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A woman is arrested in fatal crash at San Francisco bus stop that killed 3 people

Mar. 18, 2024 19:56 PM EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A 78-year-old woman was arrested in connection to a fatal crash at a bus stop in San Francisco that killed two adults and a child and injured an infant who remains hospitalized, police said Monday. Mary Fong Lau, of San Francisco, was booked into jail on...

Former British tech star depicted as scam artist, visionary in trial about HP's disastrous 2011 deal

Mar. 18, 2024 17:49 PM EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal prosecutors on Monday painted one-time British tech star Mike Lynch as the ruthless mastermind of an $11 billion deal that defrauded Silicon Valley pioneer Hewlett Packard. But his lawyer depicted him as a visionary who was made a scapegoat for a...

United Airlines CEO tries to reassure customers that the airline is safe despite recent incidents

Mar. 18, 2024 12:19 PM EDT

The CEO of United Airlines says that a slew of recent incidents ranging from a piece of aluminum skin falling off a plane to another jet losing a wheel on takeoff will cause the airline to review its safety training for employees. CEO Scott Kirby said the airline was already planning...

3 people killed and infant in critical condition after SUV slams into bus shelter in San Francisco

Mar. 18, 2024 08:36 AM EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Three people were killed and an infant was hospitalized in critical condition after an SUV crashed into a bus shelter in San Francisco, authorities said Sunday. Two victims, including a child, died at the scene of the crash Saturday afternoon in the city's...

Older Boeing plane found to have missing panel after flight from California to southern Oregon

Mar. 16, 2024 19:38 PM EDT

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A post-flight inspection revealed a missing panel on an older Boeing 737-800 that had just arrived at its destination in southern Oregon on Friday after flying from San Francisco, officials said, the latest in a series of recent incidents involving aircraft manufactured by...

Former Tesla worker settles discrimination case, ending appeals over lowered $3.2 million verdict

Mar. 16, 2024 14:43 PM EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tesla and a Black man who worked at the company's California factory have settled a long-running discrimination case that drew attention to the electric vehicle maker's treatment of minorities. Owen Diaz, who was awarded nearly $3.2 million by a federal jury...

A Boeing 737-800 that flew from San Francisco to Medford, Oregon, lost an exterior panel, airport official says

Mar. 15, 2024 19:54 PM EDT
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — A Boeing 737-800 that flew from San Francisco to Medford, Oregon, lost an exterior panel, airport official says.

Reddit reveals FTC inquiry into deals licensing its users' data for AI training

Mar. 15, 2024 19:29 PM EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Reddit said Friday that the Federal Trade Commission has opened an inquiry into the social media platform’s sale, licensing or sharing of its users' posts and other content to outside organizations for use in training artificial intelligence models. The...

Riders can climb 'halfway to the stars' on San Francisco cable car dedicated to late Tony Bennett

Mar. 15, 2024 18:06 PM EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A cable car recently dedicated to the late Tony Bennett rolls past the landmark Fairmont hotel where the singer in 1961 first performed the song that would forever tie him to San Francisco. San Francisco officials on Valentine's Day dedicated one of the city's...

Why are so many voters frustrated by the US economy? It's home prices

Mar. 15, 2024 11:30 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lori Shelton can't fathom ever having the money to buy a home — and that's a major reason why so many voters feel down on the economy ahead of this year's presidential election. Shelton, 67, drives an Uber to help pay rent in Aurora, Colorado. An advance on her...