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Bitcoin (BTC) is back on the winning track as it continues to break above the $ 55K level, a scenario that last occurred in May. The leading cryptocurrency is up 2.48% in the past 24 hours to hit $ 55,607 during intraday trading, according to CoinMarketCap. This price increase is due in part to the […]
SAN JOSE — Santa Clara County’s Civil Grand Jury began investigating the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office this week, apparently in line with an August referral from the Board of Supervisors calling for external probes centered on the agency’s operation of the county jails. The civil grand jury, a yearly, court-appointed governmental watchdog body composed […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Buster Posey wasted no time getting the San Francisco Giants on the board and the Oracle Park crowd in a frenzy in Game 1 of the NLDS against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Posey’s two-run, opposite field home run off Dodgers starter Walker Buehler not only set the tone needed for the Giants […]
The Giants’ matchup against Dodgers wasn’t the only San Francisco-Los Angeles contest Friday night. A few blocks down the road at Chase Center, the Warriors took on the Lakers in a preseason game. It didn’t have the intensity of postseason baseball, but the contest did have its moments and share of stars as LeBron James […]
SAN FRANCISO — It was just like old times for the Giants on Friday night, and not just because the team was back in the playoffs for the first time since 2016. The Giants sold virtually every seat at Oracle Park for their National League Division Series opener against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Not that […]
A week after a devastating knee injury prematurely ended his decorated high school career, Hassan Mahasin announced where he’ll be playing football in college. The Serra Padres star athlete and reigning Bay Area News Group player of the year ended his recruitment Friday night with a verbal commitment to San Diego State. Mahasin, who starred […]
CHICAGO — A 66-year-old woman was attacked at the Cermak-McCormick Place Green Line station Friday evening, according to police. Police said the woman was on the platform at approximately 6:55 p.m. when she was punched and shoved by a man, sustaining head and arm injuries. The woman was taken to an area hospital for treatment […]
By Tierney Sneed, CNN A federal appeals court on Friday night put a temporary hold on a judge’s order blocking Texas’ six-week abortion ban. The 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals granted Texas’ request for an administrative stay of the order. Texas had filed the request Friday afternoon, after US District Judge Robert Pitman issued […]
Litecoin creator Charlie Lee is set to celebrate the project’s 10th anniversary. And what better way to do that than by giving the public the oral history of Litecoin? Of course, it is a way of speaking. Since it’s 2021, he gave us that “oral history” through a Twitter thread. And what thread is it. […]
The San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers have one of the longest-running rivalries in baseball, but they have never met in the postseason until now. The two teams face off in Game 1 of the National League Division Series. Their first playoff matchup is shaping up to be a memorable one. The two have […]