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Ex-Caltrain employee and contractor charged with building secret homes with public funds

Mar. 28, 2024 22:32 PM EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A former employee of Caltrain, a mass transit system that connects Silicon Valley with San Francisco, and a former contractor for the transit agency allegedly used public funds to build two small apartments for themselves inside two train stations, authorities said Thursday. ...

Green Day will headline United Nations-backed global climate concert in San Francisco

Mar. 28, 2024 15:18 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Green Day will headline a United Nations Human Rights-backed global climate concert on Tuesday at the famed Fillmore in San Francisco. The intimate event, which is co-hosted by the Recording Academy, aims to bring attention to the inequalities exacerbated by...

Amazon pours an additional $2.75 billion into AI startup Anthropic

Mar. 27, 2024 14:55 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon said Wednesday it is pouring an additional $2.75 billion into Anthropic, bringing its total investment in the artificial intelligence startup to $4 billion. Amazon will maintain a minority stake in San Francisco-based Anthropic, a rival of ChatGPT maker...

What we know about Truth Social, Donald Trump's social media platform

Mar. 27, 2024 13:48 PM EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Former President Donald Trump launched his social media platform, Truth Social, in early 2022, after he was banned from major sites such as Facebook and the platform formerly known as Twitter following the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. While he's since...

Sparks paying ex-police officer $525,000 to settle a free speech lawsuit over social media posts

Mar. 26, 2024 17:18 PM EDT

SPARKS, Nev. (AP) — The city of Sparks has agreed to a $525,000 settlement with a former police officer who filed a lawsuit in 2021 accusing the city of violating his free speech rights by suspending him for contentious comments he posted on his private social media account. George...

New faces, new places: Ohtani, Soto headline MLB players with new teams in 2024

Mar. 26, 2024 13:51 PM EDT

PHOENIX (AP) — Shohei Ohtani's 31-mile journey north on Interstate 5 during free agency was the highlight of Major League Baseball's offseason, even if recent off-the-field developments have clouded his first season with the Los Angeles Dodgers. But the Japanese superstar will be...

One Tech Tip: How to get around Instagram's new limits on political content

Mar. 23, 2024 12:57 PM EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Instagram has started an automatic clamp down on the amount of political content appearing in its users' feeds, but there is a relatively quick and easy way to turn off the controls if you don't want to keep the limitations place. As part of an initiative...

California homelessness measure's razor-thin win signals growing voter fatigue

Mar. 21, 2024 18:10 PM EDT

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A key measure to combat homelessness personally backed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom has barely passed despite his multi-million-dollar campaign supporting it, reflecting voter fatigue and frustration about the crisis that continues to dog the state’s Democratic...

Reddit, the self-anointed 'front page of the internet,' soars in Wall Street debut

Mar. 21, 2024 16:38 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Reddit's stock soared in its Wall Street debut as investors pushed the value of the company close to $9 billion seconds after it began trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Reddit, which priced its IPO at $34 a share, debuted Thursday afternoon at $47 a share. At...

Stephen Curry reaches 300 3-pointers for record fifth time, Warriors beat Grizzlies 137-116

Mar. 21, 2024 01:15 AM EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Golden State Warriors received a halftime message about taking control of the third quarter and making regular defensive stops, and they wasted no time stealing the momentum once back on the floor. They shared the ball and they took care of it. ...