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5 hurt when engine on SF-bound plane catches fire before takeoff from New Jersey An engine on a United Airlines plane at Newark Liberty International Airport caught fire before it could take off to San Francisco Tuesday night, briefly shutting down the airport, according to airport officials. Five passengers sustained minor injuries while evacuating, the airport announced on Twitter. Passengers were evacuated on the left side of the plane and weren’t able to see the fire from the tarmac, although... Читать дальше...

ARIES. (March 20 - April 18): It's always easier to rail at a problem than it is to learn from it but you could do yourself a world of good by keeping an open mind and heart.

President Trump proposed a dramatic expansion of the law at the center of the administration’s fight against sanctuary cities — changes that could enable the federal government to punish cities like San Francisco for shielding immigrants. Tucked deep in Trump’s budget plan, which was released Tuesday and faced immediate scrutiny from legislators, is a proposed rewriting of U.S. Code 1373, which says cities cannot block employees from communicating with federal officials about individuals’ immigration status. Читать дальше...

Defense raises race bias in Cosby jury selection process PITTSBURGH (AP) — With just one black person seated among the first 11 jurors chosen for Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial, defense lawyers are crying foul and accusing prosecutors of trying to systematically keep blacks off the jury. O'Neill pledged to revisit the issue if defense lawyer Brian McMonagle, who had accused prosecutors of "a systematic exclusion of African-Americans," presented statistical evidence to back that up. The jurors... Читать дальше...

The Democrat served six terms as a U.S. senator for Delaware before becoming vice president under Barack Obama in 2009. Biden previously said he was honored to be invited to Harvard, calling today's students the "most engaged, the most tolerant and the best educated" in America's history.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas House has voted to allow concealed carry permit holders to have guns in their locked cars parked outside schools. Supporters say a number of teachers expressed interest in doing that, but were worried about violating state bans on guns on school grounds.

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio man accused of starting a house fire that killed seven of his neighbors is due in court. Stanley Ford is scheduled to be arraigned on Wednesday in Akron on aggravated murder and arson charges.

The Albuquerque Journal reported (http://bit.ly/2qUoON2 ) Monday that five board members approved the budget following an emotional four-hour meeting. Muller-Aragón and Maestas both worried that planned cost-cutting reorganizations of the gifted education and school computer technician programs will harm children and teachers.

(AP) — A former University of Massachusetts Amherst graduate student charged with supplying a fatal dose of heroin to another student working as a police informant is getting underway. The Daily Hampshire Gazette (http://bit.ly/2qSFiFz ) reports that opening statements in Jesse Carrillo's trial on involuntary manslaughter and heroin distribution charges are expected Wednesday.

Ivy leads to confusion on Justin Ruggiano’s homer for Giants Someone hits a ball into the ivy at Wrigley Field and the outfielder raises both hands to let the umps know. During the Giants’ 6-4 win Monday night, one of them reappeared and caused momentary confusion. Justin Ruggiano hit an eighth-inning homer to center field. The ball reached the basket over the wall, but when Albert Almora Jr. leaped into the ivy in a vain attempt at a catch, he jarred a ball loose and it rolled onto the field. Читать дальше...

(AP) — Minnesota legislators went into overtime Tuesday to wrap up work on a $46 billion state budget and conclude a nearly five-month session, but slow progress on final spending agreements left lawmakers with no guarantee they'd meet even their extended deadline. An education budget pays to increase the state's per-pupil funding formula by 2 percent in each of the next two years, while also setting aside $50 million to expand preschool options — a top priority for Dayton. [...] new tax cuts would... Читать дальше...

San Francisco’s park system bumped up to third place in a poll by the Trust for Public Land, a national nonprofit that helps fund and protect parks, edging ahead of Washington, D.C., and Arlington, Va. “You can’t have a great city without a great park system,” said Adrian Benepe, senior vice president of the Trust for Public Land. Oakland, San Jose and Fremont were in a cluster of cities that tied at 3.5 park benches for 24th place, which also included Las Vegas, Long Beach and Lincoln, Neb. The score is based on factors such as size... Читать дальше...

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The couple, both in their 80s, were crossing Mayview Avenue in the middle of the block shortly before 8 a.m. on May 9 when they were struck by a Nissan Leaf driving west, according to the Palo Alto Police Department. The driver of the Nissan, a Palo Alto woman in her 40s, has cooperated with investigators, who do not believe she was under the influence of alcohol or drugs at the time of the crash. The Santa Clara County district attorney’s office will review the case once police have completed their investigation.

