers Association and the California State Outdoor Advertising Association argued in a lawsuit that the ordinance would chill freedom of expression and force some beverage companies to stop advertising in the city. Читать дальше...

Chef Ryan Chinchilla (left) and bar owners Justin Lew and Ian Scalzo at Horsefeather in the Nopa neighborhood of S.F. Photo: John Storey/Special to The Chronicle Related Links Horsefeather: Nopa’s new neighborhood bar Fresh from launching their first bar in San Francisco, Justin Lew and Ian Scalzo are moving across the Bay for their second project. Longtime operators for San Francisco’s high-end cocktail bar group, Future Bars, the duo broke off on their own to start Horsefeather, which officially launched in April. Читать дальше...

Niantic — the maker of the smartphone game “Ingress,” which combines onscreen actions with physical locations that players must visit — is using similar concepts to build “Pokémon Go,” the latest installment in the best-selling “Pokémon” video game series. Like earlier Pokémon games, players will throw virtual balls to capture “pocket monsters,” or Pokémon. “There’s a lot of ‘Ingress’ in it — the idea of building it around certain locations, and those locations are what give you the things that... Читать дальше...

CHICAGO (AP) — A lifelong Democrat, Bruce Rauner's wife Diana campaigned enthusiastically for the Republican multimillionaire businessman during his 2014 bid for Illinois governor. [...] the child-advocacy group she leads is among 82 social service providers suing her husband's administration for payment of over $130 million locked up in Illinois' unprecedented budget fight with Democratic legislative leaders. The awkward situation has raised eyebrows and drawn some jabs about her twin roles as... Читать дальше...

Following database breaches at LinkedIn, Tumblr and MySpace, Netflix is warning customers that email addresses and passwords they used to log in to the streaming-video service had been exposed online. [...] it nonetheless faced a risk after hundreds of millions of people’s stolen credentials went up for sale on underground Internet forums. In a race to beat criminals, companies like Netflix analyze stolen data to protect customers, who often use the same passwords from account to account. Resetting a password may be annoying to users ... Читать дальше...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The fiery one-car crash in which energy industry magnate Aubrey McClendon died was an accident, with no alcohol in his system and only traces of a drug commonly used in sleep aids, the Oklahoma medical examiner's office ruled Wednesday. [...] it happened the day after the former Chesapeake Energy CEO and part-owner of the Oklahoma City Thunder was indicted by a federal grand jury, leading to speculation of a possible suicide. All life insurance policies in the state have a two-year incontestability clause... Читать дальше...

world03_dukin_PHAP Photo/Toby Talbot Related Links Dunkin' Donuts first Bay Area outpost heading to Walnut Creek VOTE: Are food chains with cult followings, like Dunkin' Donuts, worth the hype? Matt Cobo is about to make East Bay doughnut lovers very happy. Cobo, a Dunkin’ Donuts franchisee, is set to open the Bay Area’s very first outpost of the beloved East Coast doughnut chain later this month. As reported last February, the 2,200-square-foot shop, located 1250 Newell Avenue in Walnut Creek, is... Читать дальше...

MCENTIRE JOINT NATIONAL GUARD BASE, S.C. (AP) — Two F-16 fighter pilots who survived a midair collision in Georgia are home with their families, the commander of the South Carolina National Guard said Wednesday. Pieces of wreckage from both jets were found in remote, wooded areas about 2 miles apart from each other, Guard officials said. Neither of the aircraft was carrying any bombs or explosives, Livingston said, but he asked local residents not to touch any parts they might find because fuel... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ignoring a White House veto threat, the Republican-controlled House on Wednesday approved a bill delaying an Obama administration rule setting stricter limits on air pollution linked to asthma and respiratory illness. The White House said in its veto threat that the bill would "undermine the vitally important environmental and health protections" of the Clean Air Act and significantly delay health benefits worth billions of dollars for millions of Americans, including vulnerable children, older adults and people with asthma. Читать дальше...

One day this week, Texas Troubadour Jimmie Dale Gilmore stopped by UCSF Mission Bay to sing for doctors, researchers and patients at the new Global Brain Health Institute. Here is a snippet of his classic “Tonight I Think I’m Going to Go Downtown,” as introduced by fiddler Heidi Clare, the first research fellow at the institute.

A former space shuttle commander and pilot charged with reckless murder in the deaths of two young sisters tried to take the vehicle of a passerby who stopped to offer aid after a fiery crash on a desolate highway in rural Alabama, court documents showed Wednesday. A motorist who stopped to offer aid told officers the former astronaut tried to take his pickup truck, appeared drunk and “was bouncing around,” the statement said. The onetime test pilot and retired Air Force colonel told officers he... Читать дальше...

LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE, Calif. (AP) — Authorities are keeping an eye on a bear taking advantage of the suburban amenities in the foothills northeast of Los Angeles. The bear was spotted wandering among homes in La Canada Flintridge on Wednesday morning, and at one point, the critter took a dip in a backyard pool. Los Angeles station KNBC-TV reports that the bear has a tag, indicating it's been caught and released previously.

WASHINGTON — Employers advertised the most open jobs in nine months in April but pulled back on filling them, a sign of caution that may reflect concerns about tepid economic growth. The figures suggest that an annual economic growth rate of just 0.8 percent in the first three months of the year has caused businesses to postpone hiring decisions. [...] one frustrating characteristic of this recovery for job seekers has been a persistent willingness among employers to leave job openings unfilled for a much longer period than in the past. Читать дальше...

A state Assembly measure includes the fingerprint requirement, while a state Senate version would require checks without fingerprinting. Holder wrote last week that because of deficiencies in the FBI’s database, fingerprint checks can prevent people from getting jobs even if they were never convicted of crimes. The purpose of the FBI database is to aid law enforcement during investigations, and investigators are expected to follow up on information to determine whether it is complete, Holder wrote. Читать дальше...

Police fielded complaints that a pickup truck was being driven erratically just minutes before the vehicle slammed into a group of bicyclists in western Michigan, killing five, authorities said. The truck driver is in custody but has not been charged. The driver of the pickup, described as a 50-year-old western Michigan man, fled from the wrecked vehicle, but police caught him a short time later. State police are assisting in the ongoing investigation, Kalamazoo County Undersheriff Paul Matyas said in an email Wednesday. Читать дальше...