A’s starter Jesse Hahn left Tuesday night’s game against Miami just two-plus innings in after a noticeable dip in velocity. Hahn showed no discomfort on the pitch before he exited, but after a trainer visited him on the mound with one on and no outs in the third, the right-hander came out and rookie Bobby Wahl took over. The A’s No. 5 starter missed the second half of the 2015 season with a strained right forearm and he had Tommy John surgery in 2010. Should Oakland need to replace Hahn in the rotation... Читать дальше...

A housing density law that took two years to craft was approved by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, notching a win for developers and pro-growth advocates who say the only way to make San Francisco affordable is to keep building. The ordinance, which allows developers to build taller residential structures in exchange for making 30 percent of the units affordable, passed 10-1, with Supervisor Norman Yee dissenting. [...] Tang managed to revive the law this year, amid increased interest in helping the teachers... Читать дальше...

According to the suit, “the song celebrated Mary’s birth and the family bond among the members of her family.” According to the suit, Mary was instructed to “act embarrassed and annoyed by her parents’ performance.” According to the complaint, the family reached out and asked that the footage not be televised or published, and were told that the footage would be exploited, but not used in their entirety. Alleging intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligent infliction of emotional distress... Читать дальше...

Sports calendar, May 24-25 Baseball Kansas City at N.Y. Yankees MLBNet Giants at Chicago Cubs NBCSBA (680) St. Louis at L.A. Dodgers MLBNet Golf NCAA women’s team championship, final GolfCh. PGA Europe: BMW Championship GolfCh. WNBA Baseball Kansas City at N.Y. Yankees MLBNet Giants at Chicago Cubs NBCSBA (680) joined in progress MLBNet St. Louis at L.A. Dodgers MLBNet College baseball Stanford at Washington State P12Net Golf PGA Europe: BMW Championship, continuing coverage GolfCh. Читать дальше...

Jon Stewart and HBO have canceled a planned digital animated project that would have satirized cable news. HBO and Jon Stewart have decided not to proceed with a short form digital animated project.

(AP) — An Illinois community college is getting a share of a $250,000 federal grant to develop training programs to better identify, avoid and prevent unsafe working conditions in mines. A news release from the Mine Safety and Health Administration says the school is getting money to provide advance mine rescue and basic firefighting techniques for mine rescue teams.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A human leg with a fishing boot still on was found in a debris pile that collected in the waters near Alaska's capital city. Juneau Police Lt. David Campbell says the leg — from the knee down — was found by state game workers clearing out a debris pile Monday from Gastineau Channel near Sandy Beach.

The new version would allow people who lack a required ID to cast a ballot if they sign an affidavit and bring paperwork that shows their name and address, such as a bank statement or utility bill. Federal courts have taken Texas to task over voting rights this year — in March, a separate three-judge panel in San Antonio ruled that Republicans racially gerrymandered congressional districts in 2011, the same year the voter ID law passed. The rulings have raised the potential of Texas becoming the... Читать дальше...

Hannity’s announcement came after he received considerable criticism for promoting a conspiracy theory alleging that Rich provided internal DNC emails to Wikileaks, and that Rich may have been killed for doing so. The Rich family blasted media promoting the theory, saying to Business Insider on May 16 it’s sad but unsurprising that a group of media outlets who have repeatedly lied to the American people would try and manipulate the legacy of a murder victim in order to forward their own political... Читать дальше...

The former Democratic presidential nominee, who recently declared herself part of the Trump resistance, lashed out at the Republican president's spending plan in aggressive terms after being honored in New York City by the Children's Health Fund, a nonprofit organization that helps provide health care to poor and homeless children. The plan, which won't become law without Congress' approval, is laced with $3.6 trillion in cuts to domestic agencies, food stamps, Medicaid, highway funding, crop insurance and medical research, among others.

[...] it happened "in the blink of an evolutionary eye," which makes it harder to figure out what happened, said Graham Slater at the University of Chicago, lead author of the study in Tuesday's Proceedings of the Royal Society B. The researchers used fossil records of the smaller whales to create a family tree for baleen whales — which include blue whales, humpbacks and right whales. Using computer simulations and knowledge about how evolution works, they started filling in the gaps between the... Читать дальше